Publishing a Book in 2018: An Update

European Straits #84

Dear all,

As it’s the last newsletter of the summer, I thought I would simply share an update on how the experience of publishing my book, Hedge, is going. As you know it was released on July 4 and so the book is now in its 7th week of existence.

First of all, if you don’t have your copy yet, you should get it fast as the price will go up early in September! Again, you only have to click on the relevant Amazon link depending on where you are: 🇺🇸US, 🇬🇧UK, 🇫🇷FR, 🇩🇪DE, 🇮🇹IT, 🇪🇸ES.

A few facts and figures: we’re closing in on 1,000 copies sold, with roughly 40% in the UK, 40% on the European continent, and 20% in the US. There’s definitely work left to do promoting the book in the US. After all, it was written in Silicon Valley. Attending Tim O'Reilly's was a super opportunity to talk about the book to potential American readers, but greater efforts are coming—and, by the way, you can certainly help in spreading the word 🤗

As for Amazon reviews, the fact that the book is distribu…