Lulu, the innovator in online self-publishing of printed materials, has an amusing little tool up at their site: you plug in a title and it tells you that title’s likelihood of becoming a bestseller. Is it an algorithm? Is it magic? Or is it just a silly online trick? I don’t know, but here’s what I learned about my prospects of bestseller-dom — far better than I’d expect for a book about software development and programming!
While we’re goofing around, here is a very brief clip recorded by celeb videoblogger Amanda Congdon. After she left the Rocketboom gig but before she graduated to the major leagues, she stopped in to hang out with Ed Cone, who had my book on his desk because he was preparing to interview me. Ms. Congdon picked up the book, and here’s what she had to say. (The full-length original clip that contains this excerpt is here. YouTube embedding seems funky in some browsers so: here’s the direct link to the clip on the YouTube site.)
[tags]dreaming in code, amanda congdon, lulu, ed cone[/tags]
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