Very cool! How did you get the book made?
Hey, nostr:nprofile1qqsp4lsvwn3aw7zwh2f6tcl6249xa6cpj2x3yuu6azaysvncdqywxmgpz4mhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejqzrthwden5te0dehhxtnvdakqjay3h5, help me shill my book.
-I wrote it for Bitcoiner’s to read to their kids
-The e-book is free on my website
- Art by nostr:nprofile1qqs9n2vvq3u5faj75s8nwe24tmjcn06sxcl57lw02k2vxkzthvfl7esprdmhxue69uhkummnw3ex2mrp0yh8jet8dpex7tnnd96x2qgswaehxw309ahx7um5wghxcctwvsrmv0a9 paid for in sats
-The hardcover is only available for sats using nostr:nprofile1qqsv8fus0eeygg3k4mzlv9y5j9x5jka6pzvyfgkcyrug38hmutnfd5spz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3vamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwwpexjmtpdshxuet5u34wfv on my website
-Only promoting it on Nostr
- My mom said it’s my best work and I’m her special boy. Just kidding my mom has passed but she totally would have said that. (Love ya, Mom!)
Get it here: www.satoshigeneral.com
I appreciate you, Hodl.
Discussion
My first step was writing the draft. That was the easy part and was done in a quiet afternoon. I tried using Dalle AI to generate artwork but it didn’t have any soul. I saw some of the work nostr:nprofile1qqs9n2vvq3u5faj75s8nwe24tmjcn06sxcl57lw02k2vxkzthvfl7espzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumrpdejqzxthwden5te0faehyuewfehhxarj94kxzcnn9eu8j7srgyvlv was putting out on Nostr and realized it was a perfect match for the story. He agreed to take the commission and we worked together for months to get the artwork right.
Next I tried using self publishing tools to turn my story and his art into a book and it was clear the tools suck for diy. I happened to hear a podcast from nostr:nprofile1qqs2rlzal4lleatrezg4tdrxw5d4srg3tcfkutuvjr5fzvu9h0kmrncprfmhxue69uhkummnw3ezummjv9hxwetsd9kxctnyv4mqzyrhwden5te0dehhxarj9emkjmn9pgg7rk of The Survival Podcast interviewing Matt, @thelibritarianbookdesigner who had helped him format his self published book. I reached out to him and he agreed to format the book and take payment in sats. Could not be happier with his work.
Then we ran into a problem because we had formatted landscape and neither Amazon KDP or IngrimSpatk had hardcover options in the right aspect ratio. Luckily Matt (the designer) found a solution with Lulu self publishing. They had a photo book that was the right size. More expensive than I had planned but even higher quality than I had hoped for.
Finally I needed a way to sell the book so I built a cheap website with WIX AI and set up an account with nostr:nprofile1qqsv8fus0eeygg3k4mzlv9y5j9x5jka6pzvyfgkcyrug38hmutnfd5spzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgqg5waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgctdw4eju6t0ae4uvy to accept Bitcoin direct to nostr:nprofile1qqsqxqmml7j56x4lrylqm4h2ce9etmrmeunyqfheu8kjewdsuwn7mkqpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgqg5waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgctdw4eju6t0ayw9ws. I give away the e-book for free and will only sell the hardcover for sats. I recorded a video of myself reading the book and edited it with CapCut and then some nice folks on Nostr helped me figure out how to compress it.
The entire project was paid for in sats (except wix and lulu who don’t accept them). It’s unlikely to ever break even (I’d need to sell 300 and as of today I’ve sold 6) but I learned so much and got to work with some amazingly talented and freedom minded people. It was a great experience and my kids are proud of it so I would do it again in a heartbeat.