I recently listened to an interview with Andy Weir, who wrote The Martian, and lo and behold, he reveals that he never set out for money. Instead, he posted his ebook for free on his website, where it gained a following...and suggestions from real scientists as to how to improve his work with some real science that was their expertise. Taking on such research on his own would have taken years, but by being able to draw upon suggestions from his fans, he got good sound science.
He put it on the amazon store and just the visibility of it lead to big sales, even though he at the same time had it on his website for free, and he recently had someone option the movie rights to the book.
And all along the way, he openly shared his work and was not secretive at all.
eh?
He put it on the amazon store and just the visibility of it lead to big sales, even though he at the same time had it on his website for free, and he recently had someone option the movie rights to the book.
And all along the way, he openly shared his work and was not secretive at all.
eh?