My immediate response is .... anything but video !!
I hate video - can't find things, no indexing, can't fast forward
effectively over the bits I know or more-or-less know, need audio which
doesn't always fit my surroundings, ....
But that doesn't mean video is without its advantages - sometimes it
gets details across in a way that written methods fail with. Videos
which are *short*, with really good external index/content description
might be just the thing.
As for "book" - does that mean paper, ePub, PDF, or something better. I
would love to see a stack-based solution that gave quick, searchable,
hyper-linked access to content that was also accessed in other ways. For
example, I buy an e-book giving me a PDF plus a stack which allows me
good access to the content (including updates, errata, new additions).
And I think you should consider a model of initial purchase with (cheap)
on-going subscription, that would allow you an on-going revenue stream
to keep the enhanced-book up-to-date and relevant.
And I think you could (depending on your content area) perhaps sell
content which is sample apps. I would happily pay for a *realistic* iOS
app - don't much care what it does, so long as it contains current
techniques for building a real app - including using mobile widgets,
etc. and comes with a full set of build instructions - i.e. it can't be
a "Hello World" app, it must have reasonable set of features. Then I
could take the app, follow the instructions - and hopefully get a
successful build with fewer headaches. And that would be the ideal case
for initial purchase + subscription because the instructions would
evolve over time.
And if wanted to then build my own app, I would most likely do it as an
offshoot from that working model. (Don't know how you work out licensing
for that :-)
I suspect you could do similar for Android, a desktop + web combo, ....
and find people who would get good value from buying that to give them a
headstart on their own development. You'd need to find a balance of
enough content to be a *real* app without soaking up too much
development time.
Alex.
On 07/07/2020 17:27, Andre Garzia via use-livecode wrote:
Hey Folks,
I have been working on some new LC content to sell. I want to transition my
career into content production and I think there is an unserved demand for
quality content for our beloved language.
I'm just not exactly sure if you prefer to consume content in book format
or video format. My reason to ask is because I love books but apparently
people enjoy video courses more. Some friends of mine report more revenues
from video courses than books, but doing video is harder and takes longer,
so before deciding on what medium to go for I decided to ask you all about
it.
My outline is done and the research into the topics I want to cover is
almost complete. I'll soon reach the point in my production pipeline where
I need to decide which way should the content go. What do you prefer?
Best
Andre
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