Ask HN: Asking feedback on my Python book to prevent it from sucking completely
Heya HN.
So, I have been working on a Python book about writing elegant Python code. This book takes a series of articles I publish weekly on my blog (https://mathspp.com/blog/pydonts) and compiles them into a book format, for convenience and ease of access to all of the information.
I am still publishing articles on that series, and, therefore, the book is still growing. I have had some nice feedback from the community (i.e., from people like you) but I'm looking for something more.
I would like you to give me your most honest feedback on everything related to the book, but especially about:
- the book cover - the book description on the sites - the book font and overall layout - the content of the chapters
When giving feedback, feel free to say what/how you feel about X, Y, or Z, and, if possible, say what you would have done differently. I appreciate that most people have different opinions regarding many different subjects and that is what I want: exposure to many different opinions. Naturally, I will agree with some people and disagree with other people, but if your critique is honest and comes from a good place (even if it is a bad critique) it will be helpful because it will make me think about how I am doing things.
Hopefully, if enough people go through the trouble of giving some honest feedback, I might be able to spot major flaws on my work and fix them while the book is still being written.
You can get the book from Leanpub or Gumroad, but currently I'm giving away the book for free on Gumroad (https://gumroad.com/l/pydonts/w99ucle) so that you do not have to spend your money to help me out.
Thanks a lot for your time!