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Hi Mr Philips,

I liked the first chapters quite a bit, and trying it coming from a history of vi/vim/sublime/vs where I never took the time for proper configuration. However I'm not a big fan of subscriptions (Patreon) is there a way I can do a one time payment for the book, or is it far from being finished?

Thanks

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Thank you! I still have three or four chapters to write and then quite a bit of editing to go on the whole. I think a finished e-book is at least two months out, but I'll see what I can do about a preview release.

The main problem is I don't currently have a way to contact folks who are interested! I'll maybe add a mailing list signup form to subscribe for updates. Meanwhile, I am posting updates to my blog (https://dusty.phillips.codes), which has an RSS feed, as well as to LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dusty-phillips/) and Facebook Author page (https://www.facebook.com/dustyphillipsauthor). I think Patreon also has an option to follow me without sponsoring, but I'm not clear on what gets posted to that feed (haven't been too impressed with Patreon, TBH).

cool, good to hear. I bookmarked the page indeed and a mailinglist for the interested I think is a good idea.

In the meantime, reading https://www.lazyvim.org too and messing around with some plugins.

Those are my questions and thoughts, too. The chapters so far are very good. I would definitely pay for the e-book.

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