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		quickpost on March 15, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cringely: Making 400k/yr profit on an eBook about ... Why did you decide to get out of it? It seems rather lucrative and straightforward if you've cracked the code...

garyrichardson on March 15, 2009 [–]

I was a sysadmin for marketingtips.com, then left for a startup.

I've seen/met some of the success stories. The system does work. As always, money out is dependent on effort in. Plus luck.

I'd much rather my effort in be code based than marketing copy based.

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