--- title: "My Book's Pre-Sale Just Barely Succeeded" url: https://daily.dev/posts/my-book-s-pre-sale-just-barely-succeeded-6rhq7w0oh source_url: https://mtlynch.io/book-pre-sale-just-barely-succeeded/ type: article source: "Michael Lynch" published: 2025-03-31T19:34:01.406Z updated: 2025-03-31T19:34:15.883Z tags: ["marketing"] reading_time: 11 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # My Book's Pre-Sale Just Barely Succeeded **[Michael Lynch](https://daily.dev/sources/mtlynch)** · 11 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Michael Lynch shares his experience running a pre-order sale on Kickstarter for his book, Refactoring English: Effective Writing for Software Developers. He aimed to raise $5,000 in pre-orders to determine if the book was worth writing. Despite facing several challenges and stalled sales, a well-timed post on Hacker News helped him exceed his goal, reaching $6,000 from 174 customers with a few hours left in the sale. Lynch emphasizes the importance of community engagement and strategic marketing to achieve pre-order success. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#marketing](https://daily.dev/tags/marketing) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/my-book-s-pre-sale-just-barely-succeeded-6rhq7w0oh)