Comments on: Great Ebook: Learn More, Study Less (With a Special Offer)

By: benotme

benotme — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:11:49 +0000

the link above you can the book Learn_More_Study_Less.rar

grab it fast dont buy it if like then u should

By: Scott H Young » Get My Stuff For Cheap…

Scott H Young » Get My Stuff For Cheap… — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 01:15:58 +0000

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Blog Action Day Reminder, Plus the Little Book of Productivity — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:02:26 +0000

[...] another note … recently I shared with you guys a book I thought was pretty useful — Learn More, Study Less. It’s an ebook by blogger Scott Young on learning techniques that will help you learn things [...]

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On Interface Design | Stroz.net — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:22:03 +0000

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By: When Successful Bloggers Try To (Gasp) Make Money - MomGrind

When Successful Bloggers Try To (Gasp) Make Money - MomGrind — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:19:41 +0000

[...] So, Leo over at Zen Habits is branching out into the lucrative ebook business. His last few posts were indeed a little different than his usual “50 tips for making your life better the Zen way” article template. First he announced his new ebook venture, then published an entire post dedicated to promoting another blogger’s ebook. [...]

By: Scott H Young » Friday Links 08-06-20

Scott H Young » Friday Links 08-06-20 — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:01:12 +0000

[...] Learn More, Study Less, special promotion at ZenHabits will soon be over. If you haven’t taken advantage of the 50% reduced price, I suggest [...]

By: Stephen Smith

Stephen Smith — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:47:49 +0000

>>Niles, a wiki is a good idea, I will be sure to point out this comment to Leo upon his return.
Thanks!

By: Niles Gibbs

Niles Gibbs — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:42:52 +0000

If it’s just an affiliate link, then I take back what I said earlier.

What matters is what led up to the blog post. If the author (or any other financial interest) of a work comes to you and says promote this and you’ll get a cut, then that needs to be disclosed, even if you actually like the work.

But if you’re just promoting something you like, and using an affiliate system to take a cut, then that’s as old as Amazon (so to speak).

@Zeke: You’re right, it’s the intent that matters, and yes ZH’s history speaks to Leo’s honesty, and I’m sure that he’s not trying to swindle anybody.

My guess: The commenters and I are less upset about the book advert in and of itself, just venting that after weeks of sparse posting, Leo comes to us with a book review littered with “Buy now!” links for an overpriced ebook.

Leo is not in any way obligated to post regularly. Regular readers are just worried about the site’s future.

The problem is that a blog’s chronological format creates an expectation for regular new content. In fact, ZH has so much good information in its archives that at this point Leo could stop posting all together, and 99% of the time we’d find the information we’re looking for (or something that works) in the archives, if we looked.

What’d be great is if there was a ZH wiki that had all of the previous material in it. No one cares when the last time a wiki was updated as long as there’s useful information there.

When people see “abandoned” blogs they tend to ignore them, even if the blog is chock-full of information.

Otherwise, Leo, if you need a break, just take it! Holding us at bay with guest posts is only holding us away. Think about a wiki, then post as your time permits for really juicy information that you want to share.

Just some thoughts, be happy!

By: Zeke

Zeke — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:43:56 +0000

There’s a lot of crying over advertisement. It really comes down to whether you’re endorsing this book because you get a cut or whether you get a cut because you’re endorsing this book (and the order doesn’t really matter, much). The intent is what matters and the only way you make that intent clear is through the history of your blog.

I’m not a regular reader but from what I do read, it looks as though you’re not trying to screw anyone out of their money! Your endorsement is good enough for me. Unfortunately, the book is far too expensive for a self-published e-book! Others have said it, but for $10 I might have purchased it out of curiosity. As it is, I think I already learn this way and it’s not at all worth my $20 to find out for sure!

By: Niles Gibbs

Niles Gibbs — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:08:09 +0000

I feel the sentiment of the other readers, in that I’m more often skipping ZH posts in my feed reader. Seems that you can only tell people how to be productive so many ways before you run out of material.

The trick is getting people to look through the wealth of information already available on the site, since I’m guessing at this point anything you could want to accomplish in your life has already been covered (or at least enough general information exists for you to get it done.)

Also, if you don’t want to shell out the cash, try reading Young’s free ebook on holistic learning: http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/books/

I imagine it’s got a lot of cross-over material.

Finally, it’s only in proper form for full disclosure Leo, if you’re promoting a product that’s fine, but if you’re making money on promoting it you need to tell us.

Take a cue from other sites, when you have a connection with some external site/post/product, just tell us, and let us judge if any bias is present. I’m glad you’re updated the post.

Otherwise, congrats on the wedding and be happy!