Your Money: The Missing Manual — Now Available for Kindle!
Published on - July 3rd, 2010 (by J.D. Roth) Just a quick note from the book front. Many of you have asked for a Kindle edition of Your Money: The Missing Manual. While that wasn’t originally part of the publisher’s plans, they’ve decided that there was enough demand to take that step.
To summarize, here are all of the different ways you can pick up a copy of Your Money: The Missing Manual:
- Print edition via Amazon for $14.95 (where there are used copies available from $9.95)
- Kindle version from Amazon for $9.99 (I’ve downloaded this version, and can confirm it’s the second printing, which corrected some small errors)
- O’Reilly Media (the publisher) offers the print edition for $21.99, the e-book edition for $17.99 (which gives you access to a variety of formats), and a package with both for $24.99
- Powell’s Books also has it for $21.99, as does Borders Books
- Barnes & Noble lists the book for $15.83
And, of course, your local library may have a copy. (The Portland library system has 20 copies — but they’re all checked out and there are 29 holds!)
So, if you’ve been waiting for the electronic version of my book, you need wait no longer. You can download Your Money: The Missing Manual for the Amazon Kindle (or the Kindle app on the iPhone or iPad) for just ten bucks. I appreciate the support!
Meanwhile, I still haven’t decided whether to pursue a second book. My agent and I had a conference with another, larger publisher. They’d like to do an actual Get Rich Slowly book, which I think is a great idea. However, their idea for what that book would look like is different than my idea of what it would look like. (I’d like to do a book that featured more narrative — stories from me and from GRS readers. I think using stories to illustrate concepts would be fantastic.)
Plus there’s the problem that I’m not ready to devote all of my time to another book. I’ve been under a lot of stress the past couple of years, and it’s only now beginning to let up. I want to savor this sense of freedom for a while.
Speaking of freedom: It’s time for me to head into downtown Portland to watch tonight’s Portland Timbers soccer match. I hope you all enjoy a great Independence Day weekend!
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I’m glad to hear that it’s available as an ebook on the Kindle, but I’d be even happier to hear that Barnes and Noble is selling a digital copy for all of us Nook users.
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Yay!!! Congrats! Your book AND “Your Money or Your Life” are being tackled as part of my summer reading list. I’m a paper person, so no Kindle or Nook for me– but I still think it’s great because so many people do find that option preferable and it will possibly make your audience grow even more. And, more people caring about their financial health is never a bad thing!
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yea I was one of the people who emailed you about having a kindle version, in fact someone from your publisher’s office wrote me an email, anyway a couple of days later there was a kindle version available of your book and that’s what I bought.
I have to say that I love your book, its really good, its my favorite out of all the financial books out there. I’ve read a lot trust me. I’m not a DR or SO fan, and your money or your life was good, but a little too environmental and political on simplicity, and too technical for my taste.
I didn’t like the part of the budget with 100 categories, and I didn’t like the part of making grids. lol. So yea thanks for writing such a good financial book, imo you don’t need to get a degree in business to write about finance.
and what I like about you as a financial writer, is that you made a lot of mistakes but you were able to change, and that is very inspiring, how many financial authors share their mistakes, some do but just a couple of mistakes, some act like they always knew financial savvy, I guess its just inspiring to me because it gives me hope that I can make better choices once my debt is paid off. =)
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Excellent J.D.! That’s what I’ve been waiting for. I’m looking forward to reading it. Have a great 4th!
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Stories are absolutely the way to go. That is what people relate to. I’d encourage you to stick to your guns on that one. And make the things to do short and sweet.
You might like to read the book Switch, by the brothers Heath (Chip and Dan) which brings together the modern research on how people change (and exemplifies the importance of stories, by the way).
This could inform the shape of your next book, if you do write it.
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Military members can also access the book for free on safaribooksonline.com Just go to militaryonesource.com, sign up for your (free) account, then go to the library resources and create your (also free) account for safaribooksonline.com
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Is there going to be an audiobook? I would definitely like to “read” this book, but I do all my reading on my commute.
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Just put a hold on a copy at the Seattle Public Library. They have 8 copies and I’m number 16 on the wait.
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I just read it VIA safaribooksonline.com. $8.50/month for 5-books at a time. If you use the bongbong coupon: http://www.safaribooksonline.com/boingboing/
It’s a really good book! I found the book before I really checked out the website.
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JD,
Have you ever considered doing a post on what is involved behind the scenes in writing a book. Why you need an agent? Why you need a publicist or does the publisher provide one? What is involved in contract negotiations and royalties? I think a post like this would be very helpful and in some cases could help someone get jump-started into attempting to write a book and possibly help them on their financial journey.
Just a thought… I enjoy reading your posts and those of the guest authors.
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The perfect compromise is to insist on writing precisely the book that you most want to write (which I believe will end up being far more successful than the one the publisher is pushing for) and to use any delay in getting a book published that that requires as a much-deserved break. Someone is going to come along with an interest in publishing the better book, and , when they do, you will be ready to take the project on at full speed.
Writing a book takes a lot of energy out of you. It’s only worth it if you write a book that really matters. You know from writing the blog the sort of writing that truly connects with people. That’s the book that you were put on earth to write.
My take.
Rob
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Just bought this. I’ll give it a read in the next two weeks. If you’d like me to send you some thoughts on it, don’t hesitate to let me know.
(I haven’t read this yet, but one thing I’ve noticed on GRS and Simple Dollar is the lack of talk about the value of liquidity. For example, if you have $10,000 to invest, and you have a choice about putting it into a 6% investment that can be sold any business day at current market value, or putting it into a 6% investment that might take 2-8 months to get your money out of, you’d probably be better off investing it in the more liquid investment, provided you were rational and all other things being equal. However, liquidity is rarely talked about as an important factor in your investment decisions. I’d love to see (or write) more on this subject. )
Thanks for the hard work.
David
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Congratulations on the long hold list at the library — that confirms that you are a frugality rock star! And that your message is getting through…
The time you were given to write you last book was ridiculously short, I think — maybe because your publisher is used to doing more technical titles? A story-oriented book is going to be much more timeless, and I hope you will write it, but take a longer time doing so and keep your life at a sane pace. Tell your agent we’ll wait for it, JD — it will be worth it! They need to be a better advocate for you. Publishers will want you. Sell the next book on your terms. You’ve earned it!
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“You can download Your Money: The Missing Manual for the Amazon Kindle (or the Kindle app on the iPhone or iPad) for just ten bucks.”
*sigh* Technology snobs. You can also get a Kindle app for any Android phone (OS version 1.6+) and read it on one of those 4.3″ screens!
But congrats on it being digital!
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Great news about the kindle edition, will go buy it now.
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Oklahoma City libraries appear to have a whopping five copies, two are on the shelf, and nobody in line to get a copy, cept me! Seems there’s not as much demand for your book here, but we’ve also been hit a lot less hard by this “recession” than a lot of the country. I expect not as many of us are researching ways to save more and earn more. I’m glad to see your book doing so well, especially there where people are more likely to know you.
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