*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!

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!

(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

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

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.

It’s a really good book! I found the book before I really checked out the website.

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.

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. =)