# A Good Year for "A Programmer's Introduction to Mathematics"

DevFeed: [A Good Year for "A Programmer's Introduction to Mathematics"](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/a-good-year-for-a-programmer-s-introduction-to-mathematics-40431.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.jeremykun.com/2019/12/01/a-good-year-for-a-programmers-introduction-to-mathematics/>)

Published: 2019-12-01T07:00:36Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Jeremy Kun](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/jeremy-kun.md>)

Topics: [Programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming.md>), [math](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/math.md>), [Publishing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/publishing.md>)

Tags: [mathematics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mathematics.md>), [programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programming.md>), [publishing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/publishing.md>)

## AI overview

The author reflects on the first year of self-publishing "A Programmer's Introduction to Mathematics," reporting more than 11,000 copies sold, roughly 200 monthly sales after the initial surge, and about $4,500 in costs excluding personal time. The article also acknowledges reader criticism of the book's difficulty, lack of exercise solutions, and unavailable standard ebook formats, alongside positive feedback.

## Source excerpt

A year ago today I self-published "A Programmer's Introduction to Mathematics" (PIM). In this short note I want to describe the success it's had, summarize the complaints of some readers and the praise of others, and outline what's next. Since publication PIM has sold over 11,000 copies. A rough chart showing the sales of paperback and ebook copies of PIM. Here's a table: Month Paperback Ebook Total 2018-12 4,323 1,866 6,189 2019-01 1,418 258 1,676 2019-02 852 128 980 2019-03 762 107 869 2019-04 357 63 420 2019-05 289 51 340 2019-06 200 58 258 2019-07 223 40 263 2019-08 158 43 201 2019-09 159 24 183 2019-10 155 44 199 As expected, the sales dropped significantly after the first month, but leveled out at around 200 copies per month.