# My Book's Pre-Sale Just Barely Succeeded

DevFeed: [My Book's Pre-Sale Just Barely Succeeded](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/my-book-s-pre-sale-just-barely-succeeded-52722.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://mtlynch.io/book-pre-sale-just-barely-succeeded/>)

Author: Michael Lynch

Published: 2025-03-31T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Mtlynch](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/mtlynch-io.md>)

Topics: [Refactoring](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/refactoring.md>)

Tags: [business](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/business.md>), [developers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developers.md>), [kickstarter](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kickstarter.md>), [refactoring](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/refactoring.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>)

## AI overview

The author describes validating demand for a book on effective writing for software developers through a one-month Kickstarter pre-sale. The campaign reached its $5,000 goal after initially appearing likely to fail, ultimately receiving $6,000 in pre-orders from 174 customers.

## Source excerpt

For the past few months, I've been working on a book called Refactoring English: Effective Writing for Software Developers. I didn't want to spend a year writing the book only to find out that nobody wanted to buy it, so at the beginning of March, I ran a one-month pre-sale on Kickstarter. I structured the project so that if I didn't hit $5k in pre-orders, the project would be canceled, and I'd walk away with nothing.