FreelanceSwitch Book Launch! Become a Rockstar Freelancer
Collis Ta'eed
After months of writing, editing and an eleventh hour registration with the Library of Congress, the official FreelanceSwitch book is now available! It’s been retitled along the way to become the first of a new series of books, and so I’m very happy to present:
How to Be a Rockstar Freelancer
Weighing in at 212 pages, this is the essential guide to Freelancing. It covers topics like Getting Started, Getting Your First Jobs, Scoping & Timeframes, Project Management, Pricing, Marketing and Building a Business.
You can see the full contents of the book here on the site.
The book is available as a PDF eBook for US$29 sold through eJunkie/PayPal.
Paperback version of the book will be available through Lulu in January
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More Rockstar Titles Coming…
We are currently working on the next Rockstar title, How to Be a Rockstar Wordpresser which is aimed at web designers looking to take their Wordpress skills to the next level. Covering topics like how to make a custom theme, how to use plugins and features to achieve special features and CMS abilities, it’s going to be a rockin’ book!
You can sign up to our special mailing list to be notified when How to Be a Rockstar Wordpresser is available and receive a special $10 off promo code. Just add your name and email address below…
Cyan
December 14th, 2007
Hooray, we just got back from vacation 3 hours ago
And the book is finally online. Yay!
Haris
December 14th, 2007
I want the LULU version.
Be quick, PLEASE!
Mark Abucayon
December 14th, 2007
whew, do you have a sample article to read on? hehehe. Thanks I think this book is nice. Great job guys.
Joefrey Mahusay
December 14th, 2007
Yay! I can’t wait.
Steven Finch
December 14th, 2007
This looks like a great buy. I think you freelance switch guys should take a look at my website and purchase some advertising space to sell the book!
Mathias
December 14th, 2007
Congrats, Collis! Looking forward to reading it.
Skellie
December 14th, 2007
Great work guys. As someone who aspires to write and sell an eBook I have a lot of admiration for anyone who manages to complete the task!
Collis Ta'eed
December 14th, 2007
Thanks guys!! It was a *LOT* more work than either of us realised. I actually thought I could write it all in just a few weeks … yeah right!
I was happy the copyright stuff wasn’t too hard in the end, thank goodness for express international couriers!
Anyhow happy to be back, though a bit exhausted from holidaying
@Haris: I’ll get the Lulu version up asap! Actually I’ve gotten a test copy and it looks pretty good, so just have to make a few adjustments for print.
Chris Garrett
December 14th, 2007
Congratulations, it looks great
I am looking forward to receiving my complimentary review copy 
Michael from Pro Blog Design
December 14th, 2007
Congrats on the launch! I’m sure it will sell loads, and I can’t wait for the Lulu version.
Will
December 14th, 2007
Awesome. I’ll be ordering this :D.
Grace Smith
December 14th, 2007
Fantastic! I have been looking forward to this since it was announced, am off to get my copy! Congrats on the launch again Collis!
Brian
December 14th, 2007
I look forward to this! Congratulations on the book. I think it would be really cool if you showed screenshots of a couple of pages to get people hooked.
Mike
December 14th, 2007
This will probably seem like an odd question, but how big is the pdf?
Naomi
December 14th, 2007
Congratulations! I bet you guys will be really successful with this!
Araceli Roach
December 14th, 2007
Do you know how much paperback version will be? And will there be a discount on that for having subscribed to the mailing list?
Constantin Potorac
December 14th, 2007
Yey… Congratulations Collis!
UpandUp
December 14th, 2007
Looking forward to checking this one out, great idea its only fair you are compensated for your hard work
Dustin Brewer
December 14th, 2007
I can’t wait for my copy to arrive. I’m sure it is an excellent book, with all of the great information you all have given us over the life of this blog.
Verne
December 14th, 2007
Woke up to the email alert and made the purchase right away! Best of luck and congrats guys!
Corby Simpson
December 14th, 2007
Congrats to getting it done in time for the holidays! I’ll be waiting for the lulu version. I spend too much time in front of the computer and I’d rather read it in the comfort of my rocking chair! Yeah… I could print all 212 pages… But I don’t have a stapler big enough…
Elliott Cost
December 14th, 2007
I’m really looking forward to the “How to Be a Rockstar Wordpresser” book. Sounds cool!
Chris
December 14th, 2007
“You can see the full contents of the book here on the site.”
Just to clarify, by ‘full contents’ you mean the table of contents. I got excited and thought that I could read the book for free online.
K3v
December 14th, 2007
Yay! Finally! I’m sure it was worth the waiting
Congrats Collis & Cyan!
By the way, is the $10 discount only on the ebook?
Teddy
December 14th, 2007
Can’t believe I don’t get a proper TOC with links etc for a e-book I pay for. I’m looking forward to reading the book though, from what I’ve seen on this site so far it must be great and its perfect timing for me. Thanks for the hard work.
collis
December 14th, 2007
Hey guys, thanks for the positive feedback, really cool to come back from holidays to our awesome community. A couple of questions people asked:
(1) Size of PDF - 1.6mb
(2) Lulu Printed Book Price will be $35 (i.e. $29 + $6 for Lulu’s printing cost)
(3) Unfortunately the $10 discount won’t apply to the Lulu version simply because I don’t think they have a promo code facility like eJunkie does … Sorry about that!
Anyhow thanks again for all the positive comments, and now I’ve got to go write a new FSw article as I think we’ve run out of scheduled posts, yikes!
Chris
December 14th, 2007
Any chance that us readers who are eligible for discount will also get a discount on the upcoming print version? Also, are you offering any free sample chapters before buying? Would love to read a portion and see if this book is for me instead of gambling on luck.
Haris
December 14th, 2007
No discount on Lulu version?
I’ll still buy.
Chrisn
December 14th, 2007
It would be nice to see a sample of the book before buying…
Vicky
December 15th, 2007
I added the link to it on my Blog. Joined your affiliate program too. The book looks great.
Eix
December 15th, 2007
I thinking order or not, but Become an Affiliate.
Mike Morrison
December 15th, 2007
Looks great so far, excellent work guys; a few spelling errors here and there (plus a repeated paragraph early on) but to be honest, those sort of things crop up in a lot of releases from even well established publishing houses.
I was really hoping for the level of advice and insight given on the blog to bleed over into the book, and in that regard it certainly delivers. A few sections seem to either be directly copies from past blog posts, or slightly modified versions, but if it ain’t broke…
I also really liked the ‘Rock Quotes’ snippets, which pointed me in the direction of both sites which were completely new to me, as well as articles which were otherwise buried in some of the more popular sites.
Overall, i’m extremely pleased with my purchase, you guys have done a great job, and although i’ve already paid for the pdf version, i’ll most likely be grabbing the hard-copy when its released to.
Huge thumbs up from a satisfied reader!
chakrit
December 15th, 2007
will it available in other countries as well??
Collis Ta'eed
December 15th, 2007
Hey Mike! Thats fantastic to hear!
I think we could do with a second round edit, I must confess to not realising how much work goes into a book
Will have to get a revised version up for redownload in January.
In any case, as the very first bit of feedback, I must admit thats really great to hear
mj
December 16th, 2007
For some reason iphones / touch don’t render the body text on the pdf.
moshe
December 16th, 2007
Thanks - looking forward to reading this through
reason
December 17th, 2007
Nice to see a book just about freelancing - it appears to fill a niche that has been overlooked. I am surprised that no one has commented on the price…$29 for a PDF feels high compared to even a hardcover Amazon.com purchase. I’ve worked with a couple self-publishers, and I can appreciate the pricing dilemma. Also I’m not questioning the value, but the perception feels high. And thought it curious no one else has questioned it.
Like any analysis of pricing an produced object, the volume of sales vs. the profit per unit sale is always a point of contention. Leo at zenhabits.org just published his ZTD ebook for $10 and received over two thousand orders. I hope you’re able to come close to duplicating Leo’s success.
Eric Gruber
December 17th, 2007
I signed up through PSDtuts.com for the coupon and announcement and haven’t seen either yet. Is the coupon sill going to be available?
Keith Cash
December 17th, 2007
Good luck on you book sales.
Looks very interesting. I will give a look see.
Is there a part in the book on becoming a MillionareStar???
Cheers
R.
December 18th, 2007
I live in France, how can I buy this book ?
Ryan
December 20th, 2007
Just finished, great book! I will probably buy the hard copy when it comes out on LULU!
Luc
December 30th, 2007
I definitely want the Lulu version. Will it be available internationally?