18 Jul

Money Matters

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This week, we're working on, among other chapters, the one on Business Models. Unless you're making an IoT device for fun, and can afford to bankroll it yourself, you will need some way to pay your bills and eat. So, just to get us into the mood, we're experimenting with monetizing the blog...

Don't worry, you can still read all the content on this site for free. Also, we're not going to place horrible flashing adverts to spoil your Blog of Things reading experience (though if you're not already using AdBlock, what are you waiting for? ;-)

But if you find this blog useful, or want to get your hands on our book when it comes out, here are some things you can do:

• You can already preorder the book on Amazon. Yup, there's no cover image on there just yet, but the Wiley guys have designed a really nice cover which we're hoping to share with you soon!
• If you have a Kindle, you can subscribe to the blog for £0.99 a month. That gets you all the same content that you can read here, but lovingly formatted for your eBook reader by Amazon's worker elves for your convenience.
• We now have a shop furnished with only the finest Internet of Things supplies.
• And you can flattr us.

Also, if you have an IoT business, startup, or project, and an interesting story to tell about it, why not get in touch with @aBookOfThings on twitter, or email hakim at doesliverpool dot com.