I have no-doubt at all that the books are of a much higher quality than most self-published material. And the thousands of sales of the last two books is impressive! My point was that someone who had never heard of lesswrong before was unlikely to purchase a book “cold”—which is what I had read as your intention. But from the reply your goal is instead to connect people already in the know with more good stuff faster, which a book probably achieves well. (In addition to the “books are just really nice things” angle.)
I have no-doubt at all that the books are of a much higher quality than most self-published material. And the thousands of sales of the last two books is impressive! My point was that someone who had never heard of lesswrong before was unlikely to purchase a book “cold”—which is what I had read as your intention. But from the reply your goal is instead to connect people already in the know with more good stuff faster, which a book probably achieves well. (In addition to the “books are just really nice things” angle.)
You don’t need to have brought a book to read it. It can also be gifted.