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General / Book on Modern Tetris
October 05, 2011, 08:47:10 PM
Quote from: DarthDuck
I decided to write a book on Tetris. This might take me a few years, but I want to do it right. I will probably just called it "Modern Tetris", but I tend to change my mind a lot and would be happy to hear any ideas for titles, as silly as you think they may be.
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There apparently is only one book like this in existence, and so far it appears to be a failure that is only available on Kindle.

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As far as feedback, ANYTHING will be received with gratitude and acknowledgments, but I need particular feedback on the following:

1. How to market this to as broad of an audience as possible while keeping the bulk of it interesting to a seasoned Nullpomino overlord.

2. What sections are needed and how to arrange or proportion them to make the book as interesting


Hey man it looks like you have a really good thing going. Everything looks 'money. It does seem you've bit off a lot, but if you're planning on going to law school I'm sure this will be a tiny work load in comparison.

Also, as far as print versus Kindle only goes, it used to be a huge process to have a book to go kindle, and vice versa. Today though, it's basically a click and a half on the publishers end. I didn't think there would be a huge market for small guide's to Tetris, so it's just Kindle. Maybe that is a mistake on my part.

Tetris can be tricky to write about because many of the strategies don't lend themselves very well to text. I think this explains why many of the best free guides to Tetris are so visuals-heavy. I do like books and text as a medium to learn, but with something as interactive as Tetris, I think a truly modern guide to Tetris should probably be done through video. Just sayin'.

If you want to talk shop or whatever, I'm on Twitter as @Barefootford.

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