Write Your Book With Obsidian (In Progress)

DISCLAIMER: The book is currently a work in progress. The draft is about 45-50% complete, thanks to the help of all the people who shared ideas and feedback during the early "free" phase. As I near the halfway mark, I want to complete this e-book in a way that is financiall sustainable, i.e., I can free some time to work on it, while still being able to pay my bills. This is why I came up with this idea of an early-version discount. An early adopter would pay about 50% of the final price ($8.99 instead of $16.99) in exchange of the current draft and all of its future additions.

Why is this a good deal for you?
Well, if you think about it, you are getting exactly what you paid for, but also, all the additions up to final product. Even if I am unable to keep working on it, you haven't actually lost anything. In addition, by being an early supporter, you get to ask me practical questions and share feedback that will make it into future updates of the book. I call this win-win.

What if you figure out this is isn't for you?

We all make impulse decisions, only to realize that they were a mistake; that's life. If you end up buying the draft, realize that you are not interested in what it offers to you, and are still within 30 days of purchase, I will refund 100% of the amount you paid. I am not into the business of making people feel they have been scammed or under-valued. All you have to do is send me an email (within 30 days of purchase), explain your reasons, and I will refund it to you. If you are planning to get the draft, only to ask for a refund right away, please don't. It will only make me cancel this plan option for everyone else.

Obsidian offers a fresh way of building a digital extension to your brain in the form of simple note-taking and linking across notes. Ever since it first appeared online, I have been using it to keep track of my goals, journal my experience, gather research, and, last but not least, write all my books with it.

Obsidian is an indispensable tool for writing a book, a research paper, or just about anything worth publishing. It offers a comprehensive way of organizing notes and linking them in a deep knowledge graph. And yet, for the most part, Obsidian notes are just pure text. You can apply version control and track changes using simple source control solutions like git. Again, because notes are just text, you can publish them into a beautiful book bundle when you write down your first sentence.

This guide will show interested readers how to set up an Obsidian workspace, organize research notes, and put a book together using GitHub version control and Leanpub publishing.

Who is this book for?

This book is for anyone interested in writing, regardless of their writing skills or the volume of their writing. If you are just starting, don't let the title discourage you. When I say "book," I mean anything longer than a couple of sentences that you think is worth being read by others.

You would need a certain level of essential technical skills, but I have tried to make the book accessible enough to the largest group of people possible. Obsidian can be overwhelming to people outside of the Productivity or Knowledge Management circles. By default, it is a tool targeting a more technically savvy audience. However, I do not expect you to have an idea about Markdown, Wikilinks, tagging, or other concepts known from further research and productivity tools. These are some things I will try to shed some more light on as we go along with the book. As a reader of this book, you should not feel like there is a single point where you feel lost. If it does happen to be the case, feel free to share your feedback with me, and I will incorporate it in future versions of the book.