cakevaper
I Love the tips and I think Craig Anderton is a legend!! However, without trying to be nasty, I do find $20 or £15 for a PDF is a wee bit too pricey, when compared to the price of physical books on Sonar that are bound and also have full colour illustrations.
I think $8 would be a fair price and I think volume of sales would make up for the price drop :)
 

Don't worry, that doesn't come across as nasty but to be fair, the material was available free for over two years. It was announced in this thread that the old tips were going to be removed, updated for a book, and the thread rebooted, so people had time to save the tips while they were free. However, saving the tips took work and besides, most of the tips needed updating...nor were they categorized, and there was no table of contents. For many people it made more sense just to wait for the book.
 
The book is 311 pages. Only someone who has written, edited, assembled, laid out, and proofed a book of that length knows how much work it is. I do not receive anything for the book, it was done as a service to the people who enjoyed the Tip of the Week and wanted the tips updated to reflect the changes in SONAR, as well as to bring income to Cakewalk. I would not have done it if Cakewalk was only going to receive $8, there would have been no way to justify the time I put into it. Also note that it was introduced for $14.95, so "early adopters" could save $5.
 
It's interesting that people don't think twice about buying four Starbucks coffees that are consumed within minutes, but balk at paying the same amount for a book that can improve their music in the months and even years ahead...and it took a lot more time to create the book than the time it took a barista to create four coffees. I know the world has changed - intellectual property has been devalued, and there's an "information should be free" mentality. While that's a nice goal, the reality is that when a company has employees, you can't say "you should work for free because information should be free." That works up until someone has to buy groceries, pay rent, or put gas in the car 
 
This is why I used to write a lot of books, but don't any more. People would love for me to write a revised version of "Electronic Projects for Musicians" or "Home Recording for Musicians," but I can't afford to do it.
 
P.S. Also note you get a free magazine each month with more editorial content than many magazines that sell on newsstands.

In case there are no more Craig's Tips, I compiled this batch into a Word file and uploaded them to Dropbox here.

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