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Originally Posted by Cwocwoc
Vids are pretty cheap on the training sites and a lot of the sites have free trial periods. You say you base your game on Collin Moshman. His sng book can be bought for under $8 on Amazon.
I have provided a 2 week money back (free trial) guarantee. There is no more risk than what would be involved with signing up for a training site. However the videos are really different than what you would find on a training site. They are interactive quizzes. The value here is that they provide direct feedback on comprehension like a coach would while playing. I do not think they are comparable and ran the idea by Hunter Bick (CEO of DTB) prior to releasing them to make sure he was comfortable that they did not directly compete.
As far as my book, I talked to Collin in depth prior to writing this book to determine whether or not it would be an issue with him to produce it. I did not want to cannibalize his book sales, and I wanted to make sure that he felt it was a significantly different approach that it was worth publishing.
My book is really based around a central concept that is new (although I have been talking about it for a while on DTB). We both felt that it was a significant addition to the literature that is out there on how to learn SNG's and that it was worth publishing.
I would say that my book is complementary in nature to his. The strategy's do not conflict, but the approach for how to implement them is quite different. In they end they arrive at the same conclusion, but I believe that the thought process for solving the problems is more streamlined and easier for a beginning player to grasp and implement.
As far as the price tag. I paid either $25 or $30 for Collin's book when it was first released. It may cost $8 now but when it was new, it cost more. My book is new and costs more. Eventually it might cost $8 as well but for now I believe that is set at the fair market value.
Regards,
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