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Ask HN: How is my new book's landing page?

13 points by thebiglebrewski ↗ HN
Hey, I saw that one user who get some pretty amazing feedback on his landing page. I was wondering if I could get some thoughts on mine? I'm writing a book on Linux for Hobbyists to get the casual Raspberry Pi, Chromebook, and cloud Linux box crowd a good introductory text.

Your thoughts are much appreciated!

http://linuxforhobbyists.com

10 comments

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anigbrowl
It's great - you could safely leave it as-is. I could have used a friendly-sounding text like this when I got into Linux way back when so I'm sure it'll be a big help to a new geeration of users.
thebiglebrewski
Thanks so much! I appreciate your comment. I thought the same thing which is why I'm writing it. When I got into this it just seemed like all the resources assumed a ton of knowledge.
aepearson
Simple and directly to the point - I think it's great. If I was in the market I would certainly pre order.
whisdol
I find the text to lack a bit of contrast that makes it just a little hard to read. Other than that, I like the design and the contents, it's intriguing!
thebiglebrewski
Good to know! Which text specifically - all of it, or in a specific section?
whisdol
I think the headlines are generally okay, but the "text" sections are a bit too soft. For me, the grey is just a little bit too light. Same for the text on the orange background, but the headlines are okay here, too. One exception: the headlines at the top (orange background with picture), for me that's a little hard to read too.
thebiglebrewski
Cool - thank you for the feedback! I will take it into consideration as I redesign.
kromodor
Hello,

It looks good as a style. I like that. I think the style fits the audience. But I am a sucky graphic designer.

However it's not immediately known that what you offer is a book (at least in the medium of a book).

If people visit the page without a context, they might not expect a book at the end of the page. You prepared us here that the page is about a book, but will that be the case with everyone visiting it?

You can do a little quick research to see if random people get what is this about.

https://usabilityhub.com/ provides 5 seconds tests - people see the page for 5 sec and they answer a simple question, for example - "what is this page about" or something like that. The 5 sec tests are pretty cheap. Last time used that site you could trade making 1 test for someone else for 1 participant for your test.

10 people should be enough to spot patterns.

thebiglebrewski
Thanks so much! I completely agree that people may not know that it's a book. I'm going to work on that.