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# [1 year after self-publishing an AWS Book - $74,792 and 1,712 orders later](https://sandro.volpee.de/1-year-after-self-publishing-an-aws-book-74792-and-1712-orders-later?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Hey 👋🏽 long time no see! Yesterday marked a special day in my calendar because exactly one year ago we published the book: AWS Fundamentals - AWS for the Real World. It is a book aimed at developers, managers, and tech people, who want to learn mor...

Jan 17, 2024 · 6 min read · sandro.volpee.de  
Updated Feb 5, 2024  
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## Written by

[Sandro Volpicella](https://hashnode.com/@SandroVolpicella)

@SandroVolpicella · Germany 🇩🇪

  
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Fullstack Engineer @Hashnode. I love building serverless things and talk about it 🙂

I am a fullstack engineer working here @ hashnode. I love the cloud and really like to build serverless things that scale. https://awsfundamentals.com 📕 https://cloudwatchbook.com 📙

## Responses 5

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[Can Okan Taşkıran](https://hashnode.com/@CanOkan)

[Jul 1, 2024](https://hashnode.com/posts/1-year-after-self-publishing-an-aws-book-74792-and-1712-orders-later/65a778fcedda07b260e7e638/comment/668204e8be700c3fee9a55e0)

Really inspiring, congrats

[Sandro Volpicella](https://hashnode.com/@SandroVolpicella)

[Jul 1, 2024](https://hashnode.com/posts/1-year-after-self-publishing-an-aws-book-74792-and-1712-orders-later/65a778fcedda07b260e7e638/comment/668204e8be700c3fee9a55e0#reply-6682712d8117be320b358f36)

thanks :)

[Priya Raimagiya](https://hashnode.com/@priyaraimagiya123)

[Jun 20, 2024](https://hashnode.com/posts/1-year-after-self-publishing-an-aws-book-74792-and-1712-orders-later/65a778fcedda07b260e7e638/comment/667400931a7a87743594901b)

Congratulations!

[Vamsi Rao](https://hashnode.com/@vamsirao)

[Jan 19, 2024](https://hashnode.com/posts/1-year-after-self-publishing-an-aws-book-74792-and-1712-orders-later/65a778fcedda07b260e7e638/comment/65aa52982dd2b6a53b2f44e3)

Congrats [Sandro Volpicella](https://hashnode.com/@SandroVolpicella)! Love how you applied Indiehacking learnings so well for your launch. Inspiring!

[Sandeep Panda](https://hashnode.com/@sandeep)

[Jan 18, 2024](https://hashnode.com/posts/1-year-after-self-publishing-an-aws-book-74792-and-1712-orders-later/65a778fcedda07b260e7e638/comment/65a8fa5d70a7f3c282eb6b40)

Congrats!

[Sandro Volpicella](https://hashnode.com/@SandroVolpicella)

[Jan 18, 2024](https://hashnode.com/posts/1-year-after-self-publishing-an-aws-book-74792-and-1712-orders-later/65a778fcedda07b260e7e638/comment/65a8fa5d70a7f3c282eb6b40#reply-65a926bd7d9f3192328437b1)

Thank you! 😊

[Jannik Wempe](https://hashnode.com/@JannikWempe)

[Jan 17, 2024](https://hashnode.com/posts/1-year-after-self-publishing-an-aws-book-74792-and-1712-orders-later/65a778fcedda07b260e7e638/comment/65a82d0816fac658adcbe05c)

Congrats, Sandro! A huge success. Well done. Especially the work with the newsletter and other emails was (and still is!) great!

[Sandro Volpicella](https://hashnode.com/@SandroVolpicella)

[Jan 18, 2024](https://hashnode.com/posts/1-year-after-self-publishing-an-aws-book-74792-and-1712-orders-later/65a778fcedda07b260e7e638/comment/65a82d0816fac658adcbe05c#reply-65a926b4802aa987c01c252b)

Thanks! 😊