ML book author Andriy Burkov on the millions of downloads he never counted
burkov · x · 2026-09-06
Andriy Burkov shared that another author who gives his book away free refused to host a copy on ChapterPal, saying it "would hurt my estimate of the number of downloads just to make your for-profit platform more attractive." Burkov admits he never counted downloads of his own books — possibly millions uncounted — and is asking readers how to start tracking them.
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