Reception
Williams calculated that, as of April, 2003, between 5,000 and 10,000 people had read his book, and distinguished this from traditional book "purchases" which don't necessarily equate to readers. Ingo described this as "not bad for an unknown author!", and Williams attributed this success to coverage such as the original introductory article on Kuro5hin and a front page review on Slashdot.
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