

Part of what makes it seem expensive to some people is the fact that Evernote has a free version and even the premium version is only $5 per month. It is very good content, but obviously isn’t targeted at everyone. Where you fall in the spectrum between those two extremes will determine if the book seems like a great deal or not. However, it doesn’t take much for it to be well worth it to someone who uses Evernote for several hours each day and earns $250 per hour. Someone who uses Evernote 5 minutes a day and makes $5 per hour might not get a good return on investment from it so it wouldn’t seem like a good deal to them. If you are willing to really put the time into experimenting and learning Evernote on your own, you can become very good at understanding all of its features.

Still, if it is out of your price range, don’t forget that it is just a tool. So the cost benefit may not be appropriate for everyone, but it tends to be worth it for most people. Other people may only be willing to pay $5 for something that saves them a few hours. Generally if I can pay $25 for something that saves me a few hours of time, it is well worth it. Obviously the value of the book to you personally depends on how valuable your time is. This particular book gives you a bunch of use case ideas or suggestions on how you could use the tool in a variety of different settings. However, you can figure out how to use Evernote by looking at their help files and just fiddling around with it.

(After they saw it they hired him, but he wasn’t an employee when he wrote it.) Regarding the price, it is a very good, very detailed book. It was written by someone who didn’t even work for them.
