I think that's true, but I'm also one of the people that's going to bounce from that.
While several chapters have mildly interesting titles, what I've come used to from these kinds of offers are mostly just rehashed blog articles from other sources. I remember one extra special case about an Elixir "book" that pretty much just copy-pasted the official getting started guide.
Generally speaking, these kind of hurdles don't inspire confidence in the quality of the content.
But you can see the actual content. 6% of the book is on display on the landing page. I think you should just judge the quality of that instead of inventing ways to make assumptions based on other factors.
While several chapters have mildly interesting titles, what I've come used to from these kinds of offers are mostly just rehashed blog articles from other sources. I remember one extra special case about an Elixir "book" that pretty much just copy-pasted the official getting started guide.
Generally speaking, these kind of hurdles don't inspire confidence in the quality of the content.