Installing and Using Tarsnap for Fun and Profit

Well, “profit” is a strong word. Maybe “not losing money” would be a better description. Perhaps even “not screwing over readers.”

I back up my personal stuff with a combination of snapshots, tarballs, rsync, and sneakernet. This is fine for my email and my personal web site. Chances are, if all four of my backup sites are simultaneously destroyed, I won’t care.

A couple years ago I opened my own ecommerce site, so I could sell my self-published books directly to readers. For the record, I didn...