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Founder of Readwise here -- just posted this article from ~10 months ago on a whim. Happy to answer any qs or chat about how the decision to start bootstrapping

• nishanth_v 8y ago
  How are guys exporting highlights from kindle? A couple of months ago, I was looking to implement a kindle to Evernote exporter. I couldn't find any official API with the capability, so I ended up writing a scrapper that did the work. See: https://github.com/nishanthvijayan/kindle-highlights-to-googlesheets https://github.com/nishanthvijayan/kindle-highlights-to-goog...
  • tristanho 8y ago
    We actually maintain an open source tool called Bookcision which is for easily exporting your Kindle highlights which follows roughly the same approach we take (but is non-automatic, unlike our product): https://readwise.io/bookcision https://readwise.io/bookcision https://github.com/tristanh/bookcision https://github.com/tristanh/bookcision Readers should have access to their own reading data! :)
• eruci 8y ago
  Hi. I used to run a fanfiction site (which I sold about 2 years ago) and one of the things I found quite difficult was monetizing in this field. (I did integrate ebook exporters, readers and other rings and bells into the app after quite a bit of effort, getting very little in return.) Is your experience similar to mine? How did you decide on the right pricing model?
• burtonator 8y ago
  How's the bootstrapping going?
• rmorey 8y ago
  Looks like a great product, I look forward to trying it out this month. Do you have plans to support notes from Google Play Books?