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Wanted to take some time off to write a book on fullstack development, so I have to build a book writing and publishing platform first. Obviously. Working on h
by sudhirj 7y ago
Wanted to take some time off to write a book on fullstack development, so I have to build a book writing and publishing platform first. Obviously.
Working on https://papiary.com https://papiary.com - I’m starting off with a reader, putting a few public domain books on it, free to read without login. Hoping to get some buzz by asking people to tweet me about which books they want on next. Will add a paid Pro Reader plan that lets you choose better fonts (very high quality expensive ones) adjust the typesetting and theme, sync across devices, PDF downloads etc.
For the authors, I’ll write the first few booklets on it and then open it out to others, but so far I’m thinking direct payments and subscriptions into your Gumroad / Stripe / Paddle account, no commission. Manage all your readers as a list of email addresses, so easy export to Mailchimp or import off external sales. Will also handle demand curve pricing if you want. Can write in simple Markdown or the gold standard AsciiDoc. Will charge money making authors based on headcount, maybe $5 per 100 paying readers.