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Ask HN: Please provide feedback on my idea

I am starting a small saas side project that seeks to help magazine/catalog/newsletter publishers engage and retain their readers .The project seeks to make it easy for the publishers add interactive elements such as (videos, slideshows and hot spots) to their pdf publications . I know that its not easy , what i am looking for is for feedback on the idea as well as any advise you might have (especially if you are a publisher in the industry ). For those who might be interested I have created a launch site http://www.livelypaper.com [Update] An incomplete demo is here http://livelypaper.com/demo

natch 13y ago
You should put up a demo PDF to gain some credibility.
- ericthegoodking 13y ago
  Thanks for your feedback, The output will be a HTML5 files produced from converted pdf file.I will put some demo on that page as soon as possible.
ericthegoodking 13y ago
<clickable> http://www.livelypaper.com http://www.livelypaper.com
ahquresh 13y ago
I think this is neat idea, especially if there was a way to ab test and collect data. I agree with natch in that you should put up a demo, though.
- ericthegoodking 13y ago
  http://livelypaper.com/demo/ http://livelypaper.com/demo/ . This is just flippage effect, Interactive elements are coming soon!
  - pedalpete 13y ago
    Personally, I'd stay away from the 'flippage effect' unless it is done strikingly well. On my Mac, your page flip wasn't smooth, and your fonts looked pixelated. As design moves away from skeumorphism and imitating real world objects, page flips will start to look passe. Just my 2 cents.
    - ericthegoodking 13y ago
      The "flippage effect" is just an optional feature that people will have option to apply.
    - byoung2 13y ago
      On my Mac, your page flip wasn't smooth, and your fonts looked pixelated It looks beautiful on my Samsung Galaxy Note 3. Maybe it is optimized for mobile?
      - ericthegoodking 13y ago
        yes im trying to make it mobile friendly although it is under heavy development. Their is still a long way to go .Thanks for your feedback i appreciate.
  - hamidr 13y ago
    cool :) I may have found a (kinda) bug; At the last page i was trying to flip to the next page but it grabbed the previous page. I don't like it but that's my opinion ;)

natch 13y ago

You should put up a demo PDF to gain some credibility.

ericthegoodking 13y ago
Thanks for your feedback, The output will be a HTML5 files produced from converted pdf file.I will put some demo on that page as soon as possible.

ericthegoodking 13y ago

<clickable> http://www.livelypaper.com http://www.livelypaper.com

ahquresh 13y ago

I think this is neat idea, especially if there was a way to ab test and collect data. I agree with natch in that you should put up a demo, though.

ericthegoodking 13y ago
http://livelypaper.com/demo/ http://livelypaper.com/demo/ . This is just flippage effect, Interactive elements are coming soon!
- pedalpete 13y ago
  Personally, I'd stay away from the 'flippage effect' unless it is done strikingly well. On my Mac, your page flip wasn't smooth, and your fonts looked pixelated. As design moves away from skeumorphism and imitating real world objects, page flips will start to look passe. Just my 2 cents.
  - ericthegoodking 13y ago
    The "flippage effect" is just an optional feature that people will have option to apply.
  - byoung2 13y ago
    On my Mac, your page flip wasn't smooth, and your fonts looked pixelated It looks beautiful on my Samsung Galaxy Note 3. Maybe it is optimized for mobile?
    - ericthegoodking 13y ago
      yes im trying to make it mobile friendly although it is under heavy development. Their is still a long way to go .Thanks for your feedback i appreciate.
- hamidr 13y ago
  cool :) I may have found a (kinda) bug; At the last page i was trying to flip to the next page but it grabbed the previous page. I don't like it but that's my opinion ;)