Ask HN: Who would pay $20/mo for Netflix for research

Posted by davidjnelson on Monday May 14, 2018 @06:57PM
from the ask-hn dept.

If there were a way to pay $20/mo for access to ~5 publications/mo from a list of hundreds/thousands, that would be fantastic! Netflix for research. I'd pay for it. Would you?

It wouldn't be terribly challenging to build. The tricks are in making the deals with the content owners, and getting the word out to users.

The total market is 137 Billion/year ( https://www.ibisworld.com/industry-trends/market-research-re... ) Not bad.

Looks like half the market is the government. Might be enough there to build a business on. Hard to say. Requires more research.

Anyone think this could work?

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Re:Ask HN: Who would pay $20/mo for Netflix for research by Bucephalus355 on Monday May 14, 2018 @09:14PM (#17070823)

DeepDyve does something similar to this. They charge $40 a month.

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Re:Ask HN: Who would pay $20/mo for Netflix for research by raybb on Monday May 14, 2018 @07:29PM (#17070343)

I wonder how many people are interested in academic articles that don't already have access to them through a library near them.

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Re:Ask HN: Who would pay $20/mo for Netflix for research by sternocleidom on Monday May 14, 2018 @07:38PM (#17070391)

This is delusional and would never work

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Re:Ask HN: Who would pay $20/mo for Netflix for research by davidjnelson on Monday May 14, 2018 @07:44PM (#17070422)

hahahha, nice. good to know lol.

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