Re:Why We're Bootstrapping Readwise (2018)
by tristanho on Saturday March 30, 2019 @01:59PM
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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 has gone since then (well!)
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Re:Why We're Bootstrapping Readwise (2018)
by nishanth_v on Saturday March 30, 2019 @02:08PM
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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-goog...
Re:Why We're Bootstrapping Readwise (2018)
by tristanho on Saturday March 30, 2019 @02:17PM
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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://github.com/tristanh/bookcision
Readers should have access to their own reading data! :)
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?
Re:Why We're Bootstrapping Readwise (2018)
by rmorey on Saturday March 30, 2019 @11:07PM
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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?
Re:Why We're Bootstrapping Readwise (2018)
by burtonator on Saturday March 30, 2019 @03:14PM
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How's the bootstrapping going?