Re:Ask HN: Any interest in a startup book review site?
by revorad on Wednesday April 13, 2011 @02:44PM
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DanielBMarkham, who runs hn books does write reviews as well. Letting users review would probably be a nice addition.
Since you are going down the lean path, presumably you want to make money from this. How will you do that?
Re:Ask HN: Any interest in a startup book review site?
by prassarkar on Wednesday April 13, 2011 @03:49PM
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I wasn't exactly looking to make it a business but enough money to cover operational costs. The revenue could be a mix of affiliate links + Adsense (kept to a minimal).
The focus here is to create a community-focused treasure trove of startup knowledge rather than a page-view focused content site.
That site seems to solve the problem of finding book recommendations in a way that's easily filtered/sorted. I like the fact that it lists additional versions (ebook, pdf, etc.) of the book.
My thoughts were that the community might want to read reviews from a startup-oriented individual rather than the default synopsis from the book's publisher. I also imagined that multiple reviewers could review the same book (either on the hub site or their own blog).