Show HN: I built a website that lets you read classic books as email newsletters

Re:Show HN: I built a website that lets you read classic boo... by acqbu on Monday August 28, 2023 @04:40PM (#37300146)

Interesting! Clean UI, good execution. Am I correct in thinking that these are all copyright-free books? Also, which vendor do you use to send emails and how many customers do you have so far?

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Re:Show HN: I built a website that lets you read classic boo... by andrewedstrom on Monday August 28, 2023 @09:30PM (#37302465)

Thanks, glad you like the site! Yes that is correct—all of the books I sell are in the public domain.

I use Sendgrid to send emails, which has worked great so far although it took a while to get my account fully set up.

Re: customers, so far I've had more than 10 and less than 1000. One encouraging sign is that many people are coming back after finishing their first book and buying another.

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Re:Show HN: I built a website that lets you read classic boo... by dmitkov28 on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @04:19AM (#37304787)

Very cool! Did you have any issues with Sendgrid mails ending up in spam?

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Re:Show HN: I built a website that lets you read classic boo... by andrewedstrom on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @10:24AM (#37308414)

I haven’t had any issues with that. However I don’t send any marketing emails, and since people are paying me to send them these emails I think the chance of getting flagged as spam is particularly low.

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