[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":452},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-17781098":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":5,"maker":10,"posted_at":11,"year":12,"points":13,"comments":13,"rank_in_year":14,"shown_in_year":15,"top":16,"tier":17,"category":18,"subcategory":19,"format":20,"keywords":21,"reception":25,"sentiment":26,"stance_mix":27,"scored_comments":32,"aspects":33,"strip":43,"post_text":44,"what":45,"said":84,"maker_in_thread":214,"shape":224,"grid":229,"attempts":413,"same_week":414,"maker_shows":40,"maker_hidden":444,"reader_version":445,"card":446},"17781098","wits.io","Wits.io where writers can earn money with book summaries","title","Show HN: I made wits.io where writers can earn money with book summaries","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wits.io\u002Fcontribute","zaheerbaloch",1534493157,2018,79,549,2155,26,"notable","learning_science","book summaries","web_app",[19,22,23,24],"writers earn money","book reviews","reading","curious",-0.214,{"positive":28,"neutral":29,"mixed":30,"critical":31},6,24,0,16,46,{"pricing":34,"execution":37,"idea":39,"docs":41,"design":42},{"positive":35,"critical":36},1,3,{"positive":30,"critical":38},2,{"positive":36,"critical":40},5,{"positive":30,"critical":36},{"positive":38,"critical":38},[36,35,40,36,36,36,35,36,35,36,40,40,36,36,35,36,35,35,30,30,35,35,36,40,36,30,35,35,35,35,35,35,36,30,30,36,36,36,40,36],null,{"problem":46,"audience":58,"pricing":66,"motivation":44,"time_to_build":44,"stack":80,"openness":81,"stage":82,"team_size":83},{"value":47,"source":48,"evidence":49},"Busy readers lack time to read books; writers want to earn from summaries.","commenter",[50,54],{"id":51,"by":52,"text":53},"17784401","masukomi","no way i would read an entire book, to write a small summary, and then get only 50% of \"profits\" (even if it is changed to 85% (still says 50% for me)). On top of that there's no…",{"id":55,"by":56,"text":57},"17782015","zubairlk","For more context, check out https:\u002F\u002Fwits.io and https:\u002F\u002Fwww.producthunt.com\u002Fposts\u002Fwits-io From their website: Weekly summaries of great books recommended by founders and makers…",{"value":59,"source":48,"evidence":60},"Readers who want short book summaries and writers who summarise books.",[61,62],{"id":55,"by":56,"text":57},{"id":63,"by":64,"text":65},"17783453","tenaciousDaniel","I had an idea to do something similar but with the following differences: - publishers could submit either text or audio - publishers could choose between summarizing the entire…",{"value":67,"source":68,"evidence":69},"Subscription at $5\u002Fmonth or $49\u002Fyear; writer revenue share changed from 50% to 85% of profits.","maker",[70,74,77],{"id":71,"by":72,"text":73},"17782383","quakenul","Subscriptions: 5$\u002Fmonth, 49$\u002Fyear (I am not the creator)",{"id":75,"by":10,"text":76},"17783364","Thanks. This is right. $5\u002Fmonth and $49 a year. I havent really figured out the details of profit sharing with authors yet... Which I will do once I have some people willing to…",{"id":78,"by":10,"text":79},"17783536","Done. Its now 85\u002F15 :)",[],"unknown","beta","solo",{"praise":85,"objections":106,"requests":147,"questions":170,"alternatives":192},[86,93,100],{"value":87,"source":48,"evidence":88},"Simple, clean design.",[89],{"id":90,"by":91,"text":92},"17783773","LukeHoersten","I love the simple design and look of the site. Did you do that yourself?",{"value":94,"source":48,"evidence":95},"Good selection of books for HN readers.",[96],{"id":97,"by":98,"text":99},"17782534","sebslomski","Awesome idea! Apparently I hesitated as there was no trial or anything. I have no idea what I can expect or how good the quality is. But really good selection of books for HN.",{"value":101,"source":48,"evidence":102},"Passwordless login is a good choice.",[103],{"id":104,"by":98,"text":105},"17782542","And thank you for using nopassword. It's 2018... why isn't this the standard???",[107,115,126,137],{"value":108,"source":48,"evidence":109},"Payout model is opaque and likely too little to earn from.",[110,111],{"id":51,"by":52,"text":53},{"id":112,"by":113,"text":114},"17784491","asdfman123","I think it's a mistake to distribute payment based on likes, reading time or engagement. Firstly, the writer is doing all the work only to be paid based on a completely opaque…",{"value":116,"source":48,"evidence":117},"Summaries may encourage shallow reading and signalling.",[118,122],{"id":119,"by":120,"text":121},"17784243","ordinaryradical","If a book's ideas can be absorbed in 15 minutes, was it ever really a book? I've seen these business summaries on offer elsewhere--it always struck me as an approach to…",{"id":123,"by":124,"text":125},"17782666","Kaveren","If a book can be summarized in 10-15 minutes and the rest of the book was worthless \"filler\", I wonder whether or not that's the sort of book worth summarizing in the first place.",{"value":127,"source":48,"evidence":128},"Missing terms, privacy and about-us pages.",[129,133],{"id":130,"by":131,"text":132},"17781985","Gys","No terms of use, privacy statement ? About us ? So who are you and why would anybody trust you ?",{"id":134,"by":135,"text":136},"17783159","calferreira","I felt the same when i tried to look for an About Us to try to understand more about the page. The website is too minimalist in my opinion. Although the looks are good, the lack…",{"value":138,"source":48,"evidence":139},"Celebrity images may imply endorsement.",[140,144],{"id":141,"by":142,"text":143},"17782768","Tomte","No. The ideas and the knowledge in the book don't fall under copyright, the concrete expression does. But the more interesting point is how they use the names of well-known…",{"id":145,"by":142,"text":146},"17782907","I think it gets very close to presenting those people as the authors of summaries\u002Fbook recommendations on the site. That‘s what I thought on my first visit, anyway. Depending how…",[148,155,162],{"value":149,"source":48,"evidence":150},"Add a free tier with some books.",[151],{"id":152,"by":153,"text":154},"17782828","muzani","Yeah, I think there should be a few books in a \"free tier\" section. Maybe very popular books like the 4 Hour Workweek or Lean Startup. Then leave the rare content for membership…",{"value":156,"source":48,"evidence":157},"Show sample summaries.",[158],{"id":159,"by":160,"text":161},"17784446","davidcollantes","I would like to see a sample. I am, also, annoyed a little by the three \"Apply to contribute\" and the \"Write & make money\", all on the same page.",{"value":163,"source":48,"evidence":164},"Simplify the three duplicate apply buttons.",[165,166],{"id":159,"by":160,"text":161},{"id":167,"by":168,"text":169},"17794398","kull","UX comments: 3 buttons on a page which do the same, is very confusing. And then the button in the corner, what does it do? Also, what will you do with this content? Examples? I…",[171,178,185],{"value":172,"source":48,"evidence":173},"How does copyright apply to summaries?",[174],{"id":175,"by":176,"text":177},"17782634","justaguyhere","Just curious, how does copyright work in this case? To summarize someone's book (especially if we are selling the summaries), don't we have to get permission from the book's…",{"value":179,"source":48,"evidence":180},"What is the business model?",[181],{"id":182,"by":183,"text":184},"17782334","rainboiboi","\"Whenever a wits.io member likes your book summary, you earn money.\" What is your business model?",{"value":186,"source":48,"evidence":187},"Is the signup count real?",[188],{"id":189,"by":190,"text":191},"17782156","tw1010","\"1,337 people have signed up so far.\" Is that just boilerplate or was I really lucky?",[193,200,207],{"value":194,"source":48,"evidence":195},"Blinkist",[196],{"id":197,"by":198,"text":199},"17784596","swozey","Have you looked a Blinkist? https:\u002F\u002Fwww.blinkist.com\u002F",{"value":201,"source":48,"evidence":202},"Instaread",[203],{"id":204,"by":205,"text":206},"17785878","orangepeel310","I’ve been using [Instaread][https:\u002F\u002Finstaread.co]. I find it to be a pretty good source of high quality book summaries, which you can read or listen to.",{"value":208,"source":48,"evidence":209},"Derek Sivers book page",[210],{"id":211,"by":212,"text":213},"17784677","dtujmer","Don't know if this is helpful, but Derek Sivers has a giant review page of all the books he has read. Maybe wits.io competes with this by better reviews, maybe not. In any case,…",{"comments":29,"answered":215,"key":216},14,[217,220,223],{"id":218,"text":219},"17783425","Changing to 85\u002F15 based on feedback. Is that fair?",{"id":221,"text":222},"17783339","Its just a start... I wasnt sure about the number hence started with 50%.... I can bump it to a bigger number... 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