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#MyStartupStory
Write or Read started as my NYU thesis
Write or Read started as my NYU thesis
Yay! Graduated!
It was a combination of my love of books
It was a combination of my love of books
Here are 853 of my favorites
And my fascination with digital publishing
I was an e-book developer for Simon & Schuster, NBC Publishing, and The Experiment Publishing
And my fascination with digital publishing
But I was frustrated with the lack of data
But I was frustrated with the lack of data
I only knew about sales, nothing about my readers or if they even finished my book
So I decided to combine reading, analytics, and indie e-book publishing…
in to Write or Read!
Authors upload their e-books, and get insights about their readers and their stories
WoR is an HTML5 web app, so readers can subscribe and access our books anywhere
WoR is an HTML5 web app, so readers can subscribe and access our books anywhere
On other sites, readers just buy the right to license the e-books anyway
Bonus!
Readers get reader units, which gives them flexibility to read however many pages they want, instead of being stuck with a
book they may not like
With Write or Read we can start a movement, one where authors and readers have a closer, more direct connection. We don’t want to simply collect data, we want to share our information so we all can learn and use that knowledge to make better books.
Write or Read officially started in NYU-Poly’s DUMBO incubator
The first step was to find a developer
The first step was to find a developer
Then we launched our alpha and got some feedback
We started letting people sign up to be notified of our open beta
We started letting people sign up to be notified of our open beta
We got over 2500 sign ups!
We got a new mascot
We got a new mascot
Hi, I’m WoRmy. Aren’t
I cute?
We exhibited at New York Tech Day
We had way too many stickers and one-sheets
WoR started working with StartupChicks and
The Social Media Monthly
We launched our open beta!
Then I moved back to CA
Then I moved back to CA
I’m from there, and I’m a Californian at heart
Then I moved back to CA
I’m from there, and I’m a Californian at heart
My developer lives in Oregon, so now we’re in
the same time zone!
Our next step is to launch a campaign on RocketHub!
We also need more books!
Please sign up atwriteorread.com
We also need more books!
Please sign up atwriteorread.com
You can never h
ave
too many books!