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Coles / Clif notes built large businesses off of this idea, so I suspect the answer is yes. my buddy runs PhilosophersNotes.com. no idea what his traction is like but i suspect he's doing pretty well.
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That's my other thought to be honest. I might just start posting them regularly. It's a fairly valuable audience but more than anything I'm sure I'd meet some good people. Quick calcs: 1,000 views, 2% end up buying book, 5% commission, $15 avg price = $15 cpm. Not bad actually. Throw in other business related ads on top of it.
I figure there's beer money ideas, letterbox money ideas, and fuck you money ideas. This seems like a nice little beer money idea right now, and who knows what it might evolve into.
The idea being that, instead of having a walled garden, to open everything up and try and create a community around it, that is interested in discussing the ideas presented. Reading something passively is fine, but when you talk about it, it often brings you to another level of understanding.
I would be very open to formally sharing a large chunk of this project with the right person to help get it off the ground; let's talk.
They do a lot of mainstream business books - there may be an opportunity in offering this product for niche markets or special focus areas.