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Show HN: I convert videos to printed flipbooks for living
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#122Earlier quoted context omitted.
But the point is that I don't need scale; just one or two personal vids and then I'm probably done with this for good. Scale is the problem of someone who wants to convince the world that they need it done as a service. There is scale in that hordes of people can independently pull this off. Like gluing beads to paper is being done at scale, if we consider all the kindergartens in the world as an aggregate producer.
> just one or two personal vids and then I'm probably done with this for good. I think you're underestimating the skill involved in making the flip book. While you may just have one or two videos to make into flip books, I strongly suspect it will take you at least 4 or 5 attempts on the 1st one to get something that isn't a pile of crap that doesn't perform as a flip book very well, and/or falls apart almost immedia…
I made a book before, out of the PDF scans of an instruction manual for some old piece of gear. It was a piece of cake. I went for a pocket format, so I printed four pages per sheet, on each size. For the spine, I used a generous bead of PVA glue, and gave the thing a cover made of boxboard.
There are other binding methods that would work okay for a flipbook, like putting rings or coils through perforations and whatnot.
Re: Show HN: I convert videos to printed flipbooks for living
#123Sweet. The night before last christmas eve, i needed to come up with a gift quickly– and i started to write a script for this. I went down the rabbit hole of perfecting different formats, length variations etc & generate the PDFs.
Unfortunately, i failed at the physical part of this. I couldn't figure out that quickly how to print it nicely & make a usable flipbook.
So my gift ended up being a crappy mvp of a flipbook. It was appreciated, but it's embarrassing considering how many hours i've put into it, for a shitty result.
I would order, but i know, the minute i pay, i will fall down the rabbit hole again and get obsessed trying to create the physical flipbook myself. But i really don't have the time for that at the moment. When i do, i will place an order!
All the best to you!
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#124Is this just supplemental income, or are you actually making a living from it? Isn't it a bit of a risk to tout the success of this idea among a tech crowd capable of going off and creating competitors?
Think the majority of the technical crowd overestimates the value of the idea, building something and actually getting and talking to customers. 99% of folks will do nothing about this.
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Re: Show HN: I convert videos to printed flipbooks for living
#126Earlier quoted context omitted.
We’re thinking of adding a DIY version where you can buy a pattern made from your video, print it at home or a local print shop, cut it, and bind it with a clip binder. Would that be something you’d find interesting?
Highly recommend against it! Instead of 100 customers at $10 you're cannibalizing (let's say) to 80 customers at $10 + 40 at $5. So a +20% revenue "bump", but you lose all quality control of peoples perception of your product! Prefer: 80 customers at $12, which is approximately revenue neutral, but increases your effective ROI / hourly wage... AND you keep the high quality, word-of-mouth advertising. Basically, you'd…
Thanks for this thoughtful perspective! Honestly, you’ve brought up a key point about quality control that we haven’t fully considered, and I completely agree. The last thing we want is our product ending up being judged unfairly due to subpar, home-printed alternatives. We’ll definitely rethink this feature and make sure any future decisions keep quality at the core.
As for the equipment, we currently use:
- 450VS/520E Electric Paper Cutter - BINDER K5 (Soft Binding Machine) - Ricoh MPC3003 (Color Laser Printer)
Thanks again for the insights!
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#127How do you bring users to your site? Is it through organic search, ads, or is it entirely word of mouth?
seo and a little bit of meta ads
Re: Show HN: I convert videos to printed flipbooks for living
#128How do your customers find out about your business?
seo and a little bit of meta eds. still a lot opportunities to explore