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Re: Show HN: The Found a Business Book – Interviews with Entrepreneurs

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Post by kriro » Fri, Apr 12, 2013, 11:14 PM UTC

thatthatis wrote: post #26

Books like this should really offer a money back guarantee. Why? It signals quality and enables speculative purchasing. The quality signal I think is obvious. The speculative purchasing is an incremental sale. Emotionally, I'm not going to purchase this book without a guarantee unless I've decided to commit time to read it. However, with a guarantee I can buy it on the chance that I might read it. It's not logical, I…

It's a book on entrepreneurship. It's only fitting that buying it is an entrepreneurial act (in the economic sense) :D

Re: Show HN: The Found a Business Book – Interviews with Entrepreneurs

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Post by mstolpm » Sat, Apr 13, 2013, 12:35 AM UTC

Seems there is only a PDF version? I'd suggest to add an epub and/or mobi version: Much easier/better to use on mobile devices and tablets. Of course, it is possible to convert a non-DRM PDF for customers, but it's a hassle. Moreover, you could think about publishing on bigger platforms (Amazon, Apple, Smashwords or even Leanpub) as well: that might increase reach. Perhaps lower the price to 9.95$ in that process - that way you'd get 70% from every sales through KDP (35% else).

Re: Show HN: The Found a Business Book – Interviews with Entrepreneurs

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Post by Disruptorsbook » Wed, Apr 17, 2013, 8:56 PM UTC

I just bought the book! Working on something very similar (www.Disruptorsbook.com) but we both have featured different entrepreneurs and different angles. Would love to talk sometime!

Re: Show HN: The Found a Business Book – Interviews with Entrepreneurs

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Post by kumarski » Tue, Apr 23, 2013, 3:53 PM UTC

jjets718 wrote: post #21

kumarski wrote: post #20

These entrepreneurs are great, but they all look like they do web stuff only. The only thing I think about when I see this is: "The facebooks are great, but what about the Maersks" Kudos to you creating something, but maybe the title is a bit too ambitious. The fact that you are 17 and have done this is commendable, but I strongly recommend that you reach out and try to get exposure to the entrepreneurs who build phy…

Thank you very much for the feedback! My plan is to add more entrepreneurs to the book in the future, and I will definitely try to add people who have created physical products.

Godspeed.