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Show HN: Notimeforbooks.com – Read a book, one page at a time, in your inbox

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Re: Show HN: Notimeforbooks.com – Read a book, one page at a time, in your inbox

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I actually implemented something like this for my ownself. I have a suggestion that you may want to try out as an experiment. Somehow give the user the ability to choose when to receive the next update (and maybe even how much). So for example I know I'm going to be busy the next couple of days but I want to keep the continuity, so maybe I can schedule to have only a couple of paragraphs sent to me. Or I know I'm goi…

Can you say more about what you implemented for yourself?

Re: Show HN: Notimeforbooks.com – Read a book, one page at a time, in your inbox

#22
Your thumbnail of the Iliad is of the Robert Fagles translation, which is not in the public domain.

I'm not sure that many people would want MORE email.

Years ago, I did something like this with Samuel Pepys' diary. I didn't get more than a week in and then I forgot. It was easy to get overwhelmed with the backlog and then I unsubscribed from the RSS feed.

I'm not sure that people have "no time for books." There's plenty of time for books. People are just not in the habit. There are ways to get into the habit, but I don't know that one page at a time is the easiest way.

Re: Show HN: Notimeforbooks.com – Read a book, one page at a time, in your inbox

#23

Anyone who enjoys this might enjoy an email newsletter I run, Thinking About Things [1], which sends readers a single interesting and thought-provoking link every morning. It's a similar idea - small, manageable parts of ideas for people who are too busy to pursue idea discovery full-time. [1] thinking-about-things.com

Have a hard time figuring out what I'd be getting in to - I suggest you show "Five most recent links" on the website or something along those lines

Re: Show HN: Notimeforbooks.com – Read a book, one page at a time, in your inbox

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post #23

Anyone who enjoys this might enjoy an email newsletter I run, Thinking About Things [1], which sends readers a single interesting and thought-provoking link every morning. It's a similar idea - small, manageable parts of ideas for people who are too busy to pursue idea discovery full-time. [1] thinking-about-things.com

Have a hard time figuring out what I'd be getting in to - I suggest you show "Five most recent links" on the website or something along those lines

Thank you for the feedback - I'll add that.

Re: Show HN: Notimeforbooks.com – Read a book, one page at a time, in your inbox

#26
Page breaks are not necessarily good breaks in the story. Your sample image on your page shows that it broke in the middle of a sentence. I would think that would make this a difficult way to read a story.

What feedback have you received about the effectiveness of "one page at a time"?

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