Yes, I do, but it’s still in bits and pieces. It’s a collection of ideas I’ve been following that in near time culminate into an “ideavirus.”
Here’s what it involves, in absolutely no particular order:
- Money is an effect, not a goal.
- New publishing means affordable, accessible reading that connects publishers directly with readers.
- Publishers are now brands.
- Technology enables sharing, communication and collaboration between readers.
- Time is running out as iPad creeps into content market space.
- There is room for several new publishers.
- Good writers are more abundant thanks to the ease of self-publishing.
- This idea needs to evolve from the POV of the reader, and so I need to constantly interact with them to gather their ideas.
- Seth Godin knows what he’s talking about.
- Books are still valued, but they can be enhanced by video and social media sharing.
- Vook is a good start, but they’re not doing everything I envision.
- The trick here is to extract the value of the ebook for the reader, something nobody is doing yet.
- Paper as far as I’m concerned is totally not necessary. It needs to stop being used. Period. No more paper.
- It’s more than sharing notes, though. There has to be real value. The value of Facebook is that you can easily share your life with your friends (and promote your business). The value of Wordful is ________. ?
- Platform is the medium (Kindle, iPad, Vook, etc.). Channel is the niche. Content is the show. How much of this is Wordful responsible for? Likely all 3 if I want to make money.
I want Wordful to facilitate conversations about books between readers and possibly even the writer. Is Wordful a publisher? I suppose it is. What would the homepage say? “Read and talk about your favorite books. Get started now.”
How would Wordful make money? Selling titles? If so, that would mean my platform would need to enable that.