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OneSmallPage.com – Read Classic Books By Email. One Page At A Time

admin — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 16:15:19 +0000

What it does:
Helps you read more by sending you up to 5 pages of an out-of-copyright book to your email address every day.

How it beats the competition:
There is not really very much competition in this space, and the service is completely free.

Site:
http://www.onesmallpage.com

TheStartupDaily.com – Great Ideas from Great Books

admin — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 14:48:58 +0000

What it does:
The Startup Daily delivers a single idea, lesson, or insight each day from great books for entrepreneurs. Ideas are selected from new and classic books on business, marketing, psychology, design, management, sales, and anything else that may be helpful to people involved in startups.

How it beats the competition:
Delivers ideas and advice users might not be specifically looking for, but may be useful nonetheless.

Brief, simple format for busy entrepreneurs means a lower time commitment than reading full book reviews or browsing at a local bookstore.
If the subject matter is interesting and more information is required then purchasing the source book is just a click away.

Site:
http://thestartupdaily.com

Videolla.com – Premium Video Marketplace

admin — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 23:36:09 +0000

What it does:
Open marketplace for video content( music and books a coming soon). Everyone can sell/buy premium licensed videos on our marketplace. Developers can use our content in their apps, games, sites via our API.

How it beats the competition:
We are:
1) Open for everyone not just big labels
2) Have api that every developer can use to feature our content in his apps and sites

Site:
http://videolla.com

Cooklet.com – Inspiring Culinary Organizer

admin — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 14:00:21 +0000

What it does:
Cooklet is a culinary and social networking platform. The idea behind it is to organise recipes in easy to use interactive cookbooks. It is a place of sharing experiences among authors and users from all over the world.

How it beats the competition:
Helps users to organise recipes from an international community with e-cookbooks.

Site:
http://www.Cooklet.com

Swipe – Shop street smart

Charles — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:00:48 +0000

What it does:
Swipe is an easy way to tell your friends what you want to buy and find what they are buying. Swipe helps you shop street smart by giving you access to prices and product reviews recommended by your friends and other people whom you trust. You can share the inside scoop on countless everyday purchases such as food, clothes, gadgets, furniture, books, tickets, gyms, cars, holiday packages, games etc ,etc. Swipe starts social conversations around purchases and helps you discover prices, deals, opinions, locations, stores, products and shoppers - all this in a fun and competitive game environment.

Real time local shopping information helps you get an insight into others shopping habits and saves you time and money, by instantly discovering what others are buying around you. Currently real time local shopping information is not available and is walled in and contained between the shopper and a few close friends.

Swipe disrupts this structure by providing free, completely transparent, up to date shopping information in your area from people you trust. Swipe provides a fun medium through which you can easily share and access valuable real time local shopping information regarding stores, products, prices, deals and reviews.

How it beats the competition:
Competitors: Blippy (http://blippy.com/) and Swipely(http://beta.swipely.com/)

We have spoken to hundreds of users and 100% of them say:
1. They would never give their credit card information (like in Blippy and Swipely) just to share with others what they bought – too big a hurdle for not much in return. 100% of them said they will be willing to type in the same information – Swipe lets users type in their purchases.
2. They have no use of feedback and conversations after they have bought a product (like in Blippy and Swipely). They would rather get the feedback and conversations before buying something – Swipe lets users tell others “what they want to buy”.
3. Their shopping related pain points are for offline shopping not online shopping - Swipe focuses on offline local shopping. 80% of the purchases on Blippy are stuff people buy online – mostly app store purchases.

Site:
http://www.didyouswipe.com

WinWinBooks – A Win Win Situation

Charles — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:11:04 +0000

What it does in their own words:
WinWinBooks was shaped around the idea of “A WinWin Situation” for everyone. Buyers and sellers alike can now name their own price! By negotiating, bidding, and coming soon trading, buyers and sellers can both benefit in this economy. Our goal is to provide an alternative for everyone who is looking to buy or sell their books without compromising their wallets. We strive to make your whole buying and selling experience simple, easy, and inexpensive!

How it beats the competition:
The most rewarding thing I would say for the business is the fact that I am helping people save money and also even get them a little more income. I want to help that upcoming author that can’t get that big book deal but needs to support a family or those publication companies would might need a few more sales or want to promote their company.

Site: http://www.winwinbooks.com

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Rebookd.com – Where Students Trade Textbooks

Charles — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:43:27 +0000

This website stands as an online student-to-student marketplace where textbooks can be bought and sold. That is, Rebookd gives students the ability to buy/sell their textbooks directly with other students, avoiding middlemen and the typical mark-upthat goes with them. Using the site is inexpensive, as an account is created at no cost and just a small fee has to be paid by the buyer and the seller when a transaction takes place.

The idea, then, is providing a marketplace for students to buy and sell their own books so that both sides can save money and also time – it is a one-on-one relationship. The seller can charge a price he knows that is fair (if only because he is a student himself), whereas the buyer is able to pinpoint the precise edition he is after.

For the time being, the service is placing its focus on 11 Midwestern universities. These include the Universities of Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota and Indiana among others. In actuality, every student is welcome to use the site, notwithstanding his current location so you won’t be prevented from carrying out a transaction through it.

Site: http://rebookd.com/

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goodreads – See what your friends are reading

Charles — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:23:48 +0000

GoodReads is a social networking site for book lovers. The site is intended to serve as an easy way to review books and get recommendations from friends, based on founder Otis Chandler’s belief that recommendations from friends are more valuable than referrals from algorithms or bestseller lists.

As of December 2007, the site has more than 600,000 users, with around 10 million book reviews added. More than 1000 authors are members of the social network.

Site: http://www.goodreads.com/

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