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#MyStartupStory

Write or Read #MyStartupStory

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Write or Read (WoR) is an e-book subscription site that gives metrics and insights to authors, and helps connect writers with readers. Enjoy the slideshow and our new mascot, WoRmy. He's super cute!

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#MyStartupStory

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Write or Read started as my NYU thesis

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Write or Read started as my NYU thesis

Yay! Graduated!

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It was a combination of my love of books

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It was a combination of my love of books

Here are 853 of my favorites

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And my fascination with digital publishing

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I was an e-book developer for Simon & Schuster, NBC Publishing, and The Experiment Publishing

And my fascination with digital publishing

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Then I started self-publishing

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But I was frustrated with the lack of data

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But I was frustrated with the lack of data

I only knew about sales, nothing about my readers or if they even finished my book

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So I decided to combine reading, analytics, and indie e-book publishing…

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in to Write or Read!

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Authors upload their e-books, and get insights about their readers and their stories

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WoR is an HTML5 web app, so readers can subscribe and access our books anywhere

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WoR is an HTML5 web app, so readers can subscribe and access our books anywhere

On other sites, readers just buy the right to license the e-books anyway

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Bonus!

Readers get reader units, which gives them flexibility to read however many pages they want, instead of being stuck with a

book they may not like

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With Write or Read we can start a movement, one where authors and readers have a closer, more direct connection. We don’t want to simply collect data, we want to share our information so we all can learn and use that knowledge to make better books.

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Write or Read officially started in NYU-Poly’s DUMBO incubator

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The first step was to find a developer

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The first step was to find a developer

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Then we launched our alpha and got some feedback

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We started letting people sign up to be notified of our open beta

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We started letting people sign up to be notified of our open beta

We got over 2500 sign ups!

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We got a new mascot

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We got a new mascot

Hi, I’m WoRmy. Aren’t

I cute?

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We exhibited at New York Tech Day

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We had way too many stickers and one-sheets

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WoR started working with StartupChicks and

The Social Media Monthly

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We launched our open beta!

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Then I moved back to CA

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Then I moved back to CA

I’m from there, and I’m a Californian at heart

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Then I moved back to CA

I’m from there, and I’m a Californian at heart

My developer lives in Oregon, so now we’re in

the same time zone!

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Our next step is to launch a campaign on RocketHub!

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We also need more books!

Please sign up atwriteorread.com

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We also need more books!

Please sign up atwriteorread.com

You can never h

ave

too many books!