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evan_ry | 1 year ago
I was thinking about it.
On the one hand, I want to make money. On the other hand, I understand that making everything available for free would be much more aligned with the Project Gutenberg philosophy.
I left my job, living on the savings, and in the last year listenly made only $400 ~= $35 MRR. Although I was not doing much marketing.
I'm dreaming of it making $1k, $3k, $5k MRR.
Right now, I set the price to be 50% of the API cost, so I would make a profit starting from the 3rd same book purchase.
But maybe I should make it fully social project, get some donations, and treat it as "lead magnet" to monetize something else. I'm open to your suggestions!
jokethrowaway|1 year ago
Monetizing is good but there is no value proposition in the product.
The chances I'll get something I'd like to listen are low because: - AI errors - AI lack of emotion - You picked a voice I've heard in thousands of automatically generated youtube videos and that I came to hate.
There is no chance I'd buy this, I'd rather buy an audiobook made by a human.
Now, people may not understand that - but then they'll be disappointed, bother you for a refund (chargebacks are 15$ a pop if you don't) or just speak badly about the project. Repeating sales potential is pretty bad imho.
I hope I don't come across as rude.
If you are really set on this idea I'd recommend to generate 1 book, make it perfect until it reads like it should and then sell it on as many platforms as you can (Amazon mainly I guess). Maybe use a custom cloned voice so it will sound unique and constistent across all books. You don't need a website but you have one so you might as well use it for marketing and maybe to gauge interest for the next book to process.
An audiobook is a good product in itself.
mikae1|1 year ago