It could be a free web platform like YouTube. AudioTube for example!
I wonder if a startup could fix this. It might have to do so quite indirectly. E.g. perhaps it has to be an earphone company rather than an audiobook company. But there is a lot of potential energy here.https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1371435013154082824 …
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Monetizing it will be difficult, unless you have investors who will be willing to back you for a long time. Authors of the audiobooks needs return on investment and free might not pay them, my opinion though
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How can a startup succeed in the current VC environment without embracing the rent-seeking
@doctorow is rallying against? Where's the business model that's compatible with value creation, when authors are creating all the value?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Thinking...
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You'd have to either challenge the mobile device duopoly, or break off the long-form audio feature (like Airbnb did to craigslist) and make it so good that people would actually use it. I'd imagine: Airpods Pro, except sleepable, with onboard audiobooks/podcasts.
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I assume that the moment such a startup looks like it has real traction, Audible will capture and kill it.
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What if the startup is a country like China.
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Doesn't gumroad let creators sell and distribute online?
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Every book released is it’s own app. Every movie released is its own app. Every tv show is its own app.
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Something like the podcast model, but for audiobooks. Serialize them, make them free or cheap, insert ads.
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