Read a book, one page a time, in your inbox.

I have a suggestion, but I like this idea and could see myself using it. The suggestion is this: although it's easy to implement a "page" isn't really the optimum chunk to offer. The "value add" here might be to manually split the book up into small chunks that make sense as a unit, without interrupting the narrative. Then you could say "Moby Dick in 350 parts" and give one part a day. I wouldn't pay for a service that just gave me a page, because as other people have said I'd be better off just reading the text file. But I might pay for the entertainment experience of being left on a cliff-hanger until the next day, then a prompt via a mobile app to read the next page at 7pm or whatever. When I say "pay", I mean 0.99 per book or something.

For those that want to read more, you can just add a “read one more page” link at the end of the email. The link could take them to a link where you display the next page with ads or the link could open a page that just email them the next page

Hi!

For what it is worth, my brother did something similar and had good success. He started an alternative history work of fiction way back in the day and used to publish it, in small segments, on a usenet board.

He did it over a span of years and developed a pretty good following. I started a BB for him and it was very active with people discussing each segment as it came out. They even started fan fiction threads discussing alternatives to his alternative. :-)

Anyway, point is, I definitely think it is a viable concept. You just need a compelling story, of course.

My brother's was organized where each segment was like an update on a timeline. Which made sense because it was an alternative story of World War 2.

And I would highly advise that you have a plan to enable a community around the story right away.

P.S. Years after he stopped publishing the segments he gathered all the segments together and published them as eBooks on Amazon which was pretty successful. If you are curious you can check it out here: https://www.amazon.com/Shattered-World-Volumes-Bobby-Hardenbrook-ebook/dp/B008N5KP68

Hi Steven, the site looks great and it's a nice idea. I've sent a link to a few friends that I think would enjoy it! All the best for you going forward!

Dope! So excited to try it out

The idea sounds good. But is it strictly one page or do I have the option to read more if I want to?

The thing is reading one page can probably leave you at a crossroad, because it almost always leaves you curious thinking about what's next. I think a chapter sounds more practical.