Colofon - Writing App
Built to provide writers with the best tools
After a year in Beta, fixing bugs, adding features and polishing the UX/UI, I finally launched a stable release of Colofon.io.
I added the non-fiction template and the first subscription for the occasion.
Upvote here:
https://www.producthunt.com/posts/colofon
I opened the Discord server for Colofon today.
I hope we will soon be able to do some live writing and exchange with the community about writing and more...
I still need to find the right channels to create to answers all needs.
Last night, I reached 102 users registered.
There is quiet a few that became regular/active users with projects ongoing split between novel and screenplay.
The conversion rate is good and it's flawless to create a new project.
But a lot of people actually stop when they have to start writing.
Writer's block?
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This is a tough audience. I was looking into doing a writing app and went and posted about it on some writer forums along with reading a bunch of their posts. They really expect the world for free. I think Scrivener being thorough and inexpensive has made it like it should be an app store of $0.99 apps. It's a tough business for them and few make money, so I get it, but man it's a tough crowd. Your app looks good and I wish you all the best.
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Thanks!
It's a tough crowd indeed.
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I have been using a beige for the secondary color from the start and I was not happy with it.
So I went to https://www.colourlovers.com/ to find a palette who could go with the main blue.
I found a great one and I'm using a yellow-gold now so I feel way better about the design.
I deployed the screenplay formatting that I was working on for some time.
It's a huge milestone as it allows me to talk to a new audience.
As of today, Colofon manages Books and Screenplays.
The next step will be collaborative writing for all templates.
I added a chat for collaboration on multi-users projects.
It was part of the plan to add collaborative writing, the chat was the most simple step toward that.
It's a basic chat that allow users to communicate across a project (doesn't matter which page you're on)
I got a closer look at collaborative writing for Colofon and it actually seems easier than I thought.
As I plan to introduce screenwriting support soon, I know from users' feedback that collab writing is very important for screen writers.
The IT part is still a bit tricky as I work with SignalR and can't make it talk to WebRTC for some reason...
I just discovered that Colofon is on Beta Page.
I submitted the form couple of weeks ago and without notifications, I am now live!
I realised it when I saw visitors coming from the "new" section of Beta Page on Analytics.
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Thank you!
Right now, I worked really hard on the code and features so I need to focus more on growth.
I'm still cold e-mailing people for feedback and I have amazing responses and encouragements from published writers.
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I'm finally done with the translation of Colofon (app and website) in French.
I hope I could do more languages pretty soon but I don't know which ones should be a priority.
I thought Hindi and Bengali because there is a big community of writers fluent in those 2.
Probably Spanish too.
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Dutch maybe?
I had this feature waiting for a long time. Now it's done, when you write, the auto-save is connected to an indicator that will tell you if it's saved or not.
I also added a warning so, if you leave the page and the auto-save haven't finished his job , a dialog will appear.
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Congrats, upvoted!
Thanks a lot!
Good luck with the launch! Upvoted ya :)
Thank you!
Great! Just voted and posted a comment on PH. All the best :)
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At the end of your landing page. Their is stay connected box when I visit your landing page via mobile the email container which is below stay connected is not aline in center or slight left because of that the page is not aline.
Congrats on the launch, all the best! Upvoted :)
Thanks!
Still not on the home page... ProductHunt's algorithm is weird.
You're there, all good now!
I've seen this before - not ideal! Everything tends to appear throughout the day I think.
Congrats, upvoted!
Thanks a lot!
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