Many moons ago I was involved in something that evolved into Caferati . The idea back then was to provide writers with a forum where they could interact and explore and eventually find their own space and confidence to go and write that Booker winner. Caferati has been bumbling along doing nothing much other than sporadic readmeets (must remember to copyright ideas). I had visions of getting sponsors for every read meet, sponsors for books that would be published and so on. Did Not Work!
Time now for version two of the idea:
Create a forum for writers
Communities based on interests and genres
Drive registration : Free with limited access and features and a paid membership
Price it at Rs 249 for six months
Allow paid members to submit their work
Give away premium content that the members can read.
Rate content on basis of number of downloads, the best ones rise to the top based on reviews and number of downloads
Share revenues with the writers
Distribute content to offline media
Distribute content to Mobile
PUBLISH!
I have a feeling this will work. But this one needs some bit of seed capital. Coffee anyone?
Write to me if you want to explore this idea further
10 comments:
Hi Sunil,
Like in Caferati, this time also I am with you. Originally when you had suggested a similar model, I was with you. Perhaps we could raise that to Rs500/- to keep the serious ones in and the riff raff out? Your call...
cheerz!
take the idea to oxford bookstore ?
or even higginbothams ??
the squatters at caferati today are limted in their vision.
thankfully.
Wednesday
Mr Nair, you well thefore runner of caferati, and you let it down, coz you lost interest. Please donot blame others for your fault.
And for thi concept too god alone knows when you shall loose interest and want to do something else...
hey anonymouse, show your identity or hold your tongue, there are things beyond your understanding at work for me to lose interest in Caferati. And about this we shall see.
And err please do run a spell check once in a while.
oh! Mr Nair, I am sorry to have touched a raw nerve..... and I think I should definitely hold my tongue.. it's better for you ...
About spell checks... it doesn't really matter as long as the communication got through.....
hey anonymouse
be a man will you ? or are you limited on that front too ?
hey missie.. i may be "whatever " i guess ur Mr nair is a man enough to revert... or he has kept you to do that...
tsk tsk
try again buster :))
Anonymouse, either you have lots of time on your hands nowadays or you are an out of work investor, my not responding is no indication of my accepting anything you or anyone else says. And yes try harder
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