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Erik Torenberg@eriktorenberg · Former Product Hunt
as a huge reader myself, and someone who loves to reads in communities but hasn't found one online -- ehhh goodreads -- i'm really excited for this @nicoprincen tell us a bit more about the industry. what was it like striking partnerships for this? and what personally inspired you to make this?
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Nicolas Princen@nicoprincen · Founder & CEO, Glose
@eriktorenberg Striking partnerships with publishers is not easy and takes time. You need to show something different that can have value for them and for authors and there is a lot of education to do. In our case we allow authors to engage with their readers through annotations (wait and see, we have big names coming to the platform) and talking to authors… See more
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Nicolas Princen@nicoprincen · Founder & CEO, Glose
@eriktorenberg As for the reasons why we built Glose, there were 3 moments. First : I lost my notebook 3 years ago, a notebook where I had written a lot of the quotes and notes from a lot of the books I had read. It hurt a lot because that's stuff I wanted to keep, it's like losing a bit of your brain, heart , and soul. So I thought it would be great to be… See more
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Ashwinn@shwinnabego · Co-founder, Point
@nicoprincen this is a comment for 5 years out, after Glose becomes insanely successful, but I'd love to see this model for digital textbooks. I think the value in group annotation and commenting with school related material is incredibly valuable.
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Nicolas Princen@nicoprincen · Founder & CEO, Glose
@Shwinnabego We totally agree! We see it as part of our mission
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