10-08-2013, 10:57 AM | #31 |
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Also, most of the above listed reading apps are lousy. And that includes iBooks and Kindle. On an iPhone, that are both awful. They use wide forced margins and on an iPhone, screen real estate matter. Marvin can go right to the left/right edges of the screen. |
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10-08-2013, 11:22 AM | #33 |
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I managed to get my wife reading on her iPhone 5s using the Marvin Free version. She is thinking of buying the full version. The price wasn't an issue for her when se mentioned maybe buying it.
The book she is reading now, she tried first with iBooks and two things happened. One, iBooks tosses up an error with the cover and did not display the cover. Second, the margins are just too large. Marvin displays this books very well with no errors. |
10-08-2013, 03:28 PM | #34 |
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@Dalwyn - Maybe if I ever consider do an Android version. So far I don't have any plans whatsoever.
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10-08-2013, 05:23 PM | #35 |
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Amazon has been really fussy about letting alternative readers in the store. Kris has more of a chance of getting Marvin bought out then it getting onto the Amazon Appstore.
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10-08-2013, 07:34 PM | #36 |
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10-11-2013, 07:40 PM | #37 |
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You can bet that Amazon will be eyeing off the product by now. It will just need a groundswell of users that they think they will gain by making an offer.
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10-12-2013, 05:02 AM | #38 |
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10-12-2013, 05:21 AM | #39 |
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It's a new Kindle feature and it's also combined with "flashcards" (whatever that is, I haven't seen it operate on a Kindle first-hand).
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10-18-2013, 12:29 AM | #40 | ||
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In a sell out the product usually gets screwed by the acquirer and the VISION of the product dies. If money did become an issues, I'd much rather help KG monetize his code base in other ways (I've been helping/ advising small startups). KG - If you haven't followed the 37 Signals & REWORK folks, I think it might an interesting thing for you to check out. I know one startup that has received funds & partnership offers but chosen to stay clean and go on their own rather then sell out. They love their product and creation.. not the greed for $$ https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...l855l0.1.3l4l0 |
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@crashnburn - thanks for your advice!
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10-22-2013, 07:47 PM | #42 | |
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It's important enough to have a good reader that puts user considerations above those of the store it's tied to (like Kindle or iBooks) that I'd also support Kris charging again for a 3.0 update, along with the revamped free, but that'd probably need surveying users because it could turn people off too. |
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10-23-2013, 05:29 AM | #43 |
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Hi All
I was really wondering last Week that the iPad version of Marvin was for free. But to testing this app out it was a perfect start. What i think is: Make features as in app purchase. 1. Many people like me like to have a book reading experience like an "real" book and not like reading a PDF. So make reading themes available as in app purchages with skeuomorphism or others available. I would pay for this $5-$10 2. Make a interface for dictionarys. Best in a standard format Like mac os X dicts or stardict. I would pay for this $10. Since that is a killer feature. 3. I have already all my ebooks on my Dropbox. What i dont have is for 1000+ Books the right file names and sorting in folders. So that would be a perfect feature when the Metadata of my books resulting in a clean structure on dropbox like itunes it do for audio files on your PC. I would pay for that $5. and so on... I know some people want only a nice looking ebook reader and the features what you have at this time are perfect for them. For power users with many books and every evening reading experience is it not difficult to pay $20 for features since a good ebook have the same price (DRM is no problem since Calibre has an simple to use plugin for removal ;-) ). ciao Marco |
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For Kevin - I'd do what we are doing for a small product startup - White Label licensing without exclusive rights. So keep developing the product, maintain quality and feature set. Maintain vision. Do not bow to clients. Let product vision grow in best way. Keep team and organization "SMALL" light so cost pressures do not come up. Let it be the reader of choice for people - Demand drives it. Slowly port/ license it to various Reader / Book Platforms as the best Reader (managed, designed and kept PERFECTLY CAPABLE) PS: All the positive benefits of Stanza without the negatives of selling out Amazon. |
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12-04-2013, 03:31 PM | #45 |
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There are tons of issues with white label products and/or services and I'd never advise anyone to do it unless it's an exit strategy. Otherwise, here's an interesting article:
http://wpcurve.com/white-label-failure/ |
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