Pictorical
Creative
illustrated ebooks publishing
SHOW HN2011
46points
28comments
#268of 1,097 in 2011
Top 25%of 2011 by points
How HN took it
LovedMost comments that take a side are positive
9 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 0 critical, out of 13 comments about the project. Thread score +0.53.
Idea: 5 for, 0 againstDesign: 2 for, 0 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 against
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What people liked
Illustrations and site design look beautiful
From 3 comments
From the screenshots, the quality looks incredible. How long have you been developing the site? A couple additions that I think would improve the site: * A "coming soon" section…
nonrecursive on HNOh wow, these look lovely. I will try out with my kids tomorrow, and report back. p.s. First Chile startup post I've seen on HN, did you take some of the government money that's…
vessenes on HNThis is a great idea, and the books look beautiful. I'd suggest making the site title a horizontal header and lining up the books under that, instead of having two columns. But…
acabal on HN
Good idea that helps new artists get started
From 2 comments
Way cool! This must be the best way I have seen for new artists to get their foot in the door. A great way to build a community around it might be to let users vote on future…
schultzi on HNThat is AWESOME! Congrats. I think it's a fantastic idea.
petervandijck on HN
Objections
Illustration placement interrupts the story and gives away plot points
From 1 comment
OK, we bought Rapunzel. The good -- my five year old daughter loved the illustrations, she thought they were cute and rated the book '5 stars' when I asked her to rate it 1 - 5.…
vessenes on HN
Prices may be too low compared to other ebooks
From 1 comment
Saludos! Great idea. The book covers on the front page look nice too. 1) $0.99? Why so cheap? For reference the Kindle edition of "A Hunger Artist" costs $2.99. 2) Any plans of…
nandemo on HN
Requests
Print-on-demand paper books
From 2 comments
Hola! 1. We will probably be selling longer books a little bit more expensive. We can't forget we are competing against free ebooks! 2. Yes, we will sell illustrated paper books…
cuchoperl on HNWe are now working on the Kindle conversion, and we will have it -hopefully- by late May. And also in a print-on-demand hook so you can sell paper (or dead-tree) books in Amazon…
cuchoperl on HN
Kindle and Amazon support
From 2 comments
This is a pretty cool idea! I'm more an artist than a programmer, so I could see myself maybe using this. I keep on thinking about doing my own edition of Alice in Wonderland...…
egypturnash on HNWe are now working on the Kindle conversion, and we will have it -hopefully- by late May. And also in a print-on-demand hook so you can sell paper (or dead-tree) books in Amazon…
cuchoperl on HN
Artist bios and links to artist sites
From 1 comment
From the screenshots, the quality looks incredible. How long have you been developing the site? A couple additions that I think would improve the site: * A "coming soon" section…
nonrecursive on HN
Questions
How do artists get paid?
From 1 comment
How do the artists make money? I hope you are part of the solution, too many operators think they can get art for free by throwing the lable "emergent" in front of "artist".
derrida on HN
Did they take Chilean government money?
From 1 comment
Oh wow, these look lovely. I will try out with my kids tomorrow, and report back. p.s. First Chile startup post I've seen on HN, did you take some of the government money that's…
vessenes on HN
Alternatives named
Free public-domain ebooks
From 2 comments
Saludos! Great idea. The book covers on the front page look nice too. 1) $0.99? Why so cheap? For reference the Kindle edition of "A Hunger Artist" costs $2.99. 2) Any plans of…
nandemo on HNIf you're selling books, you're not competing against free ebooks. People who buy free ebooks are not necessarily the same people that pay money for books.
petervandijck on HN