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Just a note that we're working on this problem here at Beacon (W14): http://beaconreader.com. Would welcome your feedback!


I have seen you guys before on here, and I am generally rooting for your model to work. :) Selfishly speaking, but also unselfishly speaking, I really want there to be a model that both incentivizes great content and encourages people to support writers for their work. I'm also very happy to see that you guys allow writers to keep their IP rights. That's a big issue for writers, obviously, and not all platform-publishers understand as much.

I also think there's a vast contingent of people out there who are great writers, but not necessarily great at self-hosting blogs and CMSes. So your solution makes a lot of sense for that segment.

I'll definitely check it out in greater depth.


Was hoping someone would run these numbers. Great post!


One typo I noticed - "Time Square" should be "Times Square"


Thanks a lot! Appreciate it!


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