出版与作家生涯2018wits.io
Show HN：wits.io，让作家通过书籍摘要赚钱
Show HN: I made wits.io where writers can earn money with book summaries
导读
这是 wits.io 的发布帖:一个让作者靠撰写书籍摘要赚钱的平台。对写作者来说,它既展示了"摘要写作"这条变现路径,也暴露了两个值得思考的问题:平台的分成结构是否公平,以及把一本书压缩成 15 分钟的内容,究竟是在传播知识还是只生产"读过这本书"的信号。
可以直接用的写作要点
- 01
写摘要的价值在于提炼与重组,而不是搬运——先想清楚你比原书多提供了什么(结构、判断、取舍)。
- 02
面对"摘要=走捷径"的质疑,写作时保留原书的论证链条和限定条件,而不是只丢出一串结论清单。
- 03
入驻任何写作平台前先算清分成结构:是利润分成还是收入分成、是否叠加其他收益,直接决定你的投入产出。
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同一份内容可做文字与音频、整书与分章多种形态,按读者的使用场景(通勤、速查)来设计篇幅。
HN 评论精选
平台只分出 50% 利润给创作者,分成结构值得写作者入驻前算清楚。
为什么只把利润的 50%(甚至不是收入)分给贡献者?内容创作者才是给网站带来全部价值的人。还是我理解错了,这 50% 是叠加在他们从互动中获得的收入之上?不管怎样,网站做得不错。
rekshaw查看英文原文
Why are only 50% of profits (not even revenue) redistributed to contributors? The content creators are the ones adding all of the value to your website. Or am I reading it wrong and that is ON TOP of the revenue they get from engagement? Either way, nice website.
摘要需求真实存在,文字+音频、整书+分章的组合是差异化机会。
我也有过类似想法,但有几处不同:发布者可提交文字或音频;可选择总结整本书或逐章总结;应用里有一个"市场",让摘要作者和音频制作者对接——这对 (a) 想同时出文字和音频摘要但不懂音频的人,和 (b) 想变现自己的音频能力但不熟悉书的人都有帮助。随便拿走我的点子。我真的非常想要一个能找到高质量、长篇播客式非虚构书籍摘要的应用,那些书我没时间读。
tenaciousDaniel查看英文原文
I had an idea to do something similar but with the following differences: - publishers could submit either text or audio - publishers could choose between summarizing the entire book, or each chapter - the app would have a kind of "marketplace" where summary writers could link up with audio producers. This would be helpful for (a) people who want to publish both written and audio summaries but didn't have audio knowledge, and (b) people who want to monetize their audio capabilities but don't necessarily know any books to summarize. Feel free to steal my ideas. I reeaaalllyyy want an app where I can find decent long-form podcast-style summaries of non-fiction books that I don't have the time to read.
摘要容易沦为"知识信号"而非学习,写摘要应保留原书的论证与深度。
如果一本书的思想 15 分钟就能吸收,它还算得上一本书吗?我在别处见过这类商业摘要——它给我的感觉始终是一种"信号发射",而不是学习。在这种模式里,"读者"可以不真正投入时间就制造出掌握某个领域的表象;又或者现在的书本身就只在制造知识的表象,内容其实是些不值得认真对待的小点子。如果我身边有同事用这类服务,我会对他另眼相看。这不就是把追逐潮流包装成知识获取吗?
ordinaryradical查看英文原文
If a book's ideas can be absorbed in 15 minutes, was it ever really a book? I've seen these business summaries on offer elsewhere--it always struck me as an approach to signaling, not learning. In this model the "reader" can manufacture the appearance of knowledge of a subject without taking the time to invest oneself in it. Or perhaps now the books even manufacture the appearance of knowledge while being tiny ideas unworthy of serious consideration. I think if I was working with anyone who used a service like this though, I would have second thoughts about them. Isn't this just trend-chasing dressed up as knowledge acquisition?
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