Comments on: IAndMyStory lets you personalize book characters

By: Jasmine Turner

Jasmine Turner — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:52:02 +0000

self-publishing is always good but it may require some initial capital and labor to run it.”~”

By: Paige Price

Paige Price — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:36:45 +0000

it is easy to get Business ideas, just look for a product or service that has demand and fill it*;~

By: Cole Powell

Cole Powell — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 13:20:39 +0000

Nowadays, you must be super creative to have a good business idea that works.;’~

By: Mariah Barnes

Mariah Barnes — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 19:40:36 +0000

i am taking tutorial about self-publishing because it is also a good way of making money.’;~

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customized t shirts — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:34:10 +0000

However, i think i still find more info

By: Vishal Haria

Vishal Haria — Sat, 16 May 2009 16:17:11 +0000

I am not sure how IAndMyStory.com works this out, but stickiestory.com has a standard set of books printed alongwith placeholders for character photos. Once you submit the photos, they print it out separately with names and you can stick in the picture book to complete the story.

This keeps cost variance to the minimum.

By: Gaurav

Gaurav — Wed, 13 May 2009 18:34:47 +0000

Idea – good
Viable – As Rohan pointed out, there will be a huge price difference between cost for a “regular” book vs “customized” book. Bulk printing is way cheaper. But then custom T-shirt, mugs are also printed and are profitable businesses.

By: pranav

pranav — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:22:30 +0000

Internet is indeed a great place to get knowledge. But its easy to cross over into stuff that is inappropriate for kids as well.

Besides, I think parents still find it a great experience to read a book to a kid.

By: pranav

pranav — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:19:05 +0000

hoochymail — I’m sold on the name itself

By: Aravind Jose T.

Aravind Jose T. — Wed, 13 May 2009 13:19:01 +0000

Indeed this is awesome and I’m gonna write about it soon.

But @Santhanam, I got to differ.
Internet is an awesome place to develop reading. I now write for blogs. This was made possible only because I spent time online and read so much. Reading never dies. Only the medium evolves.

Thank You.

By: Santhanam

Santhanam — Wed, 13 May 2009 09:27:56 +0000

Dear Pranav,

Hats off to the people who conceptualized & implemented this idea. In these days of Satellite TV & Internet, the kids are not ready to get into the habit of reading books. This type of personalized story books will be welcomed by parents. So they won’t mind paying a few rupees extra.

I find this idea similar to the role playing game.

Regarding viability, there is already self publishing websites (like lulu.com) where authors can publish their books & copies will be printed only when a customer orders their book. So IAndMyStory’s idea is very much viable. But only question is promoting this concept amidst parents who may be affluent, but not tech/internet savvy.

Thank You
With Regards
Santhanam

By: Swetha

Swetha — Wed, 13 May 2009 06:37:14 +0000

Here’s a business idea which makes me feel shucks-why-didn’t-I-think-of-that! Not entirely original but fantastic adoption of the concept. Hoochymail uses a similar concept to create personalized erotic fiction.

By: pranav

pranav — Tue, 12 May 2009 20:06:44 +0000

rohan,

valid point that had occurred to me — but I’m pretty sure that they must have accounted the expected volume into the cost of the books.

I’m not too familiar with commercial printing technology to take a guess on how expensive it would be to customize these names/characters.

great point, however.

By: Rohan

Rohan — Tue, 12 May 2009 17:58:00 +0000

So you mean they are gonna print every single copy individually? Will that be financially liable? AFAIK, book printers print hundreds of copies at a time.