Author: Trip Adler

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We realized the best way to monetize content was through a subscription model.

We realized the best way to monetize content was through a subscription model.

- Trip Adler

Books is our main type of content, but we include user-generated content and will include other verticals such as scientific papers, sheet music, and comic books.

Books is our main type of content, but we include user-generated content and will include other verticals such as scientific papers, sheet music, and comic books.

- Trip Adler

When most people hit failure, they give up, but good entrepreneurs simply treat failure as a learning experience and use it to fuel and inform their next move.

When most people hit failure, they give up, but good entrepreneurs simply treat failure as a learning experience and use it to fuel and inform their next move.

- Trip Adler

The subscriptions were working so well, and on top of that, we saw the success of Netflix and Spotify and thought, 'We can create a similar kind of experience for books.'

The subscriptions were working so well, and on top of that, we saw the success of Netflix and Spotify and thought, 'We can create a similar kind of experience for books.'

- Trip Adler

I learned how important timing is; having a really good idea five years ahead of its time is practically worthless.

I learned how important timing is; having a really good idea five years ahead of its time is practically worthless.

- Trip Adler

Anytime there is a new, interesting space that comes along, there are a bunch of companies that enter the market.

Anytime there is a new, interesting space that comes along, there are a bunch of companies that enter the market.

- Trip Adler

We see ourselves as the world's digital library. That can be a lot more than books. We do want to expand to other types of content: sheet music, magazines, user-generated content.

We see ourselves as the world's digital library. That can be a lot more than books. We do want to expand to other types of content: sheet music, magazines, user-generated content.

- Trip Adler

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