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PageKickerbuild a book with a single click!

let’s chat! [email protected]

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Our vision is algorithmic book creation

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Humans optional

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Inherent structural advantages

● Speed● Low cost● Flexibility● Timeliness● Updating● Unlimited availability of robot “authors”● Sophisticated, high-fidelity response to

demand cues● Quality bar always rising (next book always

above median of previous)

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Robotic authors with personality

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Robots grow, and robots learn

“The godswife thought her a child, but children grow, and children learn.” -- George R.

R. Martin, writing of Daenerys Targaryen

PageKicker robots learn from what they write

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Humans can add value to PageKicker when and

where they choose

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Search, fetch, and build

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Rule setsThere are proven information architectures

for defining profitable books

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Rule set examples

Some examples:● Atlas● Anthology● Bible (66 related books)● Biography● Coffee Table● Concordance● Dictionary● Encyclopedia● Handbook● Monograph● Nutshell● Omnibus

Attributes:● Authoring requires more

perspiration, less inspiration

● Well suited for backlist● Need updating● Length can be a relaxed

constraint● Highly targeted

audiences that share common interests

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PageKicker will discover new rule sets

Strategies:● Explore the “archives” --

e.g., concise biographies were once common (!)

● Design & test novel rule sets -- “999 words” books have sold well (a la Kindle Single)

● Derive new rule sets from data structure and observation of customer behavior

“5

“52 cards” rule set for photo e-books with print option

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Permitted content

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Intelligent summarization

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Text visualization

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Assembly engine

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Ready for distribution and sale

in seconds

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An immersive experience

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For those who want to explore a “container” of

content

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Complementary (and disruptive) to pay-per-

click browsing

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Who are we going to disrupt?Authors

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Our current “ask”

As of Sep. 2013: we’re looking for:● authors, readers, and publishers to try out

the alpha system● UI designers, front-end coders, and graphic

designers with interest in gamification● full-stack tech people with deep expertise in

data mining, NLP, text analytics● relationship-building with investors