Aplicación YC de Booktrope

Winter 2015Inactive

Booktrope pasó por Y Combinator en el batch Winter 2015 como una empresa de B2B. Abajo: qué hace la empresa, quién la fundó y su aplicación a YC, reconstruida pregunta por pregunta en el formulario real de YC.

Batch YC: Winter 2015
Industria: B2BMarketing
Tamaño del equipo: 51
Estado: Inactive
Lanzado: 2014

Fundadores

Kenneth ShearFounder/CEO
Andy RobertsFounder/CTO
Katherine SearsFounder/CMO

Lo que hace Booktrope

** NO LONGER IN BUSINESS ** Booktrope is reinventing the way books are published. We are not a self-publishing operation. What does that mean? At Booktrope we do not charge authors to publish nor do we accept all submissions. We have pioneered a concept called “Team Publishing” which addresses the way books are actually developed, not just the way they are distributed and read. We offer print, ebook, and web versions of all our books, in other words, we are format agnostic. We don’t want to debate the death of print books, or the birth of ebooks, we love and support them all. A typical Publishing Team consists of an author, editor, designer and business/marketing manager for the book. You don’t get assigned projects in our system; you choose the people you work with. We work much more quickly than traditional publishers, taking advantage of new technologies to streamline the process of getting books into the hands of readers. Lastly, we use that same technology to keep overhead low, and we think that the bulk of the revenue from book sales should go back to the creative team that makes them happen.

Aplicación YC de Booktrope, reconstruida

Solicitud de Y Combinator

Booktrope, batch Winter 2015. Las preguntas reales del formulario, respondidas con datos públicos.

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Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Booktrope

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Software platform for collaborative book publishing

What is your company going to make? Please describe your product and what it does or will do.

We built a platform that makes it easy for authors, editors, designers, and marketing managers to form teams and publish books together. Our software coordinates the entire book development process from manuscript editing to design and marketing, supporting print, ebook, and web formats without charging authors upfront.

Where do you live now, and where would the company be based after YC?

We live and work primarily in Seattle, WA, with a remote team. After YC, the company would remain based in Seattle with continued remote collaboration.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Seattle is where the founding team is located and where we have built most of the product and team. The tech talent and creative community here support our work well. We also have established remote contributors, which fits our model.

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Preguntas Frecuentes

¿Es esta la aplicación YC real de Booktrope?

No. Y Combinator mantiene privadas las aplicaciones enviadas. Esta es una reconstrucción: las preguntas reales del formulario de YC, respondidas a partir de los datos públicos de Booktrope (notas de lanzamiento, antecedentes de fundadores, descripción del producto). Muestra cómo una empresa como Booktrope se presentaría a YC, no el texto que enviaron.

¿En qué batch de YC estuvo Booktrope?

Booktrope formó parte del batch Winter 2015 de Y Combinator.

¿Quién fundó Booktrope?

Booktrope fue fundado por Kenneth Shear, Andy Roberts, Katherine Sears.

¿A qué se dedica Booktrope?

Booktrope provides a software platform that makes it easy for…

¿Cómo leo la aplicación completa reconstruida?

Crea una cuenta gratuita de Round Funded. La versión completa de 26 respuestas de la aplicación de Booktrope, y de cada otro batch de YC, está en YC Insights.