Booktrope YC 申请

Winter 2015Inactive

Booktrope 在 Winter 2015 批次的 Y Combinator 中作为一家 B2B 公司进行过。以下是：公司做什么、谁创立了它，以及其 YC 申请，按照真实 YC 表格逐题重建。

YC 批次: Winter 2015
行业: B2BMarketing
团队规模: 51
状态: Inactive
已发布: 2014

创始人

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

Booktrope 做什么

** 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.

Booktrope 的 YC 申请，重建版

Y Combinator 申请

Booktrope，Winter 2015 期。来自公开数据的真实申请问题解答。

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
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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Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference 包含在完整版中。创建免费账户即可在 YC Insights 中打开，紧邻每个其他 YC 批次。

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常见问题解答

这是 Booktrope 的真实 YC 申请吗？

不是。Y Combinator 对提交的申请保密。这是重建版：使用 Booktrope 的公开数据（发布笔记、创始人背景、产品描述）回答真实的 YC 表格问题。它展示了像 Booktrope 这样的公司会如何向 YC 自我介绍，而不是他们提交的文本。

Booktrope 是哪个 YC 批次的？

Booktrope 是 Y Combinator Winter 2015 批次的成员。

谁创立了 Booktrope？

Booktrope 由 Kenneth Shear, Andy Roberts, Katherine Sears 创立。

Booktrope 做什么？

Booktrope provides a software platform that makes it easy for…

如何阅读完整的重建申请？

创建免费的 Round Funded 账户。YC Insights 中包含 Booktrope 的完整 26 个问题的版本，以及其他所有 YC 批次的公司信息。