BookDrop

Book Pricing Alert Idea for Booktrope.com

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2. Book Pricing Alert Idea
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3. “Wouldn’t it be great if someone
   would tell me when an e-book goes
   below a certain price?”
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4. What about an app
   that does this?
   •You Sign In (1st time you start the app)
   •You Choose a Book
   Then We’ll:
   •Alert You When the Price Changes
   •Show You a Link to the Book
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5. That’s It!
   This is enough to see if it solves a problem
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6. Introducing: BookDrop!
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7. BookDrop
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8. BookDrop
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9. Benefits
   • No Esoteric Programming
   • We Collect Fans
   • We Gain Knowledge of Sought After Books
   • We Gain Knowledge of Pricing Trigger Points
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10. Benefits
    • We Begin March Toward Big Data Capture
    • Pricing Trends
    • Book Buying Habits
    • CTR
    • Book Readers
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11. Benefits
    • We Repurpose Our Code
    • We Gain Knowledge of Amazon Practices
    • We Make $$ Through Affiliate Links
    • We Solve a Real Problem
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12. Dev Tasks (Phase One)
    1. Create Account
    2. Search for Book
    3. Save Book & Price
    Target
    4. Display Pricing Links
    5. Update Account
    6. Update Book
    7. Watch Book
    8. Alert Price Drop
    *green denotes front end feature
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13. Technologies
    • iOS API
    • Parse
    • RESTful API for Back End Functions
    • Store Accounts
    • Store Book List and Amazon Links
    • Amazon
    • Message Service (Send Alerts)
    • AWS (Scalable Server/Database)
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14. Phase 2+ features
    • Allow users to specify additional genres, channels (iBooks, Nook)
    • Expand to other book formats (hardback, paperback)
    • Recommend books based on preferences
    • Allow users to specify authors to watch for new releases
    • Send news/offers based on preferences (opt in/out)
    • Accept advertising (BookBub pays us!)
    • Build Android app (3rd party Data API and Alerting
    speeds the process)
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15. BookDrop!
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