Hardbound - #009 - Ebooks: What happened?

What it does

If you went back to 2011 and told a publisher that ebook growth would grind to a halt by 2016, they’d never believe you. What happened? Why did everybody get it so wrong? Read our stories: https://hardbound.co Nathan’s twitter: https://twitter.com/nbashaw Will’s twitter: https://twitter.com/willhoekenga Also, here are some of the articles we reference (and sources for stats we ci

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  SE eBook2014 · gumroad.com · ▲152

  SE eBook

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  The Dark Net2015 · amazon.com · ▲62

  A revelatory examination of the internet

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  What's The Deal with Podcasting?2020 · openpodcast.xyz · ▲24

  eBook presented by the Open Podcast Community

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  Tubes2015 · amazon.com · ▲54

  A Journey to the Center of the Internet

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  Decoded2015 · amazon.com · ▲62

  The science behind why we buy

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  Trade-Off: Why Some Things Catch On, and Others Don't2015 · amazon.com · ▲12

  A fresh way to understand why we buy

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  SimCity, but with Permits▲927

  A free city-building game in your browser. You are the mayor. You know what the city needs. Now get it past the zoning board, the neighbors, the appeals court and the next election.

  Life & fun · 2d ago · permit.petercai.com

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  I've been paying for a rural Tanzanian's education for 10 years▲778

  Life & fun · 14d ago · tanzaniaeducationproject.org

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  Bigwords.page – Turn any screen into a sign. The URL is the app▲728

  Turn a phone, tablet or TV into a sign. Type a message and it fills the screen: welcome signs, timers, Wi-Fi passwords and more. No app, no account, free.

  Life & fun · 15d ago · bigwords.page

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  Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard▲573

  Play a free virtual guitar online with your keyboard or by touch. Slow songs down and see every chord, string and strum. Acoustic, classic, electric and bass.

  Life & fun · 9d ago · guitoro.com

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  See *almost* any carriers phone settings▲432

  Carrier settings from iPhone, Pixel and Galaxy firmware, decoded and compared: APNs, VoLTE, 5G and Wi-Fi Calling per carrier, and what each build changed.

  Life & fun · 13d ago · carrierexplode.com

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  The whole Solar System and every tracked satellite, live in the browser▲407

  Life & fun · 23d ago · space.bl2.net

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  Startup Pitch Decks▲2,318

  Real decks from real startups that raised over $400M

  Growth · 2016 · cirrusinsight.com

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  Wave function collapse algorithm▲1,226

  Bitmap & tilemap generation from a single example with the help of ideas from quantum mechanics - mxgmn/WaveFunctionCollapse

  Life & fun · 2016 · github.com

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  Google Allo▲981

  Smart messaging app that helps you say more and do more.

  Work · 2016 · android.com

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  Primitive Pictures▲894

  Reproducing images with geometric primitives. Contribute to fogleman/primitive development by creating an account on GitHub.

  Dev tools · 2016 · github.com

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  Spectacles▲872

  Embedded camera sunglasses by Snapchat

  Work · 2016 · spectacles.com

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  AccessURL▲818

  Share access to accounts without sending a username/password

  Life & fun · 2016 · accessurl.com