Ask HN: Would you guys like to have a Wikipedia for book summaries?

1 points by gnus 13y ago ↗ HN

Hey guys! Currently brainstorming on the next thing to work on (previous project: www.onecentmovement.org where we were turning everyday transactions into opportunities to give to charity through a round-up logic).

I've been going through our idea list and need some feedback/help here. One of the top ideas in our minds now is a Wikipedia for book summaries.

Problem: Are there books that you would just like to not read but know the summaries?

Solution: A place where users can submit their summaries and dig the good ones right up to the top.

Would you use it?

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rpq1480 13y ago ↗

Sure. And there are plenty of people who miss the rush of getting an "A" on their English papers who would happily write the content for you.

gnus 13y ago ↗

BTW, here are some great book summaries by Derek Sivers himself!

http://sivers.org/book

samsnelling 13y ago ↗

Gnus,

I think something like that would be really useful. I've been messing around with summarizing public domain books for (http://summary.io) summary.io.

If you want to do something together, let me know!