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“PaperC could be a real game changer”TechCrunch Europe
“German Startup of The Year 2009”
Innovation Award from the German Publishers and Booksellers Association
Case Study of a Freemium Business Model for Academic and Specialist eBooks
Between Open Access and Commerce
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Table of Content
• Origin of PaperC• What we did wrong• What we did right• PaperC Today• Future Plans
© 2011 PaperC GmbH 2
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Original Business Model
© 2011 PaperC GmbH 3
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© 2011 PaperC GmbH 4
FREEReading online from A to Z
€ 0.10 PER PAGE
• Download + print
• Copying text with citations
• Highlighting text
• Working with and sharing of notes
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What we didwrong
© 2011 PaperC GmbH 5
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1.5% Paying Users
• Unlimited and unrestricted reading has not yieldedsustainable results
• conversion to paying users stuck at 1.5%
© 2011 PaperC GmbH 6
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Low sales of notes as a premiumfunction• Sales of notes as premium feature for € 0.10/page have
been ineffective• Downloading is (still) the most used feature• Copy &Paste is second most used
© 2011 PaperC GmbH 7
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Flash is Dead
• At least for online document reading• Users demand iPhone/iPad/Android compatibility• None of our users demands Kindle, Sony Reader
compatibility
© 2011 PaperC GmbH 8
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What we didright
© 2011 PaperC GmbH 9
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PDF is better than its reputation
• Easiest way to get content from publishers• ePub is not best format for graphic heavy books
(textbooks and specialist books)• PDF downloads works well on tablets and PC
© 2011 PaperC GmbH 10
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Soft DRM is good
• Publishers accept it• Users like it• No illegal file-sharing detected thus far
© 2011 PaperC GmbH 11
The user’s email and the PaperCwatermark is on every pageThe user’s email and the PaperCwatermark is on every page
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Statistics count
• No. of downloads• Average number of pages downloaded• Time on book• Visits and unique visitors• No. Of notes, citations and bookmarks
© 2011 PaperC GmbH 12
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PaperCBusiness Model Today
© 2011 PaperC GmbH 13
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© 2011 PaperC GmbH 14
FREE•Unrestricted access to all content for a limited time
PREMIUM • € 0.10/page
Users can buy individual pages for unlimited online reading and downloading.
• Buy eBookfor unlimited reading time and PDF download
• Buy printed bookfrom affiliate shops or print on demand service
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© 2011 PaperC GmbH 15
Number of Publishing Partners
German (60) International (10)
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© 2011 PaperC GmbH 16
Number of Titles Under Contract
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© 2011 PaperC GmbH 17
Number of Registered Users
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© 2011 PaperC GmbH 18
Paying Users/Registered
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Future Plans
© 2011 PaperC GmbH 19
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• Further development of social features• Connect to Social Networks (e.g. Facebook, Twitter)• Develop HTML5 web reader• Build up the B2C plattform for all kinds of specialist and
academic Content• Reach our goal of becoming the platform for expert
generated content
© 2011 PaperC GmbH 20