Hi everyone,<p>Would love your feedback and questions on this project I started a couple weeks ago.<p>After finishing Robert Greene's book Mastery, I searched for ways to see how much I learned from it. I wanted to check how much I actually learned, as well as take my understanding of Mastery to another level. But there was nothing available online that tested me.<p>There were only YouTube videos, podcast interviews and book summaries. These are all fantastic for revision, but not so great for testing oneself. I remember thinking: "I wish there were quizzes based on non-fiction books."<p>And so, seeing that there was nothing available online, I decided to try create a quiz myself. I had recently read Derek Sivers fantastic book Anything You Want. It's a short, quick and brilliant read for first-time entrepreneurs. So I made a quiz based on that, which you can take yourself here: http://www.bookgym.xyz/#anything-you-want. I showed the quiz to Derek Sivers himself and his response was: "BookGym looks like a wonderful idea! I just did the quiz based on my book. That was so cool!"<p>The basic premise of BookGym: after you finish reading a best-selling non-fiction book, you can take the accompanying quiz for that book and check how much you learned. After each question, you'll get detailed feedback, depending on whether you got the question right or wrong.<p>I am dedicated to doing one thing, and one thing only: creating the best interactive quizzes based on best-selling non-fiction books. I want to help you remember (and learn) the key messages of a book.<p>The main question therefore is: would you pay for this service? If yes, why? If no, why?<p>Here is the URL: http://www.bookgym.xyz<p>Thank you for your help!
First off, nicely designed site, and nice description of how it works.<p>This is something I was thinking about early in the year, and as a result, I started taking notes while reading. Though, that assumes I'm a good note-taker, which I may not be.<p>I'm not a fan of your pricing model, I'm sure you've thought of freemium, or affiliate models, and personally, I think that you'll get more traction with that.<p>It also appears that only you create the quizzes. That's interesting. Why not get the community to build the quizzes? That gets you more books, and if the community can update each others quizzes, etc. likely you will end up with a better overall quiz along with more of them.<p>My father always said that teaching somebody else is the best way to ensure you know the material. He used to be a teacher, so I guess there is some truth in that.<p>If I were you, I'd make the site free to use. Free to take a quiz.<p>After I have taken a quiz, you know what book I've read, so you can make recommendations on books that I should read. How many books do I have to buy via affiliate links to get you the same revenue as your $10/year?<p>I'm not ready to convert yet, but I'd like to give a quiz a try at least. But I'd need to know that you have quizzes for the books I've read. I think that is your biggest hurdle at the moment. Crowd source it.<p>Keep up the good work.
Okay, so five of you checked out the website. Champions! I really appreciate that A LOT.<p>Can you please leave your feedback? Would love to hear your thoughts. You can be as honest as you want. Thank you again!