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Ask HN: Does a smart tool for book drafting exist (analytics per chapter, etc)?

2 pointsby anythingnonidinabout 7 years ago
I&#x27;m looking for a tool with the following features.<p>I&#x27;m using it to get really advanced analytics for a book I&#x27;m drafting.<p>- See analytics (i.e. where each reader drops off&#x2F;retention, how frequently they re-visit a section, most highlighted&#x2F;copied sections, etc) on a per-user basis (therefore, login required)<p>(On a per-user basis so that I can reach out to and have phone&#x2F;Skype conversations with the readers that most loved it and learn more, and the readers that didn&#x27;t love it, and also find out more)<p>Any suggestions that don&#x27;t involve me having to program something myself (i.e. I could set up a rails site, add twitter authentication and some kind of per-user analytics, but I have to imagine there&#x27;s something easier for this)?

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vitovitoabout 7 years ago
&quot;Reader analytics&quot; is the term you&#x27;re looking for. There have been several startups in this vein over the years, but only Jellybooks is still going. I don&#x27;t know if they support the writing process, though; I&#x27;ve only seen them discuss completed books being tested. You should ask them.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.jellybooks.com" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.jellybooks.com</a><p>I haven&#x27;t seen an equivalent of a subcompact publisher (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;craigmod.com&#x2F;journal&#x2F;subcompact_publishing&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;craigmod.com&#x2F;journal&#x2F;subcompact_publishing&#x2F;</a>) that provides reader analytics and supports authors as they write.
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