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I like the idea, it's cute and could be a whole new way for more physically minded people to get into publishing, but my qualms are: $8.25 seems a little steep for a simple blog. Perhaps if it was actually the price of a coffee ($3-5) it would be a bit more reasonable.

Second thing is there's no way to try it out. I don't really want to drop $99 on something without having any idea whether it's going to work for me, especially as handwriting recognition is so sketchy and I have no idea what it's going to be like.

Perhaps even just a demo mode or something to play around with?

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Thanks so much for the feedback on this. There's a bit of a cost associated with paper to webpage conversions (and obviously hosting websites and images) - so I'm quite content with the current pricing.

You can try a Paper Website for 7 days for $1 here: https://paperwebsite.com/signup

> There's a bit of a cost associated with paper to webpage conversions (and obviously hosting websites and images)

Resources for OCR and hosting could be provided by the users themselves. You doing it for them could be the expensive option that justifies getting the credit card out :)

Remarkably good OCR is built into Apple imaging now, it’s hard for an iPhone user to not bring it.

Apple Notes of your note book, then Markdown “Exporter” app* into a static blog generator of choice does require that last thing, a statis blog generator, which may(?) be worth the $8/month of hassle alone.

* Exporter: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/exporter/id1099120373?mt=12

Lovely little app, lets Apple Notes be your blogging editor — support the dev!

> Perhaps if it was actually the price of a coffee ($3-5)

Anecdotal, but i've never seen a coffee that expensive. A coffee machine in France is usually < 1€ (more like 50c), and i've never paid more than 1.5€ for in an actual café.

Back on topic, i agree with the sentiment that this is the kind of tool you wouldn't use for business and therefore wouldn't get your credit card for immediately. A free-software, donation-based model may attract more people and make more money (and make grumpy librists like me happy).

Really cool stuff (on paper anyway)!

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