Andrew Hyde

Founder of Startup Weekend and Startup Enthusiast Based in Boulder, Colorado

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06.11.12

Amazon’s markup of digital delivery to indie authors is ~129,000%

So my book about travel came out last week! Think about buying it directly from me:  This Book Is About Travel .mobi (Kindle Version) or This Book Is About Travel .pdf. A pretty exciting time.  I’ve decided to write a few posts covering the launch and lessons I’ve learned. (more…)

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04.9.12

The Usability of a Book

I’m in the last few stages of This Book is About Travel with a few major decisions to be made.

The main contention point is over the notion of usability and books. As an author, I would love for everyone wanting to read the book to be able to get it into their hands and everyone starting…

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11.24.08

Using Mechanical Turk For Ideas

During Startup Weekend Athens I decided I wanted to try out Mechanical Turk, Amazon’s interesting service.  It relies on the concept of  Human Intelligence Tasks (small tasks that are easy for humans to do, but hard for machines).

I would love to use it for creative projects, like the Sheep Project or the Dollar Bill…

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