Bitcoin Bookstore

[Lida93]

And if you like the project, please support it by buying your next Bitcoin book through the website so we get a small commission on the sales .

Amazon gift cards paid with Bitcoin could work as alternative, but I prefer direct BTC payments.

The project is quite an interesting one with very much of rich informative books that many bitcoiners would really love to have their hands on them and with the use of BTC for direct payment it's gonna attract much sales from a lot of forum users who would like to give it a first hand trial.
They just have to make their payment options broad.

[SFR10]

@BitcoinBookstore.io

• There's a minor bug in the "Audiobook" section that instead of showing the correct number for each ^{[Yes or No]}, it shows the total number in both subsections.
• You might want to add more categories <sup>[e.g. mining, node and etc...].
  - I do know we could achieve almost the same result by using the search field, but judging by their descriptions, some of the results aren't accurate.</sup>
• It'd be nice to see some improvements in its loading times.

[BitcoinBookstore.io]

@BitcoinBookstore.io

• There's a minor bug in the "Audiobook" section that instead of showing the correct number for each ^{[Yes or No]}, it shows the total number in both subsections.
• You might want to add more categories <sup>[e.g. mining, node and etc...].
  - I do know we could achieve almost the same result by using the search field, but judging by their descriptions, some of the results aren't accurate.</sup>
• It'd be nice to see some improvements in its loading times.

Thanks for the comments.
- The audiobook bug is fixed.
- Adding more categories is an option. I put it on my to do list!
- Don't know if speeding up is possible, but I will look into it.

[Pmalek]

I would love to take a look at your website but I am getting a dial tcp4 i/o timeout error on my end. Is the site currently down or is there an issue with VPN connections? A quick google search mentions firewall and network issues as reasons for not loading the site. Might be something to do with DNS servers as well.

Other sites load just find and I haven't noticed any similar issues today. 

[Hamza2424]

I would love to take a look at your website but I am getting a dial tcp4 i/o timeout error on my end. Is the site currently down or is there an issue with VPN connections? A quick google search mentions firewall and network issues as reasons for not loading the site. Might be something to do with DNS servers as well.

Other sites load just fine and I haven't noticed any similar issues today. 

If it's working with other sites then the problem is not with the DNS. It's might be due to the website resources access but I think it's also a rare chance maximum of chances are Network congestion. You can try later I think it will be fine as OP hasn't mentioned any type of regional restriction on site.


Op your website layout is decent but it's less responsive, particularly with the network I facing delays in loading all the resources, and filters working fine just small loading optimization is needed or maybe it's the issue on my end.

[Pmalek]

Whatever wasn't working yesterday seems OK now and I can open the site now. I like it. It's got plenty of filters to help n finding what you are looking for.
A couple of suggestions though:

• I am not a big fan of looking at the white background. Please add a darker mode or allow users to switch between light and dark.
• The site seems a bit slow when I play around with the filters. Maybe the experience could be a bit faster.
• Have you thought about offering a preview of the books? A couple of sites that the user could read directly on the page. I have see that on Amazon and similar sites.

Overall, nice work, and I hope you will have success with it. Can you share some data? Have you gotten some commissions already from sales?

[coin-investor]

Great initiatives we should have this kind of platform, but I recommend offering a newsletter subscription or include in your website, your social media accounts so people can follow you and they will get a new update if there are new e-books added, offering free Bitcoin e-books are highly recommended these free e-books are for beginners so they may get entice to buy those e-books in the Amazon using your referral links.

[Pmalek]

I recommend offering a newsletter subscription or include in your website, your social media accounts so people can follow you and they will get a new update if there are new e-books added.

I agree with you on the newsletter suggestion. It's not a bad idea. Those who subscribe could get some updates about newly added books, information about discounts and special offers, and some other info about what is going on with bitcoin. Maybe if OP hears some news about a new book coming out, the newsletter and his Twitter page would be good places where he could share that. Tyke, a member from this forum is writing a book covering Bitcoin's entire history. That's something that could be mentioned in the newsletter. Bitcoin 2008/09-2022 History Paperback/Hardcover Book.

But you are wrong about the missing social media links. You can find buttons that take you to BitcoinBookstore's Twitter profile at the top and the bottom of the website.
https://twitter.com/btcbookstore

[BitcoinBookstore.io]

The website, design and all is done by me alone. I don't know how much hours weent in to it, because I didn't keep track...

Well done mate, the design of the site looks simple and eye catching to me. Just one suggestion, can we have a dark mode option in the background as well?
I may buy one of the books soon this week or the next one maybe, to support you. I found few interesting titles

Once the book I'm writing called 'Bitcoin History 2008-2024 The First Peer-to-Peer Network' is complete, I'll contact you to list it

Haha, please keep us updated, Im very interested in reading such type of books as well

Added Dark Mode as requested. Not on small screens yet, have some minor tweaks to do... Hope you all like it!

[BitcoinBookstore.io]

Whatever wasn't working yesterday seems OK now and I can open the site now. I like it. It's got plenty of filters to help n finding what you are looking for.
A couple of suggestions though:

• I am not a big fan of looking at the white background. Please add a darker mode or allow users to switch between light and dark.
• The site seems a bit slow when I play around with the filters. Maybe the experience could be a bit faster.
• Have you thought about offering a preview of the books? A couple of sites that the user could read directly on the page. I have see that on Amazon and similar sites.

Overall, nice work, and I hope you will have success with it. Can you share some data? Have you gotten some commissions already from sales?

Thanks for the feedback.

Dark mode is now online, except for smaller screens. Coming as soon as possible.

Trying to speed up the website, but I think mostly one plugin is to blame and can't do without it without rebuilding the website... So don't know if I can do much else.

Some data to share: not really impressive haha. No commision as of yet, and 90 visitors in the last 4 weeks, mostly because I did a giveaway on Twitter/Nostr. And no donations, haha, but I don't count on that ever happening. Just hope to keep the site up with some commisions over time.

[Ben Barubal]

Appreciate the project!

Suppose if OP were to accept direct bitcoin payment, does this mean he/she have to ask permission from the copyright owner to be able to sell paperback and ebook copies?

From what I see, I think from start-up business standpoint, this would be very difficult to consider especially that there are tons of bitcoin related books available in the market and contacting every author would be extremely time-consuming.

I think OP would be acting as a reseller. Basically a middleman that takes payment in Bitcoin and then orders the book from Amazon or whatever for the customer where OP would likely have to make payment using fiat. He could charge a markup for this. I don’t think any special permits or licenses would be necessary for this. Maybe even a purse.io integration would be possible.

        I also noticed that with the op because he mentioned that he has a small commission for each sale and you're right he also makes a mark-up for sure.

       And I also think that I don't see anything wrong with the secret that he is doing, because it is also one of the things that helps spread bitcoin via online to communities that love it.

[BitcoinBookstore.io]

Just added the requested 'Read for free' option.

You can now check the checkmark and get the books that are available online for free, with the link to the downloadpage on the book details page.

Currently can only find 3 books that are legally free to download. Hope to find/add more!

[dkbit98]

Currently can only find 3 books that are legally free to download. Hope to find/add more!

I think there are more free Bitcoin related books and I will try to find them and post links here.
One more paid Bitcoin books you could add is called Why Buy Bitcoin by Andy Edstrom, but you could add Bitcoin Whitepaper that is free.
That being said, maybe you can add filtering by authors and add links for other languages other than English.
 
EDIT:
Swan Bitcoin cofounder Yan Pritzker gives away book Inventing Bitcoin for FREE to Swan community:
https://www.swanbitcoin.com/inventing-bitcoin/

[BitcoinBookstore.io]

Currently can only find 3 books that are legally free to download. Hope to find/add more!

I think there are more free Bitcoin related books and I will try to find them and post links here.
One more paid Bitcoin books you could add is called Why Buy Bitcoin by Andy Edstrom, but you could add Bitcoin Whitepaper that is free.
That being said, maybe you can add filtering by authors and add links for other languages other than English.
 
EDIT:
Swan Bitcoin cofounder Yan Pritzker gives away book Inventing Bitcoin for FREE to Swan community:
https://www.swanbitcoin.com/inventing-bitcoin/

Thanks, got Inventing Bitcoin already .

The whitepaper will be nice yes. Filter by author can now be done by typing in at 'search any term'. Don't want to add too much filters.

Will put links to other languages than English on the to do list!

[Accardo]

Are you working on a VPS or shared hosting server? Considering the fact that the project you're working on requires lots of bandwidths whenever you plan to restructure it into a bookstore where people can directly  download or read bitcoin books. I think it will get hold of audiences on the site other than the affiliation with Amazon books. However it's great as you'll make money out of referral, more like Amazon affiliate sites. But, a problem is not being solved, which is the sole aim of business. Like others suggested, allowing bitcoin as a payment method will solve lots of problems in this market, as it fall in line with what your audience have in mind once they see your domain name. Hence, to be in control of the books and maintaining page speed you need a VPS if you are not using it already.

[BitcoinBookstore.io]

Hi all who replied earlier about the speed of the website:

Could you please visit the website again and tell me how it is now? I thin I made some big improvements and the speed should be much better now. Please let me know. Thanks!

[SFR10]

Hi all who replied earlier about the speed of the website:

Could you please visit the website again and tell me how it is now? I thin I made some big improvements and the speed should be much better now. Please let me know. Thanks!

Just finished checking it and honestly, I didn't feel any difference or rather improvements on the overall speed of the website in question ^{[tested in Chrome, Firefox and Opera]}.
^{- While I was making small tests for the above thing, I noticed the audiobook bug still exists (perhaps some of your recent changes brought it back)!}

[BitcoinBookstore.io]

Hi all who replied earlier about the speed of the website:

Could you please visit the website again and tell me how it is now? I thin I made some big improvements and the speed should be much better now. Please let me know. Thanks!

Just finished checking it and honestly, I didn't feel any difference or rather improvements on the overall speed of the website in question ^{[tested in Chrome, Firefox and Opera]}.
^{- While I was making small tests for the above thing, I noticed the audiobook bug still exists (perhaps some of your recent changes brought it back)!}

Thanks for testing! Strange bug... Fixed again, thanks for mentioning.

The speed in all my browser and on all devices is way up, and PageSpeed also gives better score, so bummer you don't notice any improvement. Running out of things to try haha.

[dkbit98]

Could you please visit the website again and tell me how it is now? I thin I made some big improvements and the speed should be much better now. Please let me know. Thanks!

Everything loads very fast and works great on my side, and I tested this on several different browsers (LibreWolf, Firefox, Brave).

I noticed you added nice option for book translations in other languages, and I know for one book called Digital Gold by Nathaniel Popper there is translation in more languages.
Translated title is Digitalno zlato:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38611458-digitalno-zlato

PS
Maybe you can use Goodreads website to find more books about Bitcoin.
I just find one after few seconds search called Bitcoin Billionaires by Ben Mezrich, and it's not available on your Bitcoin Bookstore website
https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=Bitcoin

[HostColor]

Nice! However, the website is more of a digital bookshelf for Bitcoin-related books, which is useful, rather than a bookstore. Your project would matter more if you'd find a way to launch a bookstore where clients could pay with Bitcoin and another crypto. I saw the discussion and I understand that you leverage Amazon and therefore you should comply with their rules. However, anyone could go and search on Amazon for Bitcoin-related books themselves. So, if you really want the website to be more than an Amazon reseller of Bitcoin-related books, then find a way to either sell directly or resell in BTC or any other digital currency.
Good luck!