We must, unfortunately, announce that we are pulling the plug on Electric Book.
For years, we have worked hard to build new document and publishing standards which could use Typescript and ‘smart’ SVG to build documents which were more effective in communicating technical content by minimizing eye-travel across a page, while more tightly integrating animation with text to simply tell a better story.
Unfortunately, we have run out of time (and health) in order to turn our vision into a business. Truth be told, we were bootstrapping something that needed more than we could bring to the table.
Do we regret any of the years and dollars we spent on this endeavor?
Absolutely not. We had a vision we believed in.
We worked hard, mostly investing our free time while holding down multiple jobs and juggling precious hours of work and life.
But were we willing to sacrifice family, relationships, or values for business success?
Absolutely not. And we’re OK with that.
So to all would be entrepreneurs out there with visions of some way to improve our daily lives with profitable products --- good luck. Enjoy the ride.
But remember, each morning you will need to look in the mirror, and be able to live with the person you see.
Best to all.
The team at Electric Book Company.