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As far as I understand something similar already exists, at least twice. I only remember the whereabouts of one of those. It's a service launched recently by the people from Clicky Analytics. It's called Contenture.

See here:

http://contenture.com/

http://getclicky.com/blog/164/announcing-contenturecom-a-new...

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Hi onreact-com. I am aware of them and a dozen others offering similar services. I'd like to point out that tracking and micropayment solutions would indeed be part of my model in the long run. But they are just infrastructure - they're not the core of my concept. My idea is about user experience. About changing the way readers consume content. Why would someone use services like Contenture or Kachingle or..? Because they're willing to pay for a certain product or service. Therefore, in order to establish a broad base of users who'd actually do that we need to develop a product they like. Something with added value. Personalization. Mobility. Something better than a single publishing company is able to develop. Something that makes a lot of publishers pull the same string even though they're competitors in their respective markets.

Yeah, makes sense. Contenture already offers some enhancements for paying users as well. They're not as advanced as you propose but they go in the right direction.

Your idea is very good but I guess it needs one or two years to become a product or service, by then Contenture will have evolved into something similar I guess.

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