Brooks' New Business Model

12 July 2012

Benjamin Brooks on the new business model for The Brooks Review: > All non-members of the site will have access to every post that members have access too, with one caveat: non-members won’t see those posts until seven days after I posted them. Gutsy move. I’m looking forward to updates about the impact of this change on Brooks’ ability to produce work that he’s proud of.

I was hoping TBR would adopt a ‘pay what you think it’s worth’ model, as I suspect it gives a deeper insight into the true value of your work. With Brooks setting the price himself ($4/month), and not disclosing how he arrived at that price, he may have missed the opportunity to discover what value his readers really place on his writing.

However, this is a line in the sand. Other writers can use Brooks’ business model, and pricing as a precedent for going user-supported, and as a benchmark for setting their own prices.