Translate public domain classics into English ebooks
Translates well-regarded public domain works into English and sells them as ebooks. Finding niche topics is the key.
At a glance
Estimated by a classifier that read the source. The bar shows how sure it was.
- Category
- Digital products88% surex
- Earns from
- One-time sales96% surex
- Startup cost (estimate)
- Under $10077% surex
- Time it takes (estimate)
- Hands-off69% surex
- Where
- Online99% surex
- Coding
- No coding needed97% surex
Source
Hacker NewsComment by WAthrowaway in “Ask HN: What was your best passive income in 2018?”, November 19, 2018
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