BOOKERS’ DEN
“Letthebooksbefound”
CONTENTS
Executive Summary
Situational analysis
Goal
Strategy
Tactics
Implementation
Who are we?
Bookers’ Den – Let the books be found.
A place to freely exchange books and an emerging
readers’ community
Executive Summary
1. VISION
“To build a platform where people with similar interests in books can
communicate with each other and hence build a library in every
corner of the world, access to which can be carried around in the
pocket.”
2. MISSION
“To bring back the conventional paperback reading culture by solving
the problems of the readers like- high costs, storage space
requirements and proper disposal of the collection.”
Executive Summary
SITUATION ANALYSIS
1. COMAPNY OVERVIEW
Situation Analysis
Bookers’ Den provides a medium to freely exchange books and builds hyper local
communities around the books.
This product being one of its kind provides a service “for the people, by the people”.
Bookers’ Den is an App that lets you share, lend, discount or exchange the books in
their paperback format . It currently runs as an App and will soon expand to the
desktops as well.
The product is an emerging giant in this market, with very little potential
competition.
1. MARKET OVERVIEW
Situation Analysis
Bookers’ Den is made to serve reading enthusiasts, amateurs,
authors and the budding writers.
Bookers’ Den as of now has very few competitors, “Barter.li”
being the most remarkable one.
Bookers’ Den is an App based service and will soon expand to
its desktop version as well.
Kindle and the other e-book platforms pose maximum threat
to the company.
1. TARGET CONSUMERS
Situation Analysis
People who don’t want
to or cant afford buying
new books every time
and find e-book version
hard to read.
People who like the
conventional paperback
forms.
People looking for like
minded folks to chat
with and explore new
books.
People who have a huge
collection of books and
need a proper means to
operate it.
GOALS
Goals
Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR)- $73,500
Sign ups per months- 3000
Conversions rate per month- 20%
Churn rate- 3-4%
Total books scanned per month- 10,000
Tentative deadline- February 2018
Strategy
TARGET MARKET
Strategy
CUSTOMERS
Lower
income
groups
Literary
enthusiasts
Having huge
collection
Amateurs
Authors
•Discounts
•Cheap exchange
and borrowing
•Lending books in
exchange for money
•Exploration of new
books
•Recommendations
•Readers’ community
• Means to operate
it.
•Refresh their
collection
•New books
•Suggestions
•Promotion
•Reviews
Strategy
Collaborators
E-payments partners like PayPal,
Paytm etc.
Students’ unions and councils
from various colleges and schools
Content marketing agencies for
blogs and promotions.
Review websites for gaining
credentials.
Strategy
Competitors
Barter.li App
Amazon Kindle
Other e-book reading
platforms
Local libraries
Strategy
VALUE PROPOSITION
Strategy
VALUE PROPOSITION
 Customer value-
To promote literacy and the love of reading by creating a free book exchange which is
‘for the people, by the people’. We want to be able to share, lend, discount or
exchange these physical books within our community.
 Collaborator value-
Provide an equal platform of opportunities and profits for our collaborators.
An annual share in profit for the college or school unions helping us.
More sign ups and transactions fro e-payment partners.
 Company value-
Provide an atmosphere of growth, a platform to showcase talents and creativity for the
employees. Financial and corporate appraisal with that of the company ‘s in the
coming years
TACTICS
Tactics
PRODUCT
Free exchange
of books (over
limited time)
Borrowing and
lending books
at discounts.
Paperback
formats only
COSTS-
Freemium
plan
Leo plan - $2
per month
Darwin plan-
$4 per month
Rowling plan -
$5 per month
Tactics
SERVICES
Free exchange of
upto 2 books per
month
Borrowing and
lending books 4
books per month
at most
Borrowing and
lending books 6
books per month
at most
Borrowing and
lending books
unlimited books
per month at most
COSTS-
Freemium
plan
Leo plan - $2
per month
Darwin plan-
$4 per month
Rowling plan -
$5 per month
Tactics
Brand
BOOKERS’ DEN
“Let the books be found”
Because we owe these books our
bit and we’d never let them die!
Tactics
PRICES
Freemium
plan
Leo plan -
$2 per
month
Darwin
plan- $4
per month
Rowling
plan - $5
per month
Tactics
INCENTIVES
Discounted
books
Better market
place for old
collections
E-payment
available
E-payment
discounts
Referral
bonuses
Tactics
DISTRIBUTION
Google play
App
Website for
desktop usage
IMPLENTATION
Implementation
INFRASTUCTURE
Technical
team
Marketing
team
Sales team
Project
managers
• App development
• Website setup
• Additional features
and updates.
•Product launch
•Promotions
• Reducing
the churn rate
• Revenue
maximisation
• Partnerships
• Deals
• Collaborations
Implementation
PROCESSES
Designing the
technical front
Implementing
the algorithms
Testing on a
small segment
Promoting the
App
Launch (with
freemium
plan for
unlimited
books)
Partnerships
and
collaborations
for further
marketing
Introduction
of premium
plans
Discounts and
deals
Website
extension
Implementation
SCHEDULE
• February 2016Designing the technical front
• March 2016Implementing the algorithms
• 15 April 2016Testing on a small segment
• 15 May 2016Promoting the App
• May 2016Launch (with freemium plan for unlimited
books)
• June 2016Partnerships and collaborations for further
marketing
• 20 June 2016Introduction of premium plans
• 30 June 2016Discounts and deals
• September 2016Website extension
DISCLAIMER
Created by Smriti Tomar, NIT Bhopal, during a
marketing internship by Prof. Sameer Mathur, IIM
Lucknow.

Bookers' Den marketing plan