eBook business idea: documentary reviews/downloads

[DragonsDen]

My friend came up with an idea for an ebook containing 100 short reviews of some of the most interesting and captivating documentaries from places like the history channel, discovery, national geographic, bbc, etc. The aim is to allow readers to discover new documentaries that they might otherwise not find, and to provide a quick guide to some of the best documentaries out there all in one place (helps the user save time by not having to search around for new shows to watch). The ebook would also contain links to official sites, download/trailer links for people to sample first before buying, and also links to purchase these documentaries.

Would you buy something like this if it were available?

[bdunndchi]

Personally, I'm not sure if I would be interested in it. But that's not to say there isn't a large market of people that would be. It just doesn't happen to be my cup of tea. Lots of people are documentary junkies and I don't see any reason why they wouldn't appreciate something like this.

The issue I would think about is this: Either your ebook is going to have to review documentaries from the past (like the 100 best docs of all time), or you are going to have to consistently release new ebooks containing new reviews of recently released docs. If you just do one book about the docs that are currently on tv right now, in a few months, a year, two years, no one is going to want to read reviews about 100 random docs that happened to be on tv at a certain time.