Friday, September 19, 2008

Getting Started with Online Ebooks

There are several ways to approach getting started with online ebooks. You can either be an author or sell ebooks already created by other authors. You can work directly with them, or find an affiliate marketing program where you sell those ebooks via your own website, or emails. Another option is to sell your own ebook, through venues like eBay, or via your own website. Or, set up your own “affiliate marketing” program and have others sell for you on their websites. Some of these methods cost money, some do not.

Getting started with online ebooks is fast on a website like eBay. You compose your ebook, run an ad for it, and hope to get sales. Electronic delivery is fast, and there is virtually no expense involved. That is a major benefit to selling any type of ebook. No printing, no paper, no manufacturing expenses, no shipping and handling. A click of the send button and your ebook is delivered.

Turn key ready-to-go programs are available for selling other’s ebooks. There is some expense involved, but you get the rights to sell and deliver all you can sell. If you want to write and sell your own, you can do a plain text, or find some directions on composing ebooks, what type to use, and advice on spacing, color, borders, etc., for easy reading. Finally, an important part of getting started with online ebooks is that your ads need to present buyers with a strong “urge to buy” message.

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