What do you think of the marketing/money making eBooks reviewed at http://www.moneymakerreview.com/reviews.htm? Have you personally bought a copy of any of the eBooks mentioned on the site? If so, how was it? Would you recommend these eBooks? I am personally planning to purchase one of them, maybe two or three, but I am not the type to throw money around and just spend it on anything, but I AM all for learning new things and new ways to make money online. So... what do you think?
Go to google and type in "resell ebooks", or go to ebay and type in the same thing, and if you're even .0001% like me, you would never, EVER, in your WILDEST dreams even THINK about THINKING about considering buying a ebook EVER again. If you're on digital point you're obviously here as a business man. Marketing ebooks are for consumers. Anything and EVERYTHING and them 100% more of what you can find in any ebook can be found on here by hitting search or making a thread asking a question. If you cant resist, and absolutely MUST, I wouldn't recommend paying more than .01 Cent on a money making ebook. Have a nice day
woahdolla Do you mean that people who buy ebooks on internet marketing (A Millionaire with no sweat, etc), generally do not use them? Pity, I have to agree with you though I have no experience in the emarketing field. It just seems to me that talking to real people gives more in terms of practise and usability than all ebooks stuffed with promises "you can't lose if you buy it!" I read that ebook about AdSense secrets... well, it's good, but again, it could be much shorter, much cheaper and to my opinion, most of the info in it is published on adsense pages.
those reviews look very "canned" people who write such reviews usually have not bought or used whatever they reviewed, maybe they didn't even write their own reviews general money making ebooks are usually targetted at the newbie opportunity seeker, you would do better buying more specific ebooks, eg. those on adwords, adsense, copywriting, keyword research, etc there are many people who lots of ebooks & softwares but never get around to using them, i used to be 1 of them You can check out some reviews I wrote, http://www.theultimatepublishing.com/honest_reviews_for_digital_point.html Hope this helps
Ebooks are simply this: someone's experience and/or knowledge wrapped up into a product. Yes, you could "find that type of information in the forum" but do you have the time? I've bought a couple of ebooks and my share of hardbacks. What type of book is best? If you want a "general info" book on marketing, either hardback or ebook is fine. If you want something very specific on marketing your business/product, I like stuff (hardbacks) by Seth Godin. If you want to know how to use a technology to market your product, ebooks are the way to go (SEObook by Aaron Wall, Adwords by Perry Marshall, etc.). If you have the TIME to visit forums, stay here. You'll learn a lot frmo the DP forum members.
I'm new to eCommerce as it relates to this forum (SEO, affiliates, etc.) but not to business. I cahsed out of my old media company last year at age 40 and could retire if I wanted to, but prefer to take on new challenges. Part of my exploration of eCommerce inlcludes reading forums like these and learning, but also reading blogs of people like Aaron Wall. Yes, I could spend the next year abosrbing his posts and digging for info, but instead, I bought his eBook and learned a ton of stuff in a week. It's absurd to imply that 'businessmen don't read eBooks.' Saavy businessman may not fall for hype, but they do read works by people more experienced than themselves, whether is in 'e' form of hard-copy.
You raise a very good point about ebooks. If an author has made a name for themselves in a particular industry, ebook sales can be profitable and an excellent means of producing a product. That's where the whole blog/article piece comes in. Those enable the author to provide free content and build readership. If the readers can profit from their articles, their reputation increases and thus in time an ebook is a natural extension.
E-books is trash and half of them is just spam, u can find what you need on the web for free, a great example is Digital point forums .
Of course I have to agree. There are so many free article resources, forums like this one, a little website out there called "google" etc... There is absolutely no reason in my mind to pay for an ebook on any topic. It dosent take too much time to hit search on this site and find out the best marketing techniques. Any information thats out there is already spread, you cant copyright information / ideas, thus anything that can be found in an ebook can be found easily on the net. Again, Im a businessman, keyword. Business men should look toward their bottem dollar and ROI. if you have money to waste sure, i guess you can get a ebook (i guess). But if you have more time than money of course just search for you own data. It'll save you money on your bottom line. An ebook is simply one potentially unqualified person's opinion. I can write a ebook right now, say how its the best ebook ever with top secret information, make a snazzy web site and sell it for 50 dollars, and inside the ebook just cut and paste tutorials / topics from this forum. You dont really know what you're buying and who you're buying it from. That's just my 2 cents. I'd never buy an ebook.
Pretty right ... most of the books is just copy & past, and the one who wrote them is just like you, may be you are better then him a lot, if you are planing to write a book, just publish it for free, put some ads if you want to earn money, and thank god if people read what you write, if they don't you must know that your writings doesn't worth it and go find something else .
I personally got Aaron Wall's SEOBook, it is a must to read if you are in the field; either if you get information on forums, blogs, reading books, etc., that is the way how you get to build up knowledge, so all sources of information are important, you will learn to take what you think works for you and discard what doesn't.
I must (respectfully) disagree. Not all sources of information are created equal. The problem with ebooks (one of the problems, anyway) is that the reader has a hard time evaluating the quality of the information. Think about it this way: you probably own some (paper) books. You probably have an opinion of the various publishers/series. I certainly do. "Learn X in a Weekend" series - crap. "Idiot's Guide" series - mixed bag, mostly bad. "Wrox" - good for the few I've seen. And so forth. Now these are books that someone other than the author has reviewed, edited, and thought worth putting money behind. 98% likely they're likely to be of higher value than any ebook. And a lot of them are crap. Now, why is your author putting out an ebook instead of a print book? It could just be an anti-establishment streak, it could be megalomania, and it could be that no publisher would touch it. So your a priori estimation of any ebook ought to be that it is crap. There are exceptions. Tiny niches (under a couple thousand copies potential markets), established names (this guy has 14 print books on his subject and a busy web log), probably some others I am not thinking of. But I would not ever consider buying an ebook on SEO, for instance. There's a 10,000+ copy sales potential, but no print publisher was interested? Hmmm...
Before replying to the above, let me state that I would not download some random eBook without first checking (as much as possible) the credentials of the author. I downloaded Aaron Wall's book, after reading his forum for a few weeks, and found it to be outstanding. He was offered a 'traditional' publisher's buy-out, with terms far less favorable than his current business model. There's no question that many eBooks out there are absolute crap. Caveat Emptor- buy only that which you know to be a legitimate work. But there are eBooks out there with merit. BTW, I have a two book deal at a major NYC publisher and my first book just broke 30,000 in a non-internet market. Most traditional publishing deals suck, and Aaron did the right thing by keeping his book on-line. I guarantee he's made far more that way than by selling out to a major house.
That's all I'm really saying -- ebook authors need to do something to establish their credibility. There's a balancing act involved, I guess. I haven't heard of this guy before, but hey, if I follow his forum for a while maybe I'll become a convert. Then I'll start wondering what I might possibly get from the (paid for) book that wasn't already on the (free) website...
You're missing the point. Yes, you could probably harvest the information for free from his site (which is huge) after several weeks or months of surfing. His eBook, however, summarizes everything very nicely for $79.00US and within those 280 pages lies the value. To me, time is money. That's why I pay my assisant to do the thousand annoying but necessary tasks that pop up every business week, such as correspondence, scheduling, etc.. Could I do them all myself? Sure! But I'm losing time..which is money. Could I surf sites for free and learn the minutiae of SEO? Sure! But I'd rather pay for the summary and free up time to make real money running my business. BTW, Aaron's site is www.seobook.com and I highly recommend it. I'm not an affiliate, nor do I know him, but I do think his site and eBook should be seen by anyone serious about building traffic. Good luck- Mook
I also believe that good ebooks are few and far between... unless you are a complete newbie to a subject AND are too lazy to do any basic research OR if you are getting an ebook from a recognized expert in a particular field. Waptap
The biggest problem with e-books is that anyone can create one. You don't have an assurance that the author is educated, experienced, and qualified on the topic they're writing on, the way you would if you knew a big publisher was willing to back them. It's like authors who use a vanity publisher, because no one will publish their books... only worse, because the "authors" don't even have enough confidence in their work to fork over the cash to actually publish (or even use a POD publisher like www.lulu.com), and tend to even load them with ads. The only time I'd ever recommend an ebook, especially on a topic where you really need professional advice and not someone's experience that's not likely to be repeated by most people, would be an electronic version of a published book. A lot of reputable publishers release them now, and a lot of libraries even have subscriptions you can access online for free if you're a member. Check with your local library first to see if they have access to a service such as www.netlibrary.com. If you want ebooks, look in places like that, or buy directly from a reputable publisher. But for the most part, as others have said, just do a Google search. You can find answers to most of your questions pretty easily (and for free) online. Jenn