Hello fellow DPer! I actually own a domain called www.ebookwebs.com As you can see, it about ebooks... i have coded the design but i somehow not sure how do i want it to goes. My idea was actually charging registration per month, and let user download unlimited ebooks. However i think that the plan is somehow not feasible. Some point that i have think of: Should i charge by per ebook? Or should i let user having a free download and earn by ads? Should i have a forum for user to discuss about the ebook they download? Any other idea?
Might want to try a combination of both. Maybe registration comes with 2 free ebooks, then small fee per ebook the user downloads. Obviously the free version will get you the most downloads/customers, however the your traffic and resulting adsense revenue may not justify giving away the books for free. Probably best to test out a few different methods and see which yields the highest profit.
yea keep minimum charge for registration and once u get good traffic/users u will earn lots from adsense aswell
Adding forums will definitely help. Interactivity is always a good thing. You can eventually start squeezing an income through forum banner sales and whatnot.