ebooks only REALLY help you if your a total internet newbie. Even then, you need to watch what you buy, because most of them are scams. They talk about the riches and living the good life with your Ferrari and yacht then they do actually discussing online businesses. YES, you can make money online. A lot of people do, I have this year just starting out! It will take time. It will take errors and most importantly it will take hard work. People come on here posting "how do I make $20 a day off website". Guess what? ITS NOT THAT EASY SO STOP ASKING. Those questions should be banned on here. You need to find out what YOU want to do and then look at how making money is possible. I finally found a few good websites for me to build that I hope to make a few hundred each day. I won't expect to get it all overnight, it will take lots of time. Just remember one thing, your not getting rich off someone elses ebook. They are probably getting rich off you! Websites take a lot of planning and work and money is certainly possible.
I've made plenty of money online over the years. All kinds of writing jobs, forum posting, sig link sales, Adsense websites, contests, giveaways and so on. But although I've tried a great many make money online methods, there still remain many others (Excluding obvious waste of time's) that I haven't yet tried.
you already find the answer.... instead of making money... you ended up spending money and the e-books seller win your money....