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?
Maybe and its depend on the price. One more thing,you can attract user to buy the book if you can provide some voucher for hotel etc.
You can basically get any info for FREE on the internet. That's the thing with info products. Sure you could get the info for free, but this saves you time by someone who already did all the research.
Right, pretty much any eBook that you see contains info that's available for free somewhere on the internet. One reason people buy eBooks/info products is to mitigate the effects of information overload - there's way too much info out there and not all of it is relevant. In the case of documentaries, one thing I've seen over and over is that while there's many forums/sites out there that post reviews and download links for documentaries, not all of them interest me. My goal for this eBook is to pick only the best (i.e. the most unique, cool, interesting, informative, dramatic, entertaining) documentaries on topics that would likely interest many people. I'm curious to know what would motivate/interest people in such an ebook. Some reasons I'm speculating on include the following: 1) Documentary fans who just want to discover shows they haven't watched 2) People who watch a lot of mainstream stuff (movies, dramas, reality TV) that would likely break into the documentary scene if they knew more about what kinds of shows were out there 3) Maybe teachers or anyone else who want to find out about docs for educational purposes The question I'm trying to find the answer to is whether people would feel that an eBook resource like this is valuable enough to purchase, for say $10. I know there's certainly enough interest in these documentaries, but whether people would be willing to pay $10 for a good compilation of the best ones out there is a different ballpark.
This is the obvious answer to an obvious way to produce something with low investment. However the idea is good, because you can get everything for free but, have you the time to gather the information? Many people buy information regardless they know it is there for all, but just for saving time so I it's matter to sketch a good marketing strategy to sell.
I'm obviously not your target audience because to be honest. Documentaries bore me to death. But I know some people who love that stuff.
By documentaries do you mean the traditional ones like WW2? Or the more modern ones that resemble reality TV similar to what you'd see on nat geo or discovery?