Reselling Ebooks: Does it Actually make sense?

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by woahdolla, Jun 29, 2006.

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    I am sort of astonished at all the "reseller" packages out there. Does anyone else think this will render the ebook business virtually worthless in a few years?

    I was thinking about selling ebook packages, does anyone else think this is a good idea? If i buy a package of 10,000 ebooks off ebay for $10, would that be a good idea?

    Ps, when I sell these books I dont plan to offer them as "resellable" products, because in my eyes that detereorates the pereceived worth of the books

    thoughts
     
    woahdolla, Jun 29, 2006 IP
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    iowadawg Prominent Member

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    Heck yeah, sell ebooks!
    I really do not see the market as saturated, overrun, or destined to die off.

    I have 4 sites selling ebooks, software, scripts, websites.
    One site gives away a free ebook or other product each week.

    Now, on ebay, be damn careful...as what you usually get for those humongous packages is very old ebooks, or one ebook that has a ton of links in it to download and may be outdated ebooks again.

    I sell on ebay occasionally and do okay.

    Here is the best deal I have on ebooks, software, scripts, etc.
    http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=99196

    But hurry because probably this weekend or at most early part of next week, will have my site up and running to sell that product at a more realistic price.

    Hope this helps you.
     
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    woahdolla Peon

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    wow, looks interesting.

    is there anyway i can download this from you? I had my heart set on getting a site up tonight / tommorow:rolleyes:

    Also, is there anywhere where i can read reviews of ebooks?

    thanks
     
    woahdolla, Jun 29, 2006 IP
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    woahdolla Peon

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    or maybe sense my targeted audience is going to be entrepreneur / small business targeted, I can pay you for the dvd, then you send me lets say 20 - 25 of the entrepreneur type ebooks in a zip file while i wait on the dvd? would that work?

    thanks
     
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    iowadawg Prominent Member

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    1.7 gb of ebooks, etc on the DVD.
    Vast majority never uploaded (take me quite some time to upload, once I set up an account to handle a 2gb storage and huge bandwidth).

    Another option, is an ebook store script that I have that has about 40+ eboks in the package.
    Uses paypal as the pay option.
    Do not have a demo set up.

    Ebook reviews would be all over the net...depends on what ebook you want a review on.
    Simplest way is to google the ebook review you want.
     
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    ok, dont know if you read this yet:

    "or maybe sense my targeted audience is going to be entrepreneur / small business targeted, I can pay you for the dvd, then you send me lets say 20 - 25 of the entrepreneur type ebooks in a zip file while i wait on the dvd? would that work?"

    id really like this. Just find 20-30 enrepreneur related ebooks out of your dvd, zip them, and i pay for the dvd and you mail it... how bout that bud;)
     
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    What would you consider entrepreneur ebooks>?
    And no, it would take me some time to go through the dvd to find such ebooks.
    26,135 files 1618 folders
     
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    oh ok, well i will wait a bit.

    When I say entrepreneur i mean anything about making money, making money from home / internet / ebay, starting a small / home business etc.

    i will keep this open as an option though, thanks for your help.
     
    woahdolla, Jun 29, 2006 IP