I'm going to sell an ebook called "The Sex and Dating Guide to Panama" with an optional monthly membership to a member's forum. The book will be $139 and the monthly will be $19. I'm setting up several different landing pages for it on different domains and will be promoting it via email, social media, etc. My plan is to use CCbill for the billing as they provide affiliate software with the account and I already have a couple of accounts there. My big question is about the best way to publish it and protect it. I know there's some different types of software to bundle it up, provide DRM protection, etc. but I'm new to the ebook game. Ideas? Suggestions?
I've published a couple so far, so here are my thoughts about your project: *The price tag may be a bit steep. *Be sure that you find at least a couple of related services that you can link to from the book, as an affiliate (for additional income). *Spend as much time writing your sales page as you do writing the actual book. *Partner with one or more email marketers with an established list. Give him/her a special, inflated commission *Give your affiliates at least 50% commission (most newbie CB affiliates sort the Marketplace by either %/sale or $/sale) I'll chime in later with more if I think of it.
Put it in PDF format. Go to Adobe.com for this. Or, go to your local software store to ask them. To sell it you want to put ads in other webmasters' sites. If you want to make money, you are going to have to spend it. You also have affiliates, but it can be very hard work to find them. You can start with networks like, ShareaSale, CommissionJunction, and LinkShare. Perhaps do a search for the term "affiliates ebooks" for more That's it. $139???
I take it you did market research to validate this as something feasible?? Also I am not sure... but I don't see many Panamaians (sp?) with the money to join your site..... With the US economy as it is I doubt there are many people traveling to Panama to have sex....if they are their stupid with their money, and putting themselves at risk for diseases that have deadly consequences...
Thanks for the tips thus far, I guess I should've been a bit more specific. I don't really need affiliates. I have over 200 sites specific to Panama with a good amount of traffic. I also have a very large opt-in email list of Panamanians and expats that live here or travel here regularly. Sex tourism is huge here, but the book is about more than just hookers, whorehouses, strip clubs, etc. It's also about where to find girlfriends, the best places for dates, pick up lines and other affectionate phrases in Spanish, etc. for the over 2 million people per year that come here or the over 100,000 people per year that move here. What I really need help with is how to do the ebook, not really marketing it. What's the best publishing option? What's the easiest and best DRM solution? Are there other tips, tricks and toys that make that easier and faster? Is there an all-in-one ebook solution that offers billing, DRM, packaging, updates, etc.? Thanks all...
Publishing is fairly easy. The vast majority of ebooks are only PDF's. They are converted from Microsoft Word. You may find some that require a password to unlock them but i'm not exactly sure how thats done and i'm not so sure that is really even a very secure method. You can use E-Junkie.com (I use this on a couple of my ecommerce sites) to automate the system of taking payments and then sending the ebook to them automatically.
"Publishing"? There is no "publishing" with an e-book. You wite it, make sure it is free from grammar errors, put it in PDF form, and that's it. This is not a regular book that gets published. As for having digital rights. The best way to protect yourself is to put it in a PDF format. But that is stil not going to stop them from stealing your ideas, if they choose to do so. But as a writer myself, don't worry about it. It's not that big of a deal. "Billing"??? "Packaging"??? Bro, come on, it's an e-book! I don't know, maybe you are not explaining it right? Anyway, good luck with it.
By "Billing" I mean that I need it set up on a billing platform that sells the ebook, delivers a download link and does the DRM all without any approvals or interaction from me. By "Packaging", I'm looking for guidance on the number of different DRM choices. Some include a special reader that only reads the book if you download it, install it and open the book in it. Others do it in .pdf format no problem and one I saw even wanted me not to deliver the book, but it tracked https:// links and when somebody bought it, they had to read it online and it shows it in images, not text. I'm looking for guidance on the best methods of low-maintenance billing (i.e. sales, product delivery and DRM protection) that allow me to set this site up and get back to the rest of what I do without constantly having to approve delivery, etc. I'm also looking for the best "packaging" option which delivers the book in an easily readable and low-headache format for buyers that at least makes it difficult for someone to copy. I'm not concerned about them taking the idea...just that in order for them to compete, they have to write the fuckin' thing. Ideas? Comments? Suggestions?
Well, like I said, you can use Adobe to put it in PDF format. They have a free trial. Go to their site. There are free services, but they do only small e-books. Like, 20 or so pages. Mine are between 50-250 pages, so that's out for me. heh Use PayPal for taking care of any orders. But for delivery....you got me on that one, cousin. Maybe ask PayPal??? I deliver mine personally, after making sure their credit card is legit. It's in a PDF format, and I send them the link via e-mail, and they can download it to where they want. I never thought of a service doing that. Hmmm.... But why do you want a service to do everything for you? If you are doing only a couple of orders a day, what's the big deal? Unless you are doing much more than that??? I'm doing around 10-15, so maybe I need to find something. I don't know.... Anyway, hope you find what you are looking for.
I would recommend running a joomla site with registration component and put the download inside. That way you build a great mailinglist aswell. Maybe too much work to get people to register for the download but i guess they would if it is interesting enough. I guess it is really hard to protect anything online and if your goods is good and you offer more then you can benefit from illegal downloads of your book and count it as advertising for your other stuff. I'm not sure how people react on that kind of comment but that is just my opinion.
I really don't mind paying for a service and yes, I do have a LOT more to do. I've got about 400 websites right now, a couple affiliate programs, a bunch of employees and partners. I'm a busy boy. Nobody's offering a one-stop "give us your ebook and we'll do the rest" service? Wow...that's an opportunity in and of itself to consider. A service that puts your book in .pdf format, puts the DRM on it, bills it, delivers it, protects it with a server based user/pass check, gives you affiliate software and billing options for stuff like member forums, paysites, etc.? Hhrrrmm...
Oh, I'm sure there are, I just never looked. I never thought to look. I just process my orders at the end of the day and then send the books off. Sometimes it takes about an hour, and it has to be done everyday, so it can be annoying at times. That service sounds like a good idea. If you do find one, let me know.
If you want to be more than just a fly-by-night Clickbank publisher, get an ISBN (costs about $250 for 10 of them, including processing fees) and get it listed on Amazon, in addition to CB or wherever else you prefer. As for DRM - Good luck. I've been doing Ebooks for some time, and I have yet to see a program that can produce a truly protected PDF. Of course you could have your doc compiled into an EXE with copy, paste, exe disabled, but then you'd get tons of returns and chargebacks.... Good luck sir.
Just make sure not to talk about prostitution in the book. Paypal, CB and nearly all other payment processors will not allow you to sell such content. Now "getting laid" is fine. But prostitution will be a big no-no. Believe me, I looked into this because I was thinking of a similar book but for a different sex tourist destination (Amsterdam).
There are many ways to sell promote an e-book online. First of all, you can distribute the ebook to the ebook distribution sites. Secondly, you can make a separate file with the index of your ebook and distribute it in the document sharing sites like Scribd. The second method is more effective in getting more visibility to your ebook online. Check out the ebook promotion services offered at http://www.submitinme.com/ebook-distribution/ebook-distribution-service.aspx
1.You must have affiliate system suggest Clickbank or paydotcom 2.Affiliate Commission must between 60-70% 3.Submit your affiliate program into bunch of affiliate directory.Just Google it 4.Submit to JVNotifypro to recruit quality affiliate.Google for jv partner you will find more 5.Advertise using banner ads at top forum. Depend on which forum you want to used ,you can either promote product or affiliate program itself 6.Use PPC campaign, but be sure to monitor or higher someone expert to monitor it
sorry on misspelled, want to edit but cannot . Dont know why. 6.Use PPC campaign, but be sure to monitor or hire someone expert to monitor it