One of the mainstays of Internet marketing has been ebooks. Thousands of businesses have made fortunes selling ebooks for $50 a shot. However, with the unparalleled expanse of the Internet, the amount of free content has increased making it difficult to prove that there is enough valuable information to sell the ebook.
E-courses have also made it difficult to sell ebooks. An online course is non-passive, and most sell for less than $30,making them a better deal than ebooks. This in itself makes it difficult to push ebooks.
More ecommerce owners are finding that people are just not downloading the ebooks anymore, even if they are given away free. This forces many ebook authors to consider alternatives to selling from their website.
Digital Distribution
There are many stores online that sell ebooks. Some of these are major, including www.fictionwise.com , www.booksurge.com and www.ebookmall.com. These sites will convert to mobipocket, PDF, Palm, Word, and other digital book readers. Fictionwise sells more than 40 000 ebooks a month, generating $2.5 million dollars in sales a year. While selling books through these distributors only offers an average $5...