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How to Make Money Selling Ebooks

If you are looking for ways to make money online or to expand your existing home business, selling ebooks could be just what you need. Selling ebooks is easy, affordable and there are practically no expenses (other than purchasing the ebooks). You might want to write some of the ebooks yourself to save money and to help spread the word about you and your business! You can either purchase ebooks with or without resell rights. I would recommend buying ebooks with resell rights so your customers have an additional reason to purchase from you. ... read more

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If you are looking for ways to make money online or to 
 
expand your existing home business, selling ebooks 
 
could be just what you need. Selling ebooks is easy, 
 
affordable and there are practically no expenses (other 
 
than purchasing the ebooks). You might want to write 
 
some of the ebooks yourself to save money and to help
 
spread the word about you and your business!

You can either purchase ebooks with or without resell
 
rights. I would recommend buying ebooks with resell
 
rights so your customers have an additional reason to
 
purchase from you. They can then sell the ebooks themselves!

There are several ways you can set up your new ebook
 
selling site or ebook store.

Sell on Ebay

You can auction off your ebooks on eBay. eBay has very
 
specific policies on selling ebooks so be SURE to read and 
 
follow all their policies.

Offer Ebooks on Your Site

If you already have a site, you can easily offer the ebooks
 
on your existing site. Make a folder called ebooks (or 
 
whatever you like) and upload it to your host. Upload 
 
all your ebooks into this folder. Give them keyed names
 
so people will not be able to guess the file name.

For example: if you have an ebook called Ezine Publishing
 
and you call the file ezinepublishing.zip, this could make it
 
very easy for someone to "guess" the download link by the name
 
and download the ebook for free.

You want to code the names- for example:

instead of ezine publishing, you might name the file
 
ez-pub-32c.zip These coded names are nearly impossible
 
for people to guess so they are unable to steal the ebook.

Then add an index page where you would introduce your
 
ebook store to your visitors. Let them know there will be no
 
shipping cost as they are delivered electronically. Make 
 
sure you introduce your ebook store on your site homepage
 
as well.

You might also want to list the categories on the index
 
page so your customers can click directly to the ebooks
 
they are interested in. Have a short description of 
 
the ebook and a graphic (if possible). You can have a
 
whole page for each ebook or you can put several on a 
 
page.

Go to Paypal and make up a button to put on your site
 
for ordering. If you do not like Paypal, use any payment
 
service you want.

**TIP - To avoid the time of making up each individual 
 
button, use the code from the first button and just change 
 
the necessary info like price, item name and code. This 
 
will save you a lot of time in setting up your ebook store.

Automatic Digital Delivery

You can purchase a program for setting up your store and 
 
having all purchases automatically delivered. This saves 
 
you a lot of time plus gives your customers the items
 
immediately which helps with repeat sales.

One such program that does this very well is called The
 
Digital Store. Do a search for this or automatic digital
 
delivery ebooks and you will find a wide variety of 
 
scripts/programs to suit your needs.

Be sure to continually add new ebooks for your existing
 
customers. We have had numerous repeat sales by doing
 
this. Also, you might want to have a mailing list to keep
 
people up to date of your new additions and any specials
 
or sales you may be having.

Affiliate Programs

You can also sell other people's ebooks by joining their
 
affiliate program. This means that for every ebook you sell,
 
you will get a commission from the ebook owner. If you write
 
your own ebook, you could also start your own affiliate
 
program. To find such programs just do a search for ebook
 
affiliate programs.

If you do purchase and/or write your own ebooks for resale,
 
be sure and choose/write the ebooks with a lot of useful,
 
helpful information and resources. There are a lot of ebooks
 
that are simply full of ads and sales letters for the writer's
 
products. You want to steer clear of these types of ebooks.

People love to buy and read good ebooks and if you offer 
 
a good selection and price, they will continue to buy from you.

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