Advice on selling of ebooks

[truereddevil]

If u wanted to set up a business in the selling of ebooks where would you even start, I think that on the likes of amazon where you can buy a paperback book and then look at the digitalised ebook version they either charge the same price as a paperback or just a couple of quid less is scandalous don't you agree.

So am looking into this in a big way to sell the ebooks at a fair price but how where would you even start with suppliers on this

Any help?

 

[pickaweb]

I would first think of what type of application am I going to use for this project.
Is there an existing tool that you can use for this?
Then I would think how can I market this.

 

[Nord20]

You won't break into the ebook market. Especially if you don't appreciate that the cost of an e-book is not in the cost of delivery, but rather paying everybody in the process their share. The cost of physically printing a book is negligible.

1. Most hardware is DRMd, so no one with an iPad or a Kindle will be able to buy your books.

2. The margins are tiny and you will only make a profit by selling huge volumes.

 

[Christine Hough]

Plenty of people do publish ebooks. It all depends on how good they are and how large is the audience that might buy books on those topics.

try looking at smashwords. http://www.smashwords.com/about/how_to_publish_on_smashwords
I am also looking into this

 

[Nord20]

Fair point, but eBooks are still in their infancy and I'd be surprised if many of these publishers, unless they are in a niche market, are still around in a couple of years.

 

[14A]

Heard something on Radio 4 about this. They agreed with the above comment, the price is for the work involved rather than the physical being of a paperback and how the likes of Amazon set their cost relative to this.

That being said, I personally only purchase through amazon for my Kindle and wouldn't dream of going elsewhere.

 

[garyk]

ebooks now outsell paper books so it is a massive market.

The key is good content and the niche you are in. You can use something like createspace to create a physical book as many kindle authors do.

Gary

 

[Christine Hough]

I have started buying ebooks, and found they are a brilliant way to buy.
You get them straight away, kindle app works really well on my android tablet.
And they are cheaper.

Surely the technology is fine, some authors will make a lot, others fail. It is a low cost entry for authors which probably means more hopefuls will try it. That does not mean that the good ones will not still succeed.

Where the author is providing good quality which is relevant at the right price this is a very helpful medium.

 

[Christine Hough]

Trueredevil,

Are you wanting to write or distribute?
If the latter, then the only way is an affiliate site I would think.

 

[sarky]

The publisher sets the price, not Amazon.

 

[truereddevil]

I would like to just sell them but am thinking of writing one in the future all about eBay because am pretty good at it