eBook Idea - Nightclub Bouncer Buck$
I have a friend who worked as a bouncer at a bunch of popular nightclubs and strip clubs over the years and he wrote an eBook about it. It's called "Nightclub Bouncer Buck$" and it's about how to get a job at busy and popular nightclub and how to make maximum money there and it's wildly entertaining in terms of the 'sex, drugs, and rock n' roll' way of life. So it's not just about making money it is actually a very entertaining read. There was an article out a few years ago saying the IRS was investigating Las Vegas bouncers at the Pure nightclub as they where pulling in $8,000 to $10,000 a night which was $400,000 to $500,000 a year and all cash (the title of the article was "Vegas Bouncers Make More Than President". He's obviously not made this kind of money but it is an article that kind of 'romanticizes' the world of nightclub bouncers.
Over the years of being friends with this individual I've seen the money he's made and the women he gets to meet as well as the then semi-famous bands (now some of these bands are mega famous) he's met and gotten autographs from (he sells the autographs on ebay and will even get drum sticks / backstage passes / other items from the band and get those autographed and I've seen him sell them for $100 each and he'll get 3-5 of them at a time saying that they are for his sister and her friends lol)
The issue I have is I told him I don't know if it's worth marketing as it's such a micro niche. Is it too micro? How many people want to become a bouncer? He says he has young guys come up to him all the time asking him how. Who am I to argue with that. Would others purchase the book just to get the ins and outs of the life of a nightclub bouncer? In other words would others purchase it like they would purchase a fiction book - in terms of entertainment value alone and not be looking to make money becoming a nightclub bouncer?
It's a dangerous job and he's been injured many times quite badly and it's all in the book - the good the bad and the ugly. It's a long book too as it's about 100 pages or so.
Just wondering if any of you out there have had such a micro niche eBook or maybe I'm not giving it the credit it deserves and am over thinking it. He also said he could market different self defense products in the book via affiliate links. So he has all these ideas and he's motivated and passionate but I'm wondering if it's something that those who are not bouncers would be interested in as being a bouncer is very transient and most are just bouncing while they are going to school or working towards another career. In other words it's like waiting tables for women it's hardly a final career destination.
I wonder how it would do on Kindle. The price is $29.97 with an affiliate program that would pay 50%. Who knows it could sell 20 copies a day maybe more - or it could sell none. It's from a nightclub bouncer here in North America so I think that would be a big difference as there are a couple of eBooks on being a bouncer from bouncers in the UK which I've also read and they aren't nearly as entertaining. Some of the stuff that goes on in the nightclubs is outrageous. Very interesting read to say the least.
Your input would be appreciated by us both as I've been holding off on this project as he knows nothing about internet marketing but is a very talented writer. He's willing to give me 50/50 split commission so it's going to be worth my while financially.
Thanks J
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