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Anyone have success with that? Are there issues with it?

by Jeremy James
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A friend of mine has written a book that he has just started to sell on Amazon. It has officially been published/printed. He is looking for new ways to market it, and, indeed, he has been semi-plastering it all over the only outlet he has, which is Facebook. Anyway, I had thought of seeing if I could just get a copy of the book, type it all out, and then, sell it as an E-book. It's a VERY TIGHT micro-mini niche, but, I think it could grow. He is a missionary in a very interesting place, and, he this is his second book on the subject. He is hoping to use the funds necessary to fund some works that he is doing in his country.

Anyway, onto selling it as an E-Book. The published price is $14.99. I am guessing, though not sure, that he gets $3 or so per book. I haven't actually had a chance to talk to him yet. I had thought of suggesting we could sell it as an E-Book for $10, with $1.50 coming to me for my administrative and marketing fees. I could use my knowledge of IM to really get a lot of traffic and sales.

Any thoughts? Any ideas? What issues would I run into from it?

Any ideas on ways that I could grow this idea any more, and make it more profitable for me/him?

Thanks.

Jeremy James
#issues #success
  • Profile picture of the author Troy_Phillips
    An ebook hyping the book with your affiliate link in it maybe .

    Wouldn't an ebook that is an exact copy of the actual book lower the perceived value of the book?
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  • Profile picture of the author Jeremy James
    Well, I have heard some studies that say that "free" promotes sales. For instance, Seth Godin, a marketing guru, gave out his book as an E-Book for free, but, several months later, listed it as a $24.99 printed book. It apparently flew off of the shelves.

    Just trying to come up with some ideas to promote it, yet, help me get a small residual as well.
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      • Profile picture of the author ForeignProfessor
        Is the publisher OK with him making an ebook? If it is actually published by a bricks-and-mortar-real-publisher then they probably have the digital rights to the book as well. If it's self-published then you'll probably be cool though.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jeremy James
    It's been published by Xulon Press, not Amazon. It's like 8,300 in book rank, and has only been out about 3 weeks.

    Through Amazon, I can only score like 4%, right?
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  • Profile picture of the author Jeremy James
    Well, I submitted a proposal to him, pending Xulon letting him to this, and, if he accepts, we'll sell it as an E-Book download for $10 per download, with $1.5 going to me, and $8.5 going to him.
    I found out that Xulon is a self-publishing company, so, I don't imagine that his profit margin is too high, based on a $14.99 book. I could be wrong.

    I have pretty well known author (at least, in this same niche) that I am going to talk to in January. He is a head over a pretty decent sized organization, and, I think they have 10 books out together now, altogether. That organization is consistently getting further and further exposure, and, I think that their books would do very well in it. So, we'll see what happens.
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