A niche you may be interested in...

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I'm a bit of a romantic paranormal/fantasty science fiction freak and have hundreds of books I've bought over the years. I've been convalescing since early Dec from some surgery so I decided to have a good clear out at home, opened a reseller account at Amazon on Dec 13th and uploaded them all.

To my surprise I've just about sold the lot to the tune of a few hundred dollars. So I've decluttered my bookshelves and made some money back in the process. (Very cool)

There is obviously a hungry market out there for this type of thing, so can't help thinking a site with a few decent affiliate links etc could possibly make a few bob here and there if anyone was interested

Cheers
Kim
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  • I think the success of the Twilight series (paranormal romance) is an indication enough that there's big money to be made in this niche
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    • lol I bought all of those and have sold them on for nearly as much as I paid for them

  • The sub-niches in here are outstandingly profitable, too.

    Great share, Kim!

    Peace

    Jay
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    • I hope this niche is profitable. I'm relaunching a site in this niche. I've had it for years. Even had an Amazon affiliate link with recommendations on there. Last month, I had several thousand visitors. Sales: $0.
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    • Thanks Kim. I love this series as well. I had a similar experience over Christmas on Amazon only in the Gardening niche. I guess us brits stuck in were thinking about the slow approaching spring!
      Thanks again
      Denise
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  • Do you use adsense to profit from these sites?

    Just wondering how you monetize.
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    • Kim, great idea! It would never work for me though because I hang onto the books I enjoy and re-read them again later on.

      Kelley Armstrong has a great series of paranormal novels - werewolves, vampires, witches, sorcerers and necromancers all living in modern times and hiding their talents from humans. I have all of them so far and I'm not selling them.

      Wendy
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  • This is an interesting question as I have been working on an experiment on a Sci-Fi/Fantasy Novel of my own, but writing it in serial fashion (ala Charles Dickens) on my copywriting blog (See link below). I have links off to my affiliate and product sites, especially if a keyword is used in the novel (but I am not stuffing anything as that would sully the meaning of the writing in this case) - For example I have affiliate pages for Absinthe, which incedentilly is the name of the novel.

    I saw a guy writing a novel in this fashion on a "comic" site - he is taking a break from writing the comic and is displaying his novel one page a day (the comic is "Pibgorn" if you are interested). I thought this might work on a blog.

    The statistics are that I get lots of traffic when I post each chapter which fades out fairly quickly to a low level, however I also see each of the preceding chapters get new juice as each new chapter is posted. I am also putting up audio of each chapter as I get time.

    It's an interesting concept - unfortunately I have so much other stuff to do that it is usually awhile between chapter posting;

    I would be interested in anyone else who has dabbled with this idea!

    -DTM
  • Tons and tons of people love paranormal/fantasy romance ... and romance in general. The Twilight series of books made lots of sales, yes, but also look at Sherrilyn Kenyon and Karen Marie Moning, two other popular authors writing in this genre.

    Heck, even my own Legacy of Sleepy Hollow has some paranormal seeming elements in it, though it plays out differently than you think it will. (Yeah, I couldn't resist putting that there)

    Romance, in all its various flavors, sells. There are many different ways to make money in this niche...MANY. How do I know? I've dabbled in it a bit myself.

    Tina
  • My wife just saw this thread and told me I fit right in. I'm so non paranormal, fanatical, SyFy ish that I leave the steam out of being hot. And a entirely unbelieved romanticist. Now that should be one heck of a hot niche.


    Ken
  • This sounds like a great idea, i buy all my books from the used section on Amazon.
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  • I buy new most of the time...gotta help support those authors who provide us with great stories to read, yes?

    Tina
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    • You paranormal romance lovers might also enjoy the Trueblood series of books.

      I'd been following the TV series, so my daughter gave me a collection for Christmas which contained the first three novels. I was surprised to find that there were 10 novels in the series to date, by Charlaine Harris. I'll have to locate the next in the series.

      Sookie Stackhouse makes Bella (Twilight novels) look like a whining wimp. Where Twilght has the teens panting, Trueblood is Twilght for adults. (Yes, I've read all the Twilight novels - my daughter gets them out of the library to avoid cluttering up the place.)

      Ivan
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  • Well between Harry Potter, the Twilight movies and Ghost Hunters, I'd say oh heck ya theres a market for this kind of stuff. Everybody loves to be scared every now and then.
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    • Ah but it's not really about being scared (as such). A lot of the stuff we women like (and maybe a few of the blokes) is the erotic/romantic steamy stuff. Takes us out of our humdrum lives for a while

      I just had a thought, reading through this thread gives you lots of ideas on how to start a site on this type of subject. I'm tempted, but I've already got a few projects on the go

      Kim

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  • lol, leave it to an IMer to designate the twilight series as "paranormal romance":rolleyes:


    Money says there will be people popping up soon offering "THE SECRETS OF TWILIGHT THAT ARE SO SECRET I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU AFTER YOU BUY MY EBOOK"
  • Hi, Kim,
    recently I found an offer from Matt Bacak who is teaching how to make money online. He offers to take all the books you have at home and sell on Amazon. If it is a business I could become a businessman in no time. I have several thousands of books.
    One small thing to keep in mind:
    all of them I was buying myself!lol
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    • Hi Master.

      Yes I bought that one! the thing to remember is not all books are equal!! I posted some in the management niche that have still not gone!

      Best Wishes

      Denise
  • Kim is that just one genre on it's own, or a few. I'm guessing literature is a great source of niches - both fiction and non fiction!
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    • Hi Steve I would guess if you drilled it down, there are a couple in there

      Cheers
      Kim


  • I write fiction and have been thinking about publishing some of my writing. One thought that went through my mind though, was, perhaps a unique way to launch a story line might be through the use of illustrated comic book format, except in my case via the web.

    Am I crazy to think that it might gain a following by launching that way? Sometimes I write about vampires, other times it's assassins.
  • hmmm, I think I'll just drift along with all 'ya....but...
  • Well,glad to see that you can make it.Congratulations.Maybe we should make a clear and achievable goal for ourselves all the time.
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    • I've been doing a little research into the possibilities with this genre - the one with romance aspects, not the one where victims get eaten for dinner.

      Another author that readers might like to consider is Lora Leigh. There aren't as many werewolves but there seems to be plenty of steam.

      One of hers - Nauti Deceptions - is doing especially well in the charts at Amazon.

      As well, Stephenie Meyer, the author of the Twilight series, has written an adult romance, called 'The Host'.

      Ivan
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    A niche you may be interested in...

    I'm a bit of a romantic paranormal/fantasty science fiction freak and have hundreds of books I've bought over the years. I've been convalescing since early Dec from some surgery so I decided to have a good clear out at home, opened a reseller account at Amazon on Dec 13th and uploaded them all. To my surprise I've just about sold the lot to the tune of a few hundred dollars. So I've decluttered my bookshelves and made some money back in the process. (Very cool)