What's so special about eBooks?

A lot of people do make videos. Some make both videos and eBooks.

But the reason people continue to write eBooks is because people continue to read them. Especially with the ease of Kindle and tablets eBooks can be ordered quickly, cheaply, and read anywhere. Personally, I much prefer to read than to watch a video. That's why I choose to write eBooks for a living. However, many other people prefer videos. Why not offer both?

Rose

Some things can't be put on video as well as on ebook. But anyway, it's just a matter of preference.

Barrier to entry and profit margins. Most people can't afford to promote anything with low margins, because most people haven't got the budget needed to promote or swallow any losses which occur on some of the campaigns.

People always do the low risk easy stuff and wonder why they make no money. While a few do the high risk, hard stuff like setting up a fully fledged ecommerce business along with staff and a warehouse and are doing $1m+ after 3 years.

It's like the old saying goes, rich people are willing to do what poor people aren't. Like risking $2,000 on Adwords to start a business in a niche for example.

I make/sell eBooks and they're a great source of income. Here are some comparisons you can make for ebooks vs videos:

videos:
+ cheaper faster to make
+ can seem more valuable and personal to prospective buyers
+ can be edited to make a highlight reel
- require costly cameras, videos, lighting equipment to look professional
- harder to send to your customer whether online or offline (files are big, hosting space, transfer rates, etc)



ebooks
+ doesn't require special tools to make
+ can be distributed through many places (your website, amazon, etc)
+ can be rehashed and re-labelled to sell under different names
+ can be translated to other languages easily
+ can seem more valuable (100 page ebook feels like it has more information than a 60-minute video)
+ doesn't require you to be a good speaker or comfortable on camera
+ can be outsourced since nobody knows if it's you who wrote it or not
- takes far more time (writing, editing, also layout if you want it to look really professional)
- can be inefficient for explaining certain types of information

Also, eBooks have a bigger market. There are a lot of people who won't buy video/audio products.

The key is to have both.
In my first product that I created I had just videos. I wanted to show people the fastest way to succeed. The problem I got was that everyone does not have that fast internet so the videos took some time for them to upload.

One thing to keep in mind on making video DVDs (specifically computer DVDs). If you are looking at internet sales the majority of computer sales this Winter were notepads and smart phones, neither of which have DVD players. So you also need to think about downloads or online streaming sites.

i think ebooks are easier to make that's why lots of people are creating ebooks instead of videos

I think lots of people create them because lots of people read them. Okay, as everybody knows video is big in 2013, but if a customer wants video he has to pay a higher price for the product usually. That's why many people go for the eBook first (and that's why many marketers offer the videos as an OTO for their eBooks because it's an easy upsell)

And another reason is that you will need the right tools to create professional videos if you don't like to sell crap to people!

I have friends who are dyslexic and literally cannot read.

You would think from this that they would obviously prefer an audio visual learning experience over an ebook.

However this is not the case, instead by using reading software set to read text at very high speed they can ‘read’ an ebook far faster than you or I can.

I think that were always be room for traditional reading material albeit served in a contemporary package