Recently
the New York Times announced that e-books were not selling.
A
reporter wrote, "The main advantage of
electronic books appears to be that they gather no dust. Almost
no one is buying. Publishers and online bookstores say
only the very few best-selling electronic editions have
sold more than a thousand copies, and most sell far
fewer."
Is
that true?
I've
learned to weigh everything the media
tells us with more than a grain of salt. As
the author of numerous traditionally published books, as
well as the author of several popular e-books, I'm here
to tell you that e-books are selling and selling far
better, in many cases, than most traditional books.
Here's
just a little proof:
* Stephan Mahaney made $800,000,
* Michael Campbell made $10,000,
* David Garfinkel made $35,000,
* Larry Dotson made $5,000 in less than a month,
* Allen Says made $15,000 on a Sunday,
* Bob Gatchel made $30,000 in one weekend.
: "Hypnotic
Writing" has sold in the tens of thousands---at $29.95 each---for more than two years now!
"Advanced Hypnotic Writing,"
has
sold well into the thousands; and the recent
work Joe Vitale and Larry Dotson,
"The
Hypnotic Writing Swipe File," came out
of the
gate with a bang---selling at the whopping price
of $197 a copy.
And
keep in mind that these e-books have no printing
or shipping costs associated with them.
They
are "invisible" books. You don't have
to
warehouse them, either. When they sell for $29.95
or $197, that's virtually all profit.
The media is trying to tell us the forecast is doom and gloom for ebooks? Remember that the
media
focuses on the negative. Good news isn't
generally considered news-worthy, to them.
Finally,
here's the moral of this story:
Don't
let the media talk you out of releasing your
own e-book. As long as you have solid information
that a specific group of people would enjoy, you
can write an ebook and let that target group know about it.
Even
if you only sold a few hundred copies, you
would receive PURE PASSIVE INCOME---which no
traditional publisher---including the New York Times---can
promise or deliver.
Joe Vitale is co-author of the new e-book,
"How to Write and Publish your own eBook...
in as Little as 7 Days"
For complete details
Click
Here
