6 Sell E Books Success Stories [2023]
An e-book business is a venture that involves selling digital versions of books online. To start an e-book business, you will need a website or an online platform to sell your e-books, such as Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing or Smashwords.
To successfully run an e-book business, you must decide what types of e-books you want to sell, such as fiction, non-fiction, romance, or children’s books. Choosing the kind of e-book will help you target a specific audience and market your e-books effectively.
Then, you can write your e-books or source them from other authors. (If you choose to source e-books from other authors, you must negotiate terms and royalty agreements). After deciding the e-books to sell, choose an online platform or website where you will sell your e-books, such as Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing or Smashwords. You must create an account, set up your e-book listings, and choose a pricing strategy.
To promote your e-books, you can use social media, email marketing, and other online marketing strategies to promote your e-books and reach potential customers. You can also consider offering promotions and discounts to encourage sales. Finally, provide excellent customer service: Respond to customer inquiries and complaints promptly and resolve any issues promptly and satisfactorily. Customer service will help you build a positive reputation and encourage repeat business.
By following these steps, you can successfully run an e-book business and reach a wide audience of readers.
Here are some real life success stories of starting a sell e-books:
1. AllAuthor ($180K/year)
Naveen Joshi (from Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India) started AllAuthor over 6 years ago.
Hi, I’m Naveen Joshi and I co-founded AllAuthor with my brother, Mady Joshi. We started AllAuthor together five years ago as a book promotion platform focused on helping self-published authors to market their books.
Readers’ accounts on AllAuthor are entirely free of cost. Readers can browse through the various book and author listings, find ebooks at discounts and search for books from multiple genres and book types.
2. IDplr.com
World's largest, up-to-date PLR membership with over 12,500 MRR & PLR products; ebooks, software, videos, templates, graphics, tutorials and articles with resell, master resale and private label rights licenses. 100,000 Members Since 2008 can't be wrong!
- Website traffic: 380K/month
- Business rank: #7.43K
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4. InDigitalWorks
World's largest PLR membership with over 12,590 digital PLR products; ebooks, videos, software, articles, templates, articles and graphics with resell, master resale and private label rights.
- Website traffic: 130K/month
- Business rank: #21.2K
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5. AllAuthor
The AllAuthor group is working nonstop to make a stage for pursuers to track down their number one writers, find new books, become acquainted with new writers, discover free books and many limited book bargains.
- Estimated revenue: $15K/month
- Website traffic: 90K/month
- Business rank: #51.2K
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