You could make a lot of money by selling useful E-books on eBay. But many people have tried to use this to their advantage by selling other people's e-books or free e-books and have ended up in trouble.
Many people also think that e-books should be free since many of them already are. Because of this, it's hard to sell e-books, but this is easy to fix.
Copyright issues with e-books have also been the subject of debate and scandal. As a result, eBay has done something brave and smart by changing its VERO (Verified Rights Owner) policy to make it stricter. You can get a copy of this at http://pages.ebay.com/help/confidence/ia/protecting intellectual property.html.
Instead of going through all the trouble of trying to get an e-book and get around eBay's VERO policy, it is much easier to make your own e-book information product. This can get you better results in the long run.
- No copying without permission
- Made for a particular niche
- Can be changed and made to fit your needs
- Can have only the information they need
- No competition (probably)
The easiest way to get people to buy your e-book on eBay would be to sell it with a small physical item like a hard copy book or a DVD. You can do this by printing out the e-book and putting it in a folder that looks good. The next step would be to take a digital photo of the cover of the printed e-book along with the DVD and use it as the gallery picture on the Purchase-it-NOW auction page. Please tell people on the sales page that they can download the whole package if they want to.
Another option is to have someone turn your e-book into an Audio-CD. Since the digital and audio versions are sold together, this would increase sales.
Most people who sell e-books on eBay don't use these techniques, but they are very powerful. Use it for better results. At first, this may seem hard to do, but once you get the hang of it, it's actually very simple.
