17 July 2013

Why Make Your Ebook Free When It can be Doing Some Good?

Been there done that with the Free Kindling? Might be ok BUT what say we try an EBOOK4GOOD Campaign, right alongside the Freebie Data Mining gigs? This posting will present an option for self promoting Your EbookChild through an innovative Niche Marketing by Association technique derived from nearly 20 years of technology channel marketing experiences.

I had the delight of sharing an idea with Indie Bound Marketing Maven Meg this week during a phone call, and wanted to share this idea with the collective Indie Selfies(self publishing community).

Instead of offering a free Kindle read or some other '100% Discount' on Your Valuable BookChild, we suggest and INVITE YOU to consider an Ebook4Good Fall campaign for 2013.

Here are steps to take.

1. Make a special edition with dedication/forward to a good cause of Your Ebook4Good.

2. Go to http://www.kobo.com/writinglife and add this special edition to the Kobo Books warehouse.

3. Make a Map of Online stores with this Free Guide  http://bit.ly/How2BuildUrOwnChannel4EbookChild

4. Dedicate 28% of the net profits to a charity of YOUR choice.

Send us a link to Your completed Ebook4Good MAP and we will ensure that the nearly 250,000 Members of our "Pebbles in the Pond" three inner rings social network are aware of Your commitment to this purpose.

Care to see one in action? Start here @ www.sophiasirius.net where 33% of the Net profits from Wings & Dreams support Violence Against Women campaigns globally.

Up for it?

And then again there are the Jungle Tours through the deep and forbidding Amazon Jungle See this Link for Latest dispatches from Your Ebook guide(moi)...http://bit.ly/JungleTour2013

You are invited to our Community Here

This is a Philanthropreneuring YoU Special Project see http://bit.ly/PhilYoUEnroll

BTW, if You have a PC and not an ereader tablet or e reader, we have a guide for downloading Free E readers for Your laptop or desktop computers. http://bit.ly/Ebook4PcPDF

Hope that perhaps this FreEbook about Socially Responsible Ebook Marketing can be a good resource guide. http://bit.ly/EbookInYourVoice

And then we have the Ebook4Good edition which comes with Hangout support here http://bit.ly/SocRespEbook2013

Please consider joining our Google + community for weekly Hangouts4Good http://bit.ly/Ebooks4Good
Ready for a One Hour session to learn How to build Your Own 
Ebook Niche Marketing campaign?
28.00 Includes Copy of Socially Responsible Ebook Marketing Guide Book

02 July 2013

How To Place Your EbookChild in Front of 200 Quality Online Bookstore Windows

Updated 5 September 2013

Been notioning on this for a while. What IF we had two listings for same ebook on Kobo platform, one showing front cover and the other showing rear cover, and offered each to the client. Would be a good test of which sells better no? OK first two stores listed on our Online Buy Local Map have this feature. Take a peek and reply with Your opinion on what of the two makes sense OR if both will serve better.

Here's that map link(just first two on left panel when clicked will show both links at top of resulting pop up bubble). http://goo.gl/maps/g11OR

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There is a long history of self published authors being unable to place their books in Independent Bookstores, which are usually respected for their selective choices of reading materials. We offer this simple step by step process, FREE of charge, to the self publishing community of Ebook authors, as an industry leading service.

We hope Your find the time to invest in this Niche Marketing version for quality reading materials, and take control of where and how {Your} Ebook Child as we move forward with finding and supporting Indiependant Authors through IndieBound Online Bookstores.

First the Free Services

And for those who choose, Consulting or Coaching available for more complex campaigns follows.


Notwithstanding the obvious conflicts of interest with the FTC on restraint of trade, the Kindle Select program offers these frequently UnAsked Questions(courtesy of their website). Our point is the restrictions on the digital distribution AND the big offer is Free ebooks. A few issues with this Offer:


  1. Amazon benefits by feeding the data mining engines behind ebooks to help drive the search engine on the backs of YOUR EbookChild.
  2. You 'apparently' benefit with 100's and perhaps 1000's of downloaded copies, to a completely unknown and perhaps UNCARING group of Potential readers.
  3. Might want to seriously consider this axiom FREE promotions only attract FREE readers.

My Point? Before sacrificing Your Precious EbookChild on the altar with all that Kindling Selected by the Jungle Demons, might wish to consider setting up a more 'Focused' and Quality oriented marketing channel with IndieBound bookstores. 

See  for other options.


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We realize that there are many AdVenturous 'Selfies' who are eager to be able to navigate through both the dark forest of the Amazon data jungle AND also develop an online marketing system for their EbookChild with their own ideas. And IF you have an ebook that fits the core online then you are all set. 

BUT , if Your ebook is NOT among those select 4 or 5 topics, then a Map with Online store placements is in order. 

And courtesy of Kobo and Indie Bound listing, it is now POSSIBLE to create a Win Win guide map with Your Ebook and up to 200 Online specialty bookstores.

So without further ado, and as a service to broader epublishing communities, here is 2nd edition of our Step-by-step guidebook on how to proceed. http://bit.ly/How2EbookGuideV2
This Link goes to an online Google doc in pdf format

We hope You enjoy the AdVenture.

Patrick

P.S. When You are done with Your Own Map send us a Link and we will highlight it here.

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Just in case after doing a few of these Placements
It becomes evident that Help would be a good option

This is a Philanthropreneuring YoU Special Project see http://bit.ly/PhilYoUEnroll


Ready for a One Hour session to learn How to build Your Own 
Ebook Online Storefront Campaign with 28 Minute Hangout Coaching Session
http://bit.ly/How2OnlineStoresBundle
Hope that perhaps this FreEbook about Socially Responsible Ebook Marketing can be a good resource guide. http://bit.ly/EbookInYourVoice

And then we have the Ebook4Good edition which comes with Hangout support here http://bit.ly/SocRespEbook2013

Or As a Gift For Your Socially Aware Community Writer, Author, Self Publisher or Activist http://bit.ly/EbookNicheGiftSW2013

Please consider joining our Google + community for weekly Hangouts4Good http://bit.ly/Ebooks4Good
Have started on this Jungle Tour AdVenture in 2013.
Ready for a One Hour session to learn How to build Your Own 
Ebook Niche Marketing campaign?
28.00 Includes Copy of Socially Responsible Ebook Marketing Guide Book