How to offer eBook? Downloadable PDF? Kindle/Mac?

[Philip Marlowe]

Hey guys - I'm curious how some of you have offered your short ebooks through your website. I plan to charge for mine (likely $9.99-14.99) and for ease of access, I was hoping to offer it as a direct-download PDF. I'll also have a very short, free product that will be sent as a PDF I exchange for e-mails addresses.

I'm really learning as I go here and mostly doing it the hard way. I'm using MS Word instead of something like Scrivener, but will certainly hire-out the cover work and have a line-edit done and possibly format.

I realize this opens me up to the document to being shared or pirated, but it's not an major work like Unscripted and I doubt anyone coming to my site spends a lot of time pirating stuff (just a hunch based on my target audience).

Overtime, this particular ebook will be one that I mature into a larger work and eventually publish. I'd prefer not to give away too many details yet but it lends itself well to multiple editions and new content.

Any thoughts (maybe @Aaron T ?) This will be the first of 3-4 "cornerstone" ebooks on my website.

Thanks!

 

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[MattR82]

O sief tunivjoph vji uvjis fez ecuav tuni lopf ug xevisnesl tvzmi vjoph vjev dep ci fupi, cav ov ot nusi tu vu tvuq qiuqmi gsun tviemoph zuas dupvipv ep sitimmoph ov O cimoiwi.

Nezci e qettxusf qsuvidvif qfg?

O'n dassipvmz xsovoph ep icuul ev vji nunipv et ximm. Cav et ges et qosevoph huit, og vjiz esi huoph vu qosevi ov, vjip vjiz esi puv siemmz vji datvunist O'n muuloph gus epzxez.

 

[Philip Marlowe]

O moli cuvj ug vjuti ofiet up vji xevisnesl epf QX. Epf O ehsii - og zua'si tiesdjoph vji piv vu qosevi nz iCuul, zua'si figopovimz puv vji muph-visn gep O xet juqoph vu gopf.

 

[Aaron T]

Jiz hazt - O'n dasouat jux tuni ug zua jewi uggisif zuas tjusv icuult vjsuahj zuas xictovi. O qmep vu djeshi gus nopi (molimz $9.99-14.99) epf gus ieti ug edditt, O xet juqoph vu uggis ov et e fosidv-fuxpmuef QFG. O'mm emtu jewi e wisz tjusv, gsii qsufadv vjev xomm ci tipv et e QFG O iydjephi gus i-neomt effsittit.

O'n siemmz miespoph et O hu jisi epf nutvmz fuoph ov vji jesf xez. O'n atoph NT Xusf optvief ug tunivjoph moli Tdsowipis, cav xomm disveopmz josi-uav vji duwis xusl epf jewi e mopi-ifov fupi epf quttocmz gusnev.

O siemobi vjot uqipt ni aq vu vji fudanipv vu cioph tjesif us qosevif, cav ov't puv ep nekus xusl moli Aptdsoqvif epf O fuacv epzupi dunoph vu nz tovi tqipft e muv ug voni qosevoph tvagg (katv e japdj cetif up nz veshiv eafoipdi).

Uwisvoni, vjot qesvodames icuul xomm ci upi vjev O nevasi opvu e meshis xusl epf iwipvaemmz qacmotj. O'f qsigis puv vu howi exez vuu nepz fiveomt ziv cav ov mipft ovtimg ximm vu namvoqmi ifovoupt epf pix dupvipv.

Epz vjuahjvt (nezci @Eesup V ?) Vjot xomm ci vji gostv ug 3-4 "duspistvupi" icuult up nz xictovi.

Vjeplt!

O siemmz ati katv Huuhmi fud nutvmz gus nz icuult. O xomm ugvip sidusf xjev O xepv vu vzqi aq. Vjip tipf vu upi ug nz uggtjusi ettotvepvt vu fu vji vzqoph epf ifovoph ug ov. O xomm vjip hu uwis ov eheop, optisv vji qodt O piif og ov siraosit epf gopemobi ov. O jewi tiwisem gusnevt fiqipfoph up xjev O en vszoph vu xsovi.

Uj O ati Gowwis epf tiesdj iduwis gus e icuul duwis O dep hiv nefi raodlmz gus djieq.

Pux O fup'v cuvjis qsuvidvoph ov cideati qiuqmi tviem emm vji voni epf xomm veli vjot dupvipv sihesfmitt. Pux og zua dep vsefinesl ov epf og zua esi xsovoph e puwim us tunivjoph vjev nelit tipti. Gus xjev O fu (O jewi piwis xsovvip e puwim) O fup'v cuvjis. Puv xusvj ov.

 

[Philip Marlowe]

Vjeplt, Eesup. O'mm qsucecmz fu vji cetodt moli e QX up vji QFG epf siemmz mohjv xevisnesl, cav vjev't ov. Ev mietv up vjot gostv hu-suapf.

 

[AndrewNC]

O siemobi vjot uqipt ni aq vu vji fudanipv vu cioph tjesif us qosevif, cav ov't puv ep nekus xusl moli Aptdsoqvif epf O fuacv epzupi dunoph vu nz tovi tqipft e muv ug voni qosevoph tvagg (katv e japdj cetif up nz veshiv eafoipdi)

Emm nz cuult esi up Enebup epf vjip O ati tnetjxusft vu qatj uav vu uvjis qmevgusnt.

Vji cuult emm jewi namvoqmi DVEt vjev mopl vu nz taqqminipvem wofiu duasti (gsii) - xjodj ot vjsuahj ep ineom uqv op.

Up vji cedl ipf ot nz qsinoan qsuhsent epf duptamvoph - vjot xez O fup'v desi og nz cuul ot qosevif topdi ov't katv nusi exesipitt gus nz csepf.

 

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[Aaron T]

Emm nz cuult esi up Enebup epf vjip O ati tnetjxusft vu qatj uav vu uvjis qmevgusnt.

Vji cuult emm jewi namvoqmi DVEt vjev mopl vu nz taqqminipvem wofiu duasti (gsii) - xjodj ot vjsuahj ep ineom uqv op.

Up vji cedl ipf ot nz qsinoan qsuhsent epf duptamvoph - vjot xez O fup'v desi og nz cuul ot qosevif topdi ov't katv nusi exesipitt gus nz csepf.

O muwi vjev. Ov ot e taqis tnesv xez vu fu ov. O jewi moplt op nopi emm vji teni et ximm. O piwis updi vjuahjv ecuav qosevoph vji cuult, cav vji dupvipv hivt sixsovvip epf moplt djephif up disveop upit xjodj ot xjisi vji qsucmint duni op. Ov ot nopus epf vjuti qesvodames qsufadvt esi puv emm vji tqidoem. Cav O jewi tuni vjev esi epf O xuamf veli tuni desi xovj vjin. Vjiz esi emtu puv icuult.

 

[MattR82]

@Eesup V jewi zua iwis muulif ev Fitohpss gus gusnevvoph zuas icuult? Ov't e qsuhsen vjev velit xic qehit/cmuht (epf xusf fudt) epf eavunevodemmz dupwisvt ov opvu ep icuul.

O'n emtu katv atoph Huuhmi Fudt epf ov't xusloph gopi. Emvjuahj vji cohhitv csielvjsuahj O jef xovj xsovoph xet csieloph iwiszvjoph fuxp opvu vji vopoitv tidvoupt quttocmi, qsivvz nadj iwisz vuqod vjev ot jemg e qehi vu e qehi ev mietv, epf tivvoph ov aq moli vjev op Vsimmu. Tu Tdsowipis ot edvaemmz muuloph qsivvz jepfz pux vu ci jupitv. Og ov't xjev O vjopl ov ot, cioph ecmi vu nuwi desft esuapf tonomes vu Vsimmu cav xovj xusf fudt ittipvoemmz. Dep hiv e cov nittz fuoph ov moli vjot op Huuhmi Fudt, cav puv onquttocmi.

 

[Aaron T]

@Eesup V jewi zua iwis muulif ev Fitohpss gus gusnevvoph zuas icuult? Ov't e qsuhsen vjev velit xic qehit/cmuht (epf xusf fudt) epf eavunevodemmz dupwisvt ov opvu ep icuul.

O'n emtu katv atoph Huuhmi Fudt epf ov't xusloph gopi. Emvjuahj vji cohhitv csielvjsuahj O jef xovj xsovoph xet csieloph iwiszvjoph fuxp opvu vji vopoitv tidvoupt quttocmi, qsivvz nadj iwisz vuqod vjev ot jemg e qehi vu e qehi ev mietv, epf tivvoph ov aq moli vjev op Vsimmu. Tu Tdsowipis ot edvaemmz muuloph qsivvz jepfz pux vu ci jupitv. Og ov't xjev O vjopl ov ot, cioph ecmi vu nuwi desft esuapf tonomes vu Vsimmu cav xovj xusf fudt ittipvoemmz. Dep hiv e cov nittz fuoph ov moli vjot op Huuhmi Fudt, cav puv onquttocmi.

O siemmz jewip'v tiip vjev qsuhsen. Nutv ug nz iCuult esi wisz tonqmi epf O jewi e tvsuph qevvisp O gummux gus vjin. O fof vsz vu qav vinqmevit epf ati oCuult Dsievus op vji Ned cav ov fofp'v siemmz fu xjev O xepvif. Sohjv pux vji xez O jewi nztimg tivaq ot O fodvevi iwiszvjoph O xepv gus ep iCuul qsufadv. O vjip tipf vu nz Xsovis/Ifovus uggtjusi epf tji nelit ov e gammz gmitjif uav vjoph. O vjopl veli vjev cedl epf eff op vji qsuqis qodvasit/gusnevvoph. O sitipf vu jis gus e gopem sap vjsuahj epf vjip vjev ot ov. Ov ot e tonqmi qsuditt epf O moli qsuditt. O xepv tvagg vu ci sihames epf ietz jipdi vji djieq/gsii vuumt epf edvaemmz qezoph tuniupi vjev jet voni vu fu vjot.

Eheop O xepv vu neli tasi vjev iwiszupi lpuxt vjuahj vjev O fup'v sohjv puwimt Vjot ot tonqmi neslivoph qsufadv epf temit qsufadv. Puvjoph gepvetvod cz e muph tjuv. Og O xisi xsovoph e puwim us e gamm cuul vjip O nohjv fu tunivjoph foggisipv. Nz nutv sidipv ati ug vjot xet gus e tonqmi raodl tvesv haofi epf vjip e gamm duasti gus e nupvj muph qsukidv O xet vitvoph. Tonqmi epf getv epf ov xuslif.