Theme: Selling Your E-Book and Digital Content
Issue 66, January 15, 2003

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Dear Friends,

In this issue we focus on selling your e-book or other digital content. Here are the articles:

• Shopping Carts that Support E-Book and Digital Download Sales
• Digital Download Tools for ClickBank and PayPal Merchants
• Internet Marketplaces Where You Can Sell Your E-Book

In the February and March issues of our sister publication Web Marketing Today we're examining related themes of Marketing an E-Book. I hope these articles help you take close aim at selling digital content -- and helping it add to your bottom line. If you'd like to read the WMT issues on Marketing an E-Book, you can find them below -- plus a special pre-publication link for my paid subscribers:

• Web Marketing Today, Feb 5, 2003. http://www.wilsonweb.com/wmt8/issue121.htm
• Web Marketing Today, Mar 5, 2003. http://www.wilsonweb.com/wmt8/issue122.htm

I hope to see you this spring when the Doctor Ebiz Internet Marketing Seminar comes to a city near you -- Chicago, Houston, LA, Toronto, Philly, Atlanta, and Orlando. http://www.wilsonweb.com/seminar/

God bless you,
Dr. Ralph F. Wilson, Editor

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Shopping Carts that Support E-Book and Digital Download Sales

In the last couple of years, most -- but not all -- popular shopping cart programs now offer you the ability to sell e-books and digital downloads. Some host your content with URLs that disappear after a few days. Others send username and password to the purchaser. Here's the current status of the most popular shopping cart programs. Read the Article. http://www.wilsonweb.com/wct6/ebooks_carts.cfm

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Digital Download Tools for ClickBank and PayPal Merchants

Many SOHO e-book authors sell through ClickBank and PayPal because of their low start-up costs, and ClickBank's affiliate program. However, both ClickBank and PayPal have some holes in their systems that could lose you serious dollars. Here are a few comments on ClickBank and PayPal, and some third-party programs that plug the holes and make it easier for merchants. Read the Article. http://www.wilsonweb.com/wct6/ebooks_clickbank_paypal.htm

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Internet Marketplaces Where You Can Sell Your E-Book

You'll want to sell your e-book on your own website, since you get the best profit margin this way. But there are many other possible venues where you can list and sell your e-book -- at least some type and formats of e-books. Here are some of my notes and observations after hours of research for alternate e-book sales locations. Read the Article. http://www.wilsonweb.com/wct6/ebook_marketplaces.cfm

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New Ecommerce and Web Marketing Articles

Each month our team of link editors scours dozens of online periodicals and resources to find key information on e-commerce and Web marketing. With so much new literature available to you, how do you find what you need quickly and painlessly? Here's a selective and searchable database of article and resource links to help your research and keep you up-to-date in the field. (Links gathered in a given month are usually available during the second week of the following month.)

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If you're a Web Commerce Today subscriber, we'll give you a peek at the March 5, 2003 issue which continues the theme of marketing an e-book. http://www.wilsonweb.com/wmt8/issue122.cfm