: Re: How to make easy and fast money selling a short book (which is available for download)? This is my first short book, it wrote it to give social awareness. But I would also like to make some

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Disclaimer: My background is not in stories or novels. I deal with information products. So everything here comes from that perspective.

I am not certain what you mean by "short" so I can't use that to give any information. A more specific question would be much more helpful. "What specific steps could I take to monetize my 25,000 word novel?" or something like that. You said it would be available for download so I am assuming it's an eBook.

This sounds like a marketing question to me. If I were asking this question, the answer I would be looking for would be tactical. Something I could do right now.

Make certain that your are trying to sell, your product, is of the highest quality you are realistically capable of producing. Give it an honest look. Would you buy it? If you wouldn't pay for it, why should someone else?

Goals

Consider your goals. You mentioned specifically that social awareness was a key goal. If that is the direction you are going it may make the most sense to give it away. You don't have to rely on direct purchase for monetization, and it some cases that will hurt your goal of social awareness. Before you move on to the tactics you need to know how you are going to monetize your eBook.

Tactics

I'll try to quickly cover a couple of tactical approaches. These are all part of "self promotion strategies" and I highly suggest you Google that phrase for more ideas.

Family and Friends: The simplest tactic is to sell to family and friends, as is mentioned in other answers. Ask them for help spreading the word about your book.

Social Network: Reach out to your social network. Twitter, Facebook, blog followers, etc. Let them know what you're doing. Ask for help. You'd be amazed how much you help you can get just by asking.

Teaser Marketing: Get a particularly good couple of paragraphs that can stand alone and make the reader ask, "What's next?" Put those in a nicely formatted PDF that explains they are part of your eBook and how to get the rest of the eBook. Post them on your web page, facebook statuses, or anywhere else you have access to. Give it to your friends and family to give to people they know.

When you get done with all of that you might make absolutely nothing. Measure your results, figure out what worked and what didn't, and try new things. Nothing is guaranteed to work, and there is no easy quick fix. There is NO replacing hard work on the road to success. Good luck!

I just joined the site today so I hope my answer isn't out of bounds. Let me know if I screwed anything up.

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