Hisham Sarwar
Have you written an ebook and now wondering where to sell it? In this article, I am sharing 8 websites where you can sell ebooks and make money. Not only you can sell but the sites give you the ability to publish ebooks too.
Remember the dialogue from the movie “The Dark Knight” – If you are good at something, never do it for free.
Well, that is right, there are no free lunches and there should not be any. If you are a champion of your field, you have earned all the right to share your knowledge and make money. Luckily, the internet is a medium where buying and selling have just got easier without any complication.
One way of earning money is by selling digital products. An eBook is one of the best digital products that you write and sell on different websites. Quality is always in demand and if you can price your eBook reasonably, you never know who is looking to buy and read your eBook and learn from your story.
In this article, I’ve listed down 8 websites that help you in hosting and selling your eBook. Let’s take a look.
Payhip
Payhip is a website that allows you to sell digital products. It lets you create a customizable sales page for free and provides all tools to sell your ebooks such as discount coupons, affiliate programs, and different payment options. The website keeps 5% of every sale you make.
Amazon Kindle Direct Publish
The Godzilla of eCommerce, affiliate websites, and Amazon gives you huge exposure when you upload your eBook for free. You get 70% of each sale
SCRIBD
Starting with Only $9.99/month, Scribd is an online digital portal that offers paid reading services hosting hundreds of thousands of ebooks.
Lulu
The website offers complete support for creating nicely formatted ebooks and converts them into ePUB and PDF formats. It also lends a hand in creating eBooks for you in case you do not have time for a small fee.
NOOK Press
Offered by Barnes & Noble, the site has self-publishing tools to write and publish your eBook. A final product gets exposure to a huge audience at Barnes & Noble.
Kobo Writing Life
Kobo is a self-publishing platform that lets you publish your eBook and present it to millions of their readers. The website does not charge any fee for creating and publishing your eBook but there is a % transaction for each sale.
Smashwords
The website does not charge anything for the publishing process and gives an amazing tool to format your ebooks. They pay you 80% on each sale.
Feiyr
It is a paid service for the promotion of ebooks and music. The ebook is made available to over 165 online stores. Feiyr charges a one-time fee of € 9.90.
