Comments on: Self-Publishing Primer: Part 13 – Do I need a Web site … and should I make my book available as an e-book? http://lillieammann.com/2007/02/28/self-publishing-primer-part-13-do-i-need-a-web-site-and-should-i-make-my-book-available-as-an-e-book/ A Writer's Words, An Editor's Eye Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:46:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Lillie http://lillieammann.com/2007/02/28/self-publishing-primer-part-13-do-i-need-a-web-site-and-should-i-make-my-book-available-as-an-e-book/comment-page-1/#comment-170517 Lillie Wed, 09 Nov 2011 05:31:31 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/blog/?p=117#comment-170517 Mark, You are very wise to recognize that you go where your audience is, not expect them to come to you. Mark,

You are very wise to recognize that you go where your audience is, not expect them to come to you.

]]> By: Mark @ learn hebrew online http://lillieammann.com/2007/02/28/self-publishing-primer-part-13-do-i-need-a-web-site-and-should-i-make-my-book-available-as-an-e-book/comment-page-1/#comment-170141 Mark @ learn hebrew online Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:39:23 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/blog/?p=117#comment-170141 I'm currently working on 2 books to be self-published. A lot of the content available in various e-books around the web aren't available in print. Either because they aren't marketable or information changes too fast to be worth printing. In my case I write about obscure grammatical topics. It's all about your market and where they are. I’m currently working on 2 books to be self-published. A lot of the content available in various e-books around the web aren’t available in print. Either because they aren’t marketable or information changes too fast to be worth printing. In my case I write about obscure grammatical topics. It’s all about your market and where they are.

]]> By: Lillie http://lillieammann.com/2007/02/28/self-publishing-primer-part-13-do-i-need-a-web-site-and-should-i-make-my-book-available-as-an-e-book/comment-page-1/#comment-85346 Lillie Thu, 30 Dec 2010 11:43:26 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/blog/?p=117#comment-85346 Priya, As you can tell if you look around this site a little, I'm a big fan of ebooks. Priya,

As you can tell if you look around this site a little, I’m a big fan of ebooks.

]]> By: Priya@Secondary sales management http://lillieammann.com/2007/02/28/self-publishing-primer-part-13-do-i-need-a-web-site-and-should-i-make-my-book-available-as-an-e-book/comment-page-1/#comment-85315 Priya@Secondary sales management Thu, 30 Dec 2010 09:27:30 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/blog/?p=117#comment-85315 The point that 'if they don’t like the book, they haven’t wasted a lot of money. If they really like the book, these same readers will often buy a print copy as well for their “keeper shelf”' is very much true and that is why people go for e-books. So it is always advised to keep e-books. The point that ‘if they don’t like the book, they haven’t wasted a lot of money. If they really like the book, these same readers will often buy a print copy as well for their “keeper shelf”’ is very much true and that is why people go for e-books. So it is always advised to keep e-books.

]]> By: Lillie http://lillieammann.com/2007/02/28/self-publishing-primer-part-13-do-i-need-a-web-site-and-should-i-make-my-book-available-as-an-e-book/comment-page-1/#comment-60128 Lillie Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:19:52 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/blog/?p=117#comment-60128 Jason, Yes, social media like those you mention can be very helpful, I'm sure, though I'm no good at social media so can't speak from personal experience. Some publishers choose to protect their e-books with digital rights management (DRM), but most small press and self-published authors recognize this only hurts sales of the book and doesn't really protect the content from someone who is determined to steal it. Jason,

Yes, social media like those you mention can be very helpful, I’m sure, though I’m no good at social media so can’t speak from personal experience.

Some publishers choose to protect their e-books with digital rights management (DRM), but most small press and self-published authors recognize this only hurts sales of the book and doesn’t really protect the content from someone who is determined to steal it.

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