"AskMen.com, one of the top men-focused lifestyle sites on the Web with 20 million monthly unique visitors, is ramping-up its nascent ebook publishing program.
The site has published five ebooks so far, starting this past June, and has sold them on Amazon and other retailers for prices ranging from $0.99 to $9.99. The content has been mostly re-purposed but upcoming titles will be original content. The company plans on publishing around 20 ebooks next year."
The site has published five ebooks so far, starting this past June, and has sold them on Amazon and other retailers for prices ranging from $0.99 to $9.99. The content has been mostly re-purposed but upcoming titles will be original content. The company plans on publishing around 20 ebooks next year."
We have no more need to look for proof that ebooks and ebook publishing are an unjustified medium than this story right here. The context of the story is that AskMen is publishing ebooks, but they are not. What they are doing is extending their brand to cover books that anyone can write and anyone can publish in a format that anyone can publish in. This is not a "new thing." Coca-Cola, if they had the inclination, could do the same thing. Hell, I could do the same thing. Just send me your ebook, I'll sign up for the account, format your book, sell the thing and give you the minuscule profits that come with selling books through Amazon's ebook market.
The only way this has really become a legit enterprise is through sites like Pottermore, and that's only because Harry Potter fans are a little bit nuts. And rightly so. If Oprah decided she was going to extend her brand, she could dominate the ebook market by reaching out to small authors and give them an audience. Then she could devour their souls, sucking out their chewy center. But, if people are reading, more power to them. I just hope the quality AskMen.com devotes to their articles continues into their ebooks.
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AskMen.com Ramping-up Ebook Program Digital Book World AskMen.com, one of the top men-focused lifestyle sites on the Web with 20 million monthly unique visitors, is ramping-up its nascent ebook publishing program. The site has published five ebooks so far, starting this past June, and has sold them on ... |