Profit from the eBook Revolution
Rob Palmer
Amazon Digital Services
Nonfiction, Business
**+
Description
The debut of ebooks has revolutionized the centuries-old world of publishing, creating opportunities and markets that traditional printhouses have
yet to understand, let alone explore. Even if you've never written a word in your life, learn how to capitalize on these lucrative opportunities and
write your own success story!
A Kindle-exclusive title.
Review
This low-effort/high-profit sales pitch only needs a little synthesized music and stock footage to become a full-blown infomercial. Perry glosses
over the important considerations of why, what, and how to write; indeed, he happily informs the would-be profiteer that it's just as easy - easier, even
- to outsource that tedious and unrewarding step. The rest of his information, on how to actually publish and market "your" ebook for maximum exposure and
profit, was equally vague, and only occasionally enlightening. While I understand and appreciate that marketing's a big part of success in any field,
especially the competitive world of writing and publishing, this sort of get-rich-quick "plan," glorifying speed and greed, just rubs my little writer soul
the wrong way.
(Oddly enough, when I first wrote up this review, this ebook was credited to John Hadyn. Later, Amazon listed it as the work of Bob Perry. And now, in May
2018, it's by Rob Palmer. Considering the author's views on profiting from other writers' work, I suppose some confusion on the book's real origin is to
be expected... but don't expect me to track down the latest pseudonym after this.)