Information product, please.
December 1, 2006 12:21 AM Subscribe
What are some sites that sell PDF information products developed by the site's owner AND that are not simply in the business of selling information products that explain how to sell information products?
I'm not interested in sites like Lulu or eBay or big media sites -- I'm looking for sites where the owner has written up some PDFs and now sells them. I'm just trying to find some examples of people who sell information products that aren't based on explaining how to sell information products. If you search for "information products", you'll find a zillion people trying to sell you guides to selling information products. But does anyone compete in this market place with another kind of information product? Thanks.
I'm not interested in sites like Lulu or eBay or big media sites -- I'm looking for sites where the owner has written up some PDFs and now sells them. I'm just trying to find some examples of people who sell information products that aren't based on explaining how to sell information products. If you search for "information products", you'll find a zillion people trying to sell you guides to selling information products. But does anyone compete in this market place with another kind of information product? Thanks.
if I understand you correctly, I think ChinesePod would be an example. They give away the podcast for free but you have to pay for the PDF transcripts. Also the e-book 12 Golden Rules of Mastering Chinese.
posted by trinarian at 3:47 AM on December 1, 2006
posted by trinarian at 3:47 AM on December 1, 2006
Steve Jackson Games runs e23, which sells role-playing game supplements in PDF format.
Some key factors for success:
--low prices
--sample pages available from every product (try before you buy)
posted by jellicle at 6:12 AM on December 1, 2006
Some key factors for success:
--low prices
--sample pages available from every product (try before you buy)
posted by jellicle at 6:12 AM on December 1, 2006
PocketPCmag.com sells a few PDFs.
(Full disclosure, in case it matters: I do work for them as a consultant.)
posted by bricoleur at 6:12 AM on December 1, 2006
(Full disclosure, in case it matters: I do work for them as a consultant.)
posted by bricoleur at 6:12 AM on December 1, 2006
What about white papers and market research? Like MarketingSherpa.com. There are plenty of smaller outfits that sell similar information in PDF format.
posted by junkbox at 8:05 AM on December 1, 2006
posted by junkbox at 8:05 AM on December 1, 2006
Bird photographer Authur Morris sells the 'Digital Basics File' which teaches you how to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5: crop, clone, Levels adjustment, Hue/Saturation adjustment, and Shadow/Highlight adjustment.
posted by of strange foe at 9:04 AM on December 1, 2006
posted by of strange foe at 9:04 AM on December 1, 2006
The Pragmatic Programmers have an "beta book" program wherein you can buy a discounted pre-release version of their books in PDF format.
37Signals' Getting Real book originally sold 20,000 copies in PDF. They've since made it available for free.
posted by nakedcodemonkey at 9:21 AM on December 1, 2006
37Signals' Getting Real book originally sold 20,000 copies in PDF. They've since made it available for free.
posted by nakedcodemonkey at 9:21 AM on December 1, 2006
Take Control books, which are published by the same folks who put out the Mac e-newsletter TidBITS.
posted by kindall at 11:06 AM on December 1, 2006
posted by kindall at 11:06 AM on December 1, 2006
Response by poster: RichardP, yes, that's what I mean.
And thanks for all these examples. That's just what I meant.
posted by acoutu at 3:08 PM on December 1, 2006
And thanks for all these examples. That's just what I meant.
posted by acoutu at 3:08 PM on December 1, 2006
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posted by RichardP at 1:50 AM on December 1, 2006