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STEP BY STEP GUIDE TO SELLING EBOOKS ONLINE
FOR THOSE WHO ALREADY HAVE A WEBSITE.
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IMPORTANT: This guide is only for those who ALREADY have a website and wish to sell ebooks from their website.
STEP 3:
Upload Ebooks.
Now to get the ebooks on your site, you will need to upload them to your host. This is done with your ftp or right in your control panel. After you have checked out the ebook, and zipped it back into a zip file, you want to give the ebook a coded name of sorts so people cannot guess the name of the ebook file and download it for free.
For example: if you have an ebook called Ezine Publishing and you call the file ezinepublishing.zip, this could make it very easy for someone to "guess" the download link by the name and download the ebook for free. You want to code the names- for example:
instead of ezine publishing, you might name the file ez-pub-32c.zip These coded names are nearly impossible for people to guess so they are unable to steal the ebook. Be sure and keep track of your ebook file names.
Now, in your control panel or ftp, you would want to make a folder/directory called ebooks or name it something else if you prefer. This is where you will upload all your ebooks (unless you purchase a digital store script, then you will need to upload them to the folder the script tells you to). That wil lbe covered more in the next lesson.
Ok, to upload your ebooks from your control panel (the area where you manage your site) you first need to go into your cpanel via your host. Then you will go to your File Manager section. Just follow the basic instructions on how to upload the ebooks to your site. It is basically just finding the file on your computer and then clicking Save. All hosts are different so be sure and look things over before starting to upload.
So, now you have your ebooks uploaded to your site and have the download links to send to your customers when they buy the ebooks.
If you named and ebook zip file ez-pub-32c.zip and then uploaded it to your ebook folder, the complete download link will be http://yoursitenamehere.com/ebooks/ez-pub-32c.zip When forming a link, you always use your base site, then add any folders/directories that apply (ebooks is your directory) and then at the end you put the file name that you want to download. In this case, the file name is ez-pub-32c.zip
Now, that you have purchased the ebooks and uploaded them to your site, you are ready to begin selling!
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