Comments on: I’m selling a book, and I have a question

By: Johnny Truant

Johnny Truant — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 12:30:58 +0000

Pace: Thanks!

Dana: Let me reply back on the H.B. thread. A lot of folks seem to be interested there!

By: DANA

DANA — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 07:29:45 +0000

STUPID QUESTION: Did you do this yourself as from a Vanity type press, or did you submit it to a company: if so WHO? WHO? WHO?

By: Pace

Pace — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:50:58 +0000

It can be helpful for identity theft.

On an unrelated note, I’d like mine signed!

By: Johnny Truant

Johnny Truant — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:48:48 +0000

Yeah, that won’t work. The endogenous checkout sucks in terms of any frills or customization. I’ve already checked with support and I can’t track a thing.

But I have it solved anyway. Even though it’s more work, I’m going to have the books shipped to me and then send them back out. This allows me to control it, track sales, and sign the books if people want it. I don’t know why the hell anyone would want MY signature, but I’ve actually had requests.

By: Chris C

Chris C — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 05:25:06 +0000

Congrats on the book

Got an idea about how to track referrals but it only works if the company allows buyers to enter referral codes.

What I was thinking is anyone who wants to try for the free book gets a referral code specific to them. Anyone they refer uses the code when they purchase the book. You then have a way to find out how many qualify and how many referrals they have.

If this doesn’t work look for anything in the framework of the retail site that allows you to track purchases in some way.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:58:47 +0000

To avoid seeming mental, I was laughing at the thought of anyone paying me to put ads on my stuff. I don’t pull in enough traffic to make it worth doing it for money.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:55:54 +0000

HAHAHAHA! Yes I’ll post any banner ad you come up with for your book on my blog / myspace/facebook/what ever else I can add some html to.

By: Johnny Truant

Johnny Truant — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:47:55 +0000

Is that a for-free offer, Mike? I’m not at the stage to pay for banner ads, but I’ll take anything for free.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:14:18 +0000

If you want other people to advertise the book or your blog on their site you can create banner ads for them to use. I just googled standard banner sizes and got this
http://www.simplygraphix.com/banners_sizes.html
(idk who simplygraphix is but it looks about right)

If you create the banners you have control over how it’s marketed. The only thing you’d eat would be the bandwidth to host the images.
Let me know if you do create a banner ad. I’ll toss it up on all of my stuff.

By: Johnny Truant

Johnny Truant — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:55:37 +0000

How you gonna promote it?

Actually, you’d be a good candidate for the promo I was describing. If you refer five people who buy, I’ll send you a copy (but yeah, you have to pay that ridiculous international shipping)!