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Moejoe · 02-08-2009, 05:05 PM

Hello all,

I've been approached by two fledgling authors who want to go the ebook route (with a little backend help from me with website and such) on their own. Both writer's are youngish and technically savvy enough to see the benefit of the ebook publishing route over the traditional print merry-go-round, and both writers are supporters of Creative Commons copyright.

They'd like to offer their books for sale through Amazon and other outlets and at the same time allow the books to be downloaded for free under the creative commons copyright. I'm researching different publishing routes at the moment, with Fictionwise/Amazon/Feedbooks etc but would love to know if anybody have any experience in how this works. Would there be a conflict between any agreements with the ebook publishing entities and offering the downloads for free through a website, cross-promoted with Bittorrent etc?

At the moment we're just at a planning stage, with a novel a piece from each author (Horror and Sci-Fi) and two more going through editing and would like to get up-and-running before the end of this year. They are both steadfast on the idea of free offerings, rather than samples, but would also like to have the priced versions as a form of 'pay-if-you-like' option.

02-08-2009, 05:05 PM	#1
Moejoe Banned Posts: 5,100 Karma: 72193 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: South of the Border Device: Coffin	For-free and priced ebooks doable? Hello all, I've been approached by two fledgling authors who want to go the ebook route (with a little backend help from me with website and such) on their own. Both writer's are youngish and technically savvy enough to see the benefit of the ebook publishing route over the traditional print merry-go-round, and both writers are supporters of Creative Commons copyright. They'd like to offer their books for sale through Amazon and other outlets and at the same time allow the books to be downloaded for free under the creative commons copyright. I'm researching different publishing routes at the moment, with Fictionwise/Amazon/Feedbooks etc but would love to know if anybody have any experience in how this works. Would there be a conflict between any agreements with the ebook publishing entities and offering the downloads for free through a website, cross-promoted with Bittorrent etc? At the moment we're just at a planning stage, with a novel a piece from each author (Horror and Sci-Fi) and two more going through editing and would like to get up-and-running before the end of this year. They are both steadfast on the idea of free offerings, rather than samples, but would also like to have the priced versions as a form of 'pay-if-you-like' option.