New and Exciting Market for eBooks
By Jerry D. Simmons | March 19th, 2010 | No Comments » (Click to add yours!)

The demographics for eBooks clearly illustrate there is much to learn about who buys and reads them but we do know that the average age is above 40. We also know that the market has barely scratched the surface and as eReaders become widely available and hit the shelves of mass merchants, the market will likely explode. Where was music before the MP3 and iPhone? It seems that eBooks are heading in the same direction.

Success as an author in the digital marketplace still boils down to finding an audience and marketing your writing. Niche musical groups have managed to find ways to promote their music and themselves via social networks and the Internet so it seems logical that writers will do the same. I don’t believe that publishing mirrors music but I do think that writers have some advantages over musicians and that has to do with the plethora of writing groups and forums.

Although it is frowned upon to join a group or forum and promote you’re writing there are free formats for promotion such as NothingBinding.com.

There are lessons to be learned and information to share but in the meantime, you have to be in the game to play and if you’ve ever considered an eBook, now is the time to move forward and explore your options.

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