Would you pay for ad space in an ebook?

Don't understand what you're saying. The ebooks are in an evergreen niches and you get the ebook after it's paid for.

If you're thinking of a free ebook that would be inequitable and would raise the price of ad space. I want to keep the ad space cheap as there are so many places to put ad links in the artwork.

Thanks for replying Larbi.

It depends. If the ad space is cheap how can you lose at the amount of money for lunch or dinner? Besides my plan has those links permanent in the book. On top of that the ad buyer gets to sell the book for a profit, tell their affiliates to sell the book at a profit and increase the ad views.

Can't lose. If you've not seen my artwork you can at my site:

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I'm no slouch when it comes to drawing. Right now as a matter of fact I'm the artist on the Justin Bieber comic book. So I figure to put toons in my ebooks that have secret links so the reader can have fun finding them and going to great offers. This first book is about weight loss and you know how popular that is. Having a mini comic book in the ebook along with text should be entertaining.

Yes, it is possible, I have seen some Adsense ads on ebook so any other classifieds should also be posted but the contract with advertisers should be for long time...

Thanks for replying. It won't be for some so I'm asking.

btw you have a typo in your sig.

Awesome!

I know it works because I'd done it before in a different industry. IM is something else and I know IMers invest their promotional money strategically.

That's why I figured to put their promo links in the artwork itself like a video game where the reader can easily find them so that once the link is clicked their browser pops up externally or internally the surfer gets to see their offer like if they click the link they go to your offer with the opt-in email link so you get the upsell and a new person on your list. All kinds of combinations can be had and it's just a simple link.

A five page comic in the format I'm using has a total of 30 panels. That's six big panels a page ( or images ) and each of those images can be broken down to hold up to six links each. I figure for a link to charge a minimum of $20 the same as getting a good dinner. That way it's affordable and the person taking out an ad also has the option of being an affiliate so they recoup their money invested fast.

I want to keep all bases covered. Also I figure I could do a tailored version for each particular IMer that has only their affiliate links inside the book. Gotta figure out how they would sell or offer it or whatever.

I'm going to stick to evergreen niches with this format because even without advertisers I can still sell the book via my affiliates.

Exactly! That's the point. I would show the ebook to potential advertisers beforehand for sure. Probably here on WF as a WSO offer. The key is make it affordable to buy a link and then provide options for the advertiser to make money at the same time. I'm going to have to work on a strategy that gives an advertiser lots of options. If it works I may expand the amount of artwork in the ebook. The advertisers might come up with some nifty things on their own. Bottom line is a link in the book to your offers. It could be an avalanche to tons of your offers. What the advertiser links to is their business. If they have a big list they can sell it to their lists too.

On the other hand I might do the book and each IMer can buy the guts and put their links all through it. That's why evergreen niches like making money at home, romance, fitness and weight loss are things IMers who know the score can market without breaking a sweat. Cartoons that are funny, people will share on social network sites like crazy. I just did a test a few weeks ago. I picked some friends, four of them that do a comedy show in LA and drew a cartoon of them. I posted it on Facebook and it took off.

A well placed ebook mention on FB can explode in sales.

I have more stuff to figure out so back to the drawing board literally.

The better question is if it's such a "can't lose" deal, why would you sell this space for only $20 when you could stick your own affiliate links there and make more?

That is the last thing I would want to see a ad on

I think that putting afilliate links is much better idea.

Agreed.

I do quality that's not a problem. How viral the ebook goes is a gamble. All I can do is cover a niche that's popular and do my best by applying the fundamental marketing principles. I intend to counter the 'ebook left on the shelf' problem by adding the cartoons and making them funny. Not bland stuff you see so that people will buy, read, pass it on. Funny cartoons go viral on social networking sites like Facebook. I know because I've done it. So just posting a funny cartoon on Facebook with my url to the ebook in the toon should spread well especially with my own FB friends.

Understood and thanks for replying. However, I'm not looking or postulating the negative. Scroll up at what E. Brian Rose posted. I know you're a practical dude but I've got several edges I'm willing to try out that have been successful for me so far. Given an evergreen niche having a twist to the product and using social networking like I've posted above can work wonders. No one knows the number of copies that will sell but just like you've mentioned the variables.

Thanks so much for taking the time to reply here TPW. I've followed your advice for a long time so your input is valued.

In all honesty I wouldn't know how many copies would sell. It's a shot and something new so I was asking an ad rate that would be comfortable for those daring IMers. I figure to keep the price low for like the same as a dinner around $20, something that won't be missed.

Having my affiliates selling the book and the option for advertisers themselves to sell the book, just any top marketer like yourself would boost sales and you're recovering your cost for the ad for selling like 3 books. Any IMer worth their salt could sell at a minimum 3 books and make their money back and more if they're savvy. I'm just looking at the options that hedge that bet so the advertiser has more than one option.

Thanks for replying!

It might be difficult but this is an experiment and new strategies. Besides it's not expensive at all so what's the risk? If you were an advertiser and you have a list you could sell the book to them and you would have made your money back and gotten your new offers in their laps.

Not that difficult at all. Now if all the advertisers, including the big time marketers were to do the same the link views would be huge. That's what I'm getting from emails I've received so far.

You are sooooo spot on! I'd considered all that! Yes indeed! Thank you so much for replying and the compliment! I'd noticed for a long time not enough cartooning in IM. I understand why because we're too expensive to hire. I've been trying to figure out ways to remedy that and Brad Gosse has helped as I've known him for over a decade. He gave me some great pointers.

Yes, the ebook would be just one niche but in my demo I used three niches to make the point.

I thought about allowing one link per panel but I would have had to charge more. I'm drawing the panels so that each link is represented by an image of prominence. It would be too difficult to parlay each panel object link.

Someone suggested I allow others to sell ads for me. That might be an idea. I'm going to forge ahead and when the book is done I'll show it off. I'm also going to do a slideshow video with narration to add to the book as well and might think of a way to advertise in the vid.

Bottom line, I can sell small ads for $20 or big ads for more. I'll have to research and listen to the pros on that one.

Thanks for replying!

Yes, those are in consideration and if you look above you'll see where I've covered this.

Hiya Randall. That's a good idea. Don't know how to do that but I'm sure there's a way. Yes, keeping it inexpensive is the point that's why I asked in this thread what IMers would pay. I'm going to figure $20 should be what I would charge. That's about the cost of a good dinner at a restaurant. Also with the separate option to choose to sell the ebook as an affiliate with 50-70% off I figure a good IMer could sell copies of the book, make money and push their brand as well.

I'm going to focus on an evergreen niche like weight loss first. I don't know how many copies will sell but at least there will be a product. Kindle, JVzoo are my prime options.

A big very thank you for replying.

This project is just a test to see how it works. That's why I'm feeling out that the price I'm quoting around $20 is not expensive at all. Using the comic book panels and story will add extra entertainment value as it explains the principles of the ebook along with the text.

So it's inexpensive, entertaining and we'll have to see how it goes. Would a measly $20 hurt?

Thanks for replying!

I may do a car related project like this. After I've experimented a bit.

I could do both giving the advertiser a double value! Thanks!