For some reason, I’ve been receiving a lot more requests from people wanting me to promote their sites or their work. Normally, if I don’t know the person, I don’t bother. But this one intrigued me.
The site is called Bookhabit, and I went there with more than a smidgen of skepticism. Let’s face it – we’ve heard it to death about the “platforms” for “showcasing” our work.
This one’s a bit different. They pay you. Yep, you heard me. They pay you for every e-book of yours that’s downloaded. Mind you, there are only a few titles up there now, but if this site catches on, you never know. What makes me think they’re legit – they have a spelled-out and easy-to-understand pricing structure. Sure, there’s a ton of fluff writing in there that attempts to appeal to your emotions, but let’s be honest. We’re all too cynical to even stop to read that stuff. Each book is priced at $2.50, and Bookhabit keeps 60%. You get a buck for every book sold. A buck for the first 20 copies. Then the price of the book, and your payment, goes up.
What do I think of it? I’m a stranger to e-publishing, so I’m staying out of this one. I thought it was interesting enough to mention. I’ll leave the opinions up to you. So, what do you think?
60%? If you use Payloadz, the fee is much lower. I’ll take a look at it, but 60%?
Yea, not sure what’s good or bad out there. More feedback, please!
I’ve had – admittedly – a quick look at both. bookhabit vs payloadz – it’s an easy choice as to where I’d want to put my work. I’m picking if bookhabit takes off you’d make a lot more money on a site for writers and as long as they get readers there it should work. The $5000 competition they are running might mean they get a lot of people looking and it just may be worth entering. How many readers would payloadz get? The bookhabit model looks good. I’m going to watch bookhabit with interest.
Hi,
I’m Clare from Bookhabit.com
and I’d just like to clarify that we are not aiming to make huge profits at the expense of authors.
Paypal takes approx 20% per transaction as we are New Zealand based, and Bookhabit gets the remaining approx 40% to cover marketing, site development and maintenance, taxes etc.
Regards, Clare
Hi Clare,
I’m glad you stopped by. Your site didn’t read as though you were trying to make profits. My skepticism was entrenched in me long ago.
Is there any other payment processing structure you could use besides PayPal? It seems to me that 20% is just nuts, in my opinion.
Thanks everyone, for putting forth your opinions on this one. Like I said, I have no opinion either way. I was intrigued with the thought…