Re: Novel Solutions To Personalizing And Signing E-books

>
>
> > Download cards and/or CDs have nominal cost associated with the medium.
> Now,
> > I don't find CDs sell well at all, but download cards do. I priced
> inscribed
> > flash drives and found them not cost effective, in comparison. Now, if
> you
> > just put the author name/icon on it and not the book, you can change what
> > you have loaded on it over time and not waste the cards or CDs, which
> makes
> > them a little more cost effective, if you're purchasing in bulk. That's
> > good. And, it's very cost effective, if you're selling whole series of
> books
> > on a single flash drive and not single books.
>
> Ok, I feel stupid asking this, but I'd rather know than risk
> misunderstanding.
> What's a "download card"?
>

Imagine a card stock card that has the code to download the book from home.
You purchase the card. It is often a collectable card that can be save
rather than just throwing it away after download. If not, the author often
sells it and gives away a signable like a postcard along with it.


>
> I did note that inscribed flash drives are more costly "per gigabyte" for
> the
> smaller sizes, so doing the "multiple books on a stick" feature makes
> sense.
> Depending on the costing, you could even make it an included premium for
> ordering, say, an entire series at one time.
>
>
>


That was what I said too. It works very well for whole series at a time.

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