Did you know you can “get rich quick” selling Kindle e-books? Well, all right, maybe not get rich, but make at least “$1,000 per month” on it? I came across a post on Methods2Earn outlining the idea. Basically, the idea is that you research Amazon’s best-seller lists to find out what people want to buy, then you write (or have someone else write) an e-article (the post suggests 5,000 to 15,000 words) on that subject and publish it cheaply for Kindle. Then get some good reviews to help sell it.
It really does throw the digital age into perspective, doesn’t it? I mean, from everything I’ve heard about how much money most traditional writers don’t make from their books, it’s really weird to see someone suggest writing a self-published e-book (or, well, an article) as a way to earn a bunch of money. It feels kind of like a scam, but on the other hand at least this person is suggesting that you actually write (or get someone else to write) the book, rather than using PLR (“private label rights”) content.
And hey: if whatever people write after reading this is good enough that people want to buy it, I can’t see the harm. Anything that’s crap will get reviewed as such, after all.
