simple selling via your website

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I searched the forums and I am sure I missed it. I apologize. My question is this: does anyone have a suggestion as to how to sell an ebook via your website, not through amazon? That is, if I have a PDF or a Word doc of my book, how do I go about setting it up for sale via my website, or do you just direct people to amazon? Looking for a simple, independent solution.

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You either do it manually (which is a PITA) or you invest in store software (which is either expensive, or very glitchy). And you take on all the liability of handling people's transaction related info, or you try and get them to mail checks.

Overall. PITA.
 

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I did think about selling from my own web site and my conclusion was ... To have a website that is able to deliver files , in a number of formats , and take secure payment for them is not easily done . You will also need to attract customers . Unless you are a successful author, it is probably better to sell books via third party sites . If you would like to test the waters , and you don't mind giving your book away for free . You can submit stories Here
https://feedbooks.zendesk.com
it is useful to promote your work and gives a introduction to the process of submitting e-book
 
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Ok, thanks. I usually use a link to amazon. So maybe I'll just continue with that.
 

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You can get an Amazon link that automatically sends them to the right sight for their country. Not everyone uses amazon but a lot do.
 

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In Wordpress there are plugins for selling media. I just googled 'wordpress sell media plugin'

The normal approach is they connect to PayPal to collect the funds so you need a PayPal account.
 

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I checked out gumroad and it looks very good. I like the option of distributing for free. I'll give it a try with one of my little ebooks to see how it works out. Thanks.
 
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