>
>Well, it looks like it is not an isolated phenomenon:
>
>> "We took an enormous gamble when we put all of our content on the Web for
>> free," <snip: And for years we've known a safe,
>> proven way to make money off that content placing it between covers and
>> selling it as books.">>
>> But the results are now in, and they seem definitive: The cow's got nothing
>> to worry about. Every year since Rough Guides launched its site, book sales
>> have increased at least 20 percent.
This doesn't surprise me much, even though it's counter-intuitive. Ever
since I began putting Rose Morningstar's book Walk in Kindness online a
year or so ago, I've received a steady stream of inquiries about buying a
print copy of the book. Rose and I put the info out on the Web because we
felt it was more important to give people access to the wisdom Rose shares
than it was to make money off of it. Currently no print version of the book
exists, but if it did, I'm sure it would sell well because of the exposure
it's gotten through her web site. We're just taking it one step at a time,
and the next step will be for the web site to have a virtual domain.
Currently it lives at http://www.Opendoor.com/StephensDesign/Rose/home.htm
. Hopefully the next step after that will be interest from a major
publisher.
Suz
Suzanne Stephens, Dave Stephens Design; Ashland, Oregon
541-552-1190, 541-552-1192 http://www.KickassDesign.com/
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