In addition to buying e-books to resell, you can write your own e-books. There are online sources that will take your research and create an e-book for you. Some of these companies even take care of marketing, payments, and shipping.

If you are uncomfortable writing your own e-books, you can purchase them from authors online. Ebay is another source for e-book buying. It is a good idea to purchase e-books with resell rights. This allows customers to resell the e-books they buy from you and creates an incentive for them to do business with you.

Make sure the e-books you buy or write containuseful information and resources. Some e-books are nothing more than ads and sales pitches for the writer's products. These "ad books" will turn off customers and decrease repeat business.

Do some research to determine what people are looking for. Making money selling e-books depends on the topics covered, customer base, and marketing campaign. Research current trends and hot topics and write or purchase an e-book pertaining to this research. Try to cover the newest trends before the competition saturates the market. Keep in mind that you wont make money selling an e-book that nobody wants.

Before buying an e-book to resell, you should search online for the title. If lots of web sites are selling the book, it's probably a popular title and will be a good seller. You can also sell e-books that cater to a specific market niche. Search online forums and other group sites to locate potential target markets for niche titles. You can then contact the members of such a forum and invite them to visit your site. A good tactic would be to offer an incentive such as 20% off first purchase to increase site traffic.

You can sell your e-books on an existing website that you already have or you can create a new website. If you really want to stand out from the competition, then you should create a new website dedicated to selling your e-books. Always add new titles to your stock to keep old customers coming back and to attract new ones. Use email to notify customers of new titles and special sales. You can even offer discounts on slow moving titles.

Affiliate programs are another way to make money selling e-books. The affiliate pays you a commission for selling there e-books. If you are a decent writer, you can write your own e-books and start your own affiliate program.

There are online and print books that will help you learn how to get make some money selling e-books. A good place to begin reading is "Make Your Knowledge Sell," by Ken Evoy and Monique Harris.