1. How does it work?
2. Do I really have to pay?
3. Wouldn't anything good be published in traditional print format?
4. How will I know which book to try?
5. Will BooksForABuck.com sell my personal information?
6. What is the difference between shareware books, freeware books, and public domain books?
7. What is an on-line book club?
8. How can I buy advertizing on this great site?
9. What newsletters are available, what is covered in them, and how can I subscribe?
10. Do authors really make more from my $1 shareware fee than if I'd bought a book for $7 at a bookstore?
11. How do I become a BooksForABuck.com shareware author?
12. Am I allowed to print out a book so I can read it in a paper format?
13. Can I pass my freeware or shareware books on to other readers?
14. I love it. Where do I pay?
15. Why are all the reviews on BooksForABuck so positive?
16. What eBook formats do you support?

Answers

1. How does it work? "Buy Now" buttons are available from review, excerpt, and genre lists on this website. Clicking the Buy Now button takes you to PayPal for a secure transaction. (You need not have a PayPal account...purchases may be made using credit cards). After completing the transaction, you'll be presented with a 'Return to Website" button. Clicking this button sends you to a download page where you will be able to select the eBook format you prefer (see the list of supported formats below). You will also be sent an e-mail containing the download page link for your future reference. You may download multiple formats of your purchased book, allowing you to read on multiple reading devices.
2. Do I really have to pay? Yes, you really do. The author continues to hold the copyright. If you read and enjoy the work, but don't send in your buck, you're robbing the author, cheating the BooksForABuck.com site, and ensuring that neither you, nor anyone else will have access to these great books.
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3. Wouldn't anything good be published in traditional print format? Print publications are consolidating and driven by fads. As a result, great authors whose books are "out of style," authors whose books don't fit the page lengths of the established lines, and authors who can write more books than their publisher can publish, or are interested in stepping outside of the naroow lines are all available in shareware.
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4. How will I know which book to try? BooksForABuck.com provides reviews on many of its shareware and freeware books. Others may be discussed in on-line book clubs. Individual authors may also advertise their works. Finally, opening scenes from many of the eBooks available at BooksForABuck.com can be viewed directly from the site. Have other ideas? let us know
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5. Will BooksForABuck.com sell my personal information? No. BooksForABuck.com does not sell its mailing lists, customer lists, or other customer information. For more information, see our privacy statement.
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6. What is the difference between free books, books for money, and public domain books? Most of our books are offered at prices ranging from $1 to $3.99--not for free. Freeware books are books that are available free of charge, with no obligation to pay any amount. Both affordable books and Freeware books are copyrighted works. All rights remain with the author. Public Domain books are books that are not covered under copyright (either because the copyright has expired, or because the author has explicitly renounced the copyright and put the work in the public domain. BooksForABuck.com provides links to public domain books, but does not provide these works on this site.
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7. What is an on-line book club? An on-line book club is a group of people who use electronic means to discuss a book. BooksForABuck.com intends to provide a real-time conferencing capability for book discussions. In addition, BooksForABuck.com will broker e-mail based book clubs. If you're interested in joining an on-line book club, let us know at publisher@booksforabuck.com
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8. How can I buy advertising on this great site?BooksForABuck.com offers great advertising deals for authors and for companies with book-related interests. Contact us at booksforabuck@booksforabuck.com for our latest rate sheet.
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9. What newsletters are available, what is covered in them, and how can I subscribe? You may read the BooksForABuck.com newsletters directly from this website ((see the archives here) or sign up to receive notifications each month when it comes out here (This signup will only be used for newsletter subscriptions and your information will not be sold. In general, there is only one newsletter each month).
10. Do authors really make more from my affordable eBook purchase than if I'd bought a book for $7 at a bookstore? Royalty rates (the percentage of the cover price paid an author) vary. In many paperback markets, 6% is standard. 6% of a $7 book is 42 cents. BooksForABuck.com pays the author 50 percent of gross receipts on direct sales and 50% of net receipts on indirect sales.
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11. How do I become a BooksForABuck.com author? First, write a great book. Many authors find it helpful to join a writers' group. When you've written your great book, follow this link.
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12. Am I allowed to print out a book so I can read it in a paper format? Yes.
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13. Can I pass my affordable eBook on to other readers? No. We ask that each reader purchase their own copy.
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14. I love it. Where do I pay? You can buy BooksForABuck.com books directly from us by clicking the 'Affordable eBooks' link. You may also buy our eBooks directly from most of your favorite eBook distributors including Fictionwise, Mobipocket, the Kindle Store, Barnes and Noble, Smashwords, All Romance eBooks and many others.
15. Why are so many of the reviews on BooksForABuck.com positive? .With few exceptions, the reviews are written by BooksForABuck.com publisher Rob Preece. He rarely bothers finishing a book he doesn't enjoy--life is too short..
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16. What eBook formats do you support? We support HTML, Adobe PDF, ePub, Mobipocket/Kindle, eReader, Microsoft Reader and Sony LRF formats. For a few of our older books, not all of these formats may be available from the website. However, upon request, your desired format will be supplied.