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Hi Steven,
I think that the reason the jewelry network works is that it's such a specialized niche--sure, it's expensive, but anyone who is anyone in the jewelry biz knows that's the place to go. My understanding of your plan is that you are offering entrepreneur advice for anyone, not targeting your market only to jewelers. That means that the advice and information you will give has to be more broad and general, which also means that while it should appeal to more readers, the information won't be so incredibly useful to one particular market segment that they'd pay extra for it. So I think that's why so many of us are slightly wary of the website numbers you are projecting. I know publishing much better than I do web statistics; I think you have an unrealistic idea about what people are willing to spend for advice, especially from someone who isn't necessarily well known in their particular field. It's very difficult to sell any book that is written by a complete unknown if the book is only available on someone's personal web site, unless that site, like your Polygon example, is THE online community for an industry that shares a particular and very specific interest. Good luck with your project--please keep us posted. I would be thrilled to hear "I told you so," since so many people around here would love to hear self publishing success stories. Take care!
I think that the reason the jewelry network works is that it's such a specialized niche--sure, it's expensive, but anyone who is anyone in the jewelry biz knows that's the place to go. My understanding of your plan is that you are offering entrepreneur advice for anyone, not targeting your market only to jewelers. That means that the advice and information you will give has to be more broad and general, which also means that while it should appeal to more readers, the information won't be so incredibly useful to one particular market segment that they'd pay extra for it. So I think that's why so many of us are slightly wary of the website numbers you are projecting. I know publishing much better than I do web statistics; I think you have an unrealistic idea about what people are willing to spend for advice, especially from someone who isn't necessarily well known in their particular field. It's very difficult to sell any book that is written by a complete unknown if the book is only available on someone's personal web site, unless that site, like your Polygon example, is THE online community for an industry that shares a particular and very specific interest. Good luck with your project--please keep us posted. I would be thrilled to hear "I told you so," since so many people around here would love to hear self publishing success stories. Take care!