Turning a group of Hubs into an eBook: Good Idea or Bad Idea?

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   NateB11posted 10 years ago

   Would there be a duplicate content issue? Is it a violation of HP TOS?

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      Marisa Wrightposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      No duplicate content issue for HP or anyone else - except possibly Amazon, if psycheskinner is correct.
      
      I published my ebook on Smashwords first. They publish your book in most ebook formats and it gets listed at Barnes & Noble, iTunes etc.  I've also published on Amazon Kindle but it hasn't sold well at all.

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   psycheskinnerposted 10 years ago

   No problem on the hubpages side, but possibly on the amazon side--they don't like ebooks that are available in full for free online

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      NateB11posted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Good to know. I thought that might be a problem.

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      Marisa Wrightposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Ooh, is that true?  I have an ebook which is a compilation of articles I've written online on various sites, including my blog.  I didn't see that warning. Amazon hasn't said anything - though mind you, it's not selling well on Amazon at all.

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         WryLiltposted 10 years agoin reply to this

         I know of plenty of people who've sold relabeled PLR on Amazon, maybe they're cracking down now?

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   prokidwriterposted 10 years ago

   Perhaps you could change your hubs for the ebook, show more content so that the hubs are more of a supplement to the ebook. I could see how this could work really well for a collection of how-to articles, recipes, opinion, etc. An ebook would allow you to go into a lot more depth I would imagine.

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      NateB11posted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Yes, I was thinking along those lines too. Make it somewhat different, expand, etc. Good idea.

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   LuisEGonzalezposted 10 years ago

   I have used several hubs in Ebooks and there has not been a problem. I use Booktango and Smashwords.

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      NateB11posted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Cool. That's good to know.

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   Mark Ewbieposted 10 years ago

   Have you done an eBook before Nate?  If not, then doing anything - Hubs / bubbles  / Whatever is probably a good idea - just to learn the process.

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      NateB11posted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Yes, I agree. There's always lots to learn, I'd learn a lot just putting one together, a good step forward. It would definitely be a first for me.

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         Mark Ewbieposted 10 years agoin reply to this

         Me too.  I nearly did it a while back and then got distracted by laziness and inertia.

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            Beth37posted 10 years agoin reply to this

            lol

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            NateB11posted 10 years agoin reply to this

            lol

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               Beth37posted 10 years agoin reply to this

               stop copying me

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                  Mark Ewbieposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                  lol

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                  NateB11posted 10 years agoin reply to this

                  Sorry, I'm an aper. I ape people. I just ape lunch. lol. I know what you're thinking, I should have said, "stop copying me" to copy you and keep it going. Nope. Not going to do it. Okay, I'll do it.
                  
                  Stop copying me.
                  
                  Joking.

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                     Beth37posted 10 years agoin reply to this

                     why you hitting yourself?

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                        NateB11posted 10 years agoin reply to this

                        lol

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                           Beth37posted 10 years agoin reply to this

                           This is the part where you put your hand one inch from my eye and say "Im not touching you."
                           You can be my new brother... we will fight in the backseat and drive mom and dad crazy.

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                              NateB11posted 10 years agoin reply to this

                              Yes, but every time we do that, Dad gets really angry and starts speeding on narrow roads. Last time it got real dangerous.

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                                 Beth37posted 10 years agoin reply to this

                                 That's cause mom was waving her arms like a mad woman trying to hit anything that talked back.

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