You don’t need an e-Book

When I first started out in this money making online niche, I was fresh-face and eager

I bought a couple of those e-books that promised the world, and I realized after reading the e-book, it was a waste of my money

Sure there was some helpful tips and guides, but basically what’s being offered in most e-books are already floating around the Internet

Its just a matter of sifting through the right material and knowing where to find it

I have this mantra in my Internet life

Bookmark the good ones, scan the rest

For example, the Internet is a huge place, so once you find something or a source that offers greats advice, take note of

While everything else, just scan and leave it be

In my RSS feed I’ve hundreds of sites, but I actually visit and read in detail a few websites only

Ades Blog offer a good entry on top blog entrepreneurs and their social bookmarking 2.0 ways

And back to the e-Book, recently Joel Comm released his AdSense Secrets e-book

Everyone and anyone was selling it on their blog … well I wasn’t

I once too had bought his e-book and Joel is an excellent entrepreneur but after the second version, I found out what was printed in the e-book, well I basically know the topic pretty well

Also his Internet marketing is pretty aggressive too, that’s what most Internet marketers in the States are good at.

I being Asian however hate such aggressive approach, and immediately unsubscribed from his mailing list

Each of his newsletter offers and promised a new secret … this dude has more tricks up his sleeves than David Copperfield

Well I digress too much eh … well back to Joel Comm latest e-book, the thing is Joel screwed up

He sold the e-book cheap at $9.95, instead of the usual $97 for most e-book prices

Too good to be true?

Indeed … what he didn’t disclose was that, you’ll be auto-subscribe $29.95 per month when you purchase his e-book

That got a backlash from the blogging community when discovered

Joel Comm has since apologised and revamped his sales page for more transparency

What can we learn from this ….

Well Internet users are savvy, so don’t pull a fast one