Selling podcasts/audiobooks is it possible?
I know that podcasting is very new, and even audiobooks quite new. Audiobooks are selling (even on the iTunes site) for good money, whilst podcasts are all free.
Fair enough if the content is quite different. However, if you put together a podcast, or series of podcasts that teach something useful - how to play the trumpet or write a good dashboard widget, say - wouldn't it be nice to be able to sell the course?
My idea would be to have an introduction that is free and covers the topic briefly to give an idea of your style, pace and method. This might be enough for many. If they like it, however, they could then pay to subscribe to the rest of the podcasts/chapters/installments.
At the moment, it would be necessary to write an audiobook to do this. However, most audiobooks are made from existing published books. I'd like to produce a new book, entirely in audio to teach a subject (that I teach already) and put it out there for people to buy.
Is this possible?
What is the best way of doing this?
Is it possible to use iTunes Podcasting for this?
How, if you can't use podcasting, can you get a new audiobook (that isn't based on a print book) into the iTunes audiobook shop?
Fair enough if the content is quite different. However, if you put together a podcast, or series of podcasts that teach something useful - how to play the trumpet or write a good dashboard widget, say - wouldn't it be nice to be able to sell the course?
My idea would be to have an introduction that is free and covers the topic briefly to give an idea of your style, pace and method. This might be enough for many. If they like it, however, they could then pay to subscribe to the rest of the podcasts/chapters/installments.
At the moment, it would be necessary to write an audiobook to do this. However, most audiobooks are made from existing published books. I'd like to produce a new book, entirely in audio to teach a subject (that I teach already) and put it out there for people to buy.
Is this possible?
What is the best way of doing this?
Is it possible to use iTunes Podcasting for this?
How, if you can't use podcasting, can you get a new audiobook (that isn't based on a print book) into the iTunes audiobook shop?
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