Comments on: Ultimate Freelancing Guide Review

By: Sharon

Sharon — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:17:24 +0000

You’re right, Melissa; it can be difficult to judge the quality of an ebook. I’ve found some that are worth paying for, while others should be given away for free. You just have to take a chance.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:19:09 +0000

My reaction is, if I paid $49 for an eBook, I’d ask for my money back if it was only 29 pages, unless the content was something absolutely incredible that I couldn’t find elsewhere.

This is a problem with eBooks, IMO — you can’t preview them at all unless the author gives you a sample or something. If I was to contemplate purchasing a traditional book, I could look at it in a bookstore, flip through it, read the table of contents. And even on Amazon you can often do that. I would not pay that much for a book till I was sure it was worth the money.

I agree with Rebecca, bonus content should be bonus, extra, the content should still be worth the price.

Sharon, thanks for the review.

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By: Sharon

Sharon — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:25:02 +0000

Hi Amy: I expected more from it, but I’m not reading with the eyes of a newbie. The jury’s still out as to whether the bonus material makes it a fair price.

Katherine, I must say that when I read it, I thought that my half finished effort wasn’t so bad

Becca: I agree. If you are selling me an item, tell me what it’s worth on its own.

By: Rebecca Laffar-Smith

Rebecca Laffar-Smith — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:58:44 +0000

My view of ‘bonus’ material is just that, they should be BONUS. If the actual product is only true to value because of the extras they aren’t bonus at all. That’s like saying “Two for the price of one.” When one costs twice as much as it usually would.

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By: Katherine

Katherine — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:48:26 +0000

Bonus materials often make it worth the money but my rule is, if I could actually WRITE a book like that, I don't bother. To tempt me into purchasing the book needs to teach me a specific skill set that I may not have, such as writing a novel. I haven't read that book per se but when I first started, I read a lot of books like it. Katherine's last blog post..Simple Steps on How to Start a Profitable Business Online

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:46:17 +0000

Hey Sharon (and all). Nice to see your review of this ebook. I was sent a review copy and decided I couldn’t in good conscience give it a thumbs up. I found it VERY basic, and while a good guide for an absolute beginner perhaps, I don’t see it being worth even half the asking price. But I’m very very picky. There are certainly better guides out there a new writer could spend his/her money on, in my opinion. Since I didn’t buy the book, only got a review copy, I didn’t have access to the bonus materials. So maybe all together, I would reconsider that it would be worth the money. Can’t say.

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By: Sharon

Sharon — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:18:51 +0000

It was readable enough, Becca, though I found the fact that there were things in the left column disconcerting. It seemed to me that they should have been on the right or at the end of the chapter.

By: Rebecca Laffar-Smith

Rebecca Laffar-Smith — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:34:30 +0000

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Sharon! I think at so few pages a book shouldn’t attempt to consider itself ‘ultimate’ anything. Quick and Dirty might have been a better title and would probably get more hits. *starts contemplating an ebook called, “The Quick and Dirty Freelancing Guide”.*

How was the quality of layout and readability? Those are some of the key areas I like to know about before I invest in an ebook because there are so many out there that are poorly done.

Also, the price seems exhorbitant. For a product that costs nothing to reproduce how can anyone respectfully charge so much?

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By: Sharon

Sharon — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:36:21 +0000

I think if you have no idea about freelancing, this could be a good starting point, Jenn. It would be interesting to read a review by a new writer and see if our opinions differed.

By: Jenn Hollowell

Jenn Hollowell — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:48:34 +0000

Do you think this ebook would be better for someone who has absolutely positively no idea where to start or where to look for information? I’ve seen this ebook advertised, but this is the first review I’ve read – thank you for this information!

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