Saturday 12 December 2009

Researching ebook directories

I've been researching ebook directories, and where appropriate, putting my free sample of 'The Octogenarian Ski-jumper' on them. I thought others may find this information useful.
http://www.elibrary.net/ - fairly straightforward to register. Requires a reciprocal link.
http://www.ecourseweb.com/ - despite the name, does have a section for ebooks as well.
http://www.ebooks4free.net/ - as the name suggests, you can't charge for your ebook if you list it here. And I had to upload my book using Word - it failed to take my pdf twice. The site is very primitive looking.
http://www.free-ebooks.net/ - professional looking site - requires you to pay USD 19.97 to upload your book.
http://www.ebookheaven.co.uk/ - I didn't look at this, since it only lists fantasy and sci-fi.
http://www.ebookjungle.com/- requires an image, not just a reciprocal link, from your site to theirs, and warns that 'it may be a long time before your submission appears, if ever'. which doesn't seem an incentive for an author to load anything.
http://www.ebookdirectory.com/ - advertises 'how to get rich quick' books, which doesn't fill me with confidence.
wisdomebooks.com - has no searchability; just a flat listing, and doesn't even display covers. You can pay extra and get your book in bold.
http://www.ebookslibrary.com/ - looks moribund - many categories don't have any books in at all, and very few books have been added in the last year or so.
Jogeena's - ok I spelled that one incorrectly - it only has one e - but I did list on their site, posted a reciprocal link, and a week later my book wasn't on their site. I don't want to add to the number of matches they have.
http://www.myebookcenter.net/ and http://www.onlineebookdirectory.com/ both appear to be defunct.