I have mentioned before attending the free webinars offered on trainingmagnetwork.com.

I have attended, benefited and enjoyed Ray Jimenez’ free TrainingMagNetwork seminars. So, I thought about buying one of his books. These days I pretty much limit myself to digital books because my study and my garage are full and I think my family’s patience is wearing thin. Plus, I have been spoiled by prices for digital books that are frequently $20 or less. Currently, I try to go to Barnes & Noble because people give me gift cards from there.

However, when I went to look for Mr. Jimenez’ books I found that they seemed to be available only from Lulu press for $35 as paper books.

I suggested that Mr. Jimenez experiment with publishing a couple of his out-of-print books (DIYEL 101 Tips for Do-It-Yourself eLearning?) digitally and offer it on his site for maybe $15. Maybe an intern would do it cheaply for the experience.

Of course if Mr. Jimenez is doing really well he could donate any out of print books to Project Gutenberg, have them available for free, educate the rest of us and enrich his karma.

I think more niche author should consider doing this. Their most likely point of sale is at their presentations or web sites. Also, both Barnes and Noble and Amazon accept submissions.