About The-eBook-Reader.com

About Me

Hello, my name is Nathan and I'm the owner/writer/webmaster of The-eBook-Reader.com. I started this website because I've always had a great interest in reading and writing, especially the kind of imaginative fiction that makes you question your view of reality, or takes you to worlds you never thought possible.

I used to buy paperback books by the armload from a local used bookstore (5 for $4!) where you had to navigate through long, rickety rows of bookshelves and try not to knock over random stacks of books piled to the ceiling.

It was a great store, but it no longer exists. The only bookstores around now are the huge mega stores like Borders and Barnes and Noble, where most books sell for cover price. I used to be able to get 10 paperbacks for under $10, but with these places I can only get one.

So then I started buying used books through Amazon, sometimes they are only 1 cent, just pay the shipping. But the problem with this is that I often wanted to buy multiple books at once, and trying to find a list of particular titles at one shop is nearly impossible. I would end up having to pay shipping from like 3 different locations.

Finally I got started on ebooks. It took me a long time to notice them because I never enjoyed reading at the computer; I'd rather sit back and relax when reading fiction.

That's where the my first ebook reader came in. I thought it was a stupid, pointless gadget when my friend first gave it to me, but after a few uses it really started to grow on me, and I eventually found a ton of websites to download free, legal ebooks that are actually quite good (my most favorite is Baen).

I also found out that a lot of my favorite authors already had a bunch of ebooks available, and the prices were lower than I expected, especially on older titles.

Thus my appreciation of ebooks and ebook readers began.

About This Site - How It Started

I first started my quest to build this website last July while I was out of work and didn't know what to do with myself. Truthfully, building a website was something I had never consider because I had no previous knowledge of web design, HTML, or anything at all with website construction and marketing.

But one day I was searching online at one of the various job sites and I can remember coming across an article that was a blatant get-rich-quick scam about building a website and making money off of it. The article even had fake comments posted by people saying that it worked, send in the $20 for the information pack.

I wasn't buying the scam, but it did make me question its premise. Virtually every website you visit has advertisements, like the one to the right. And obviously there are countless websites that make money off of these ads that aren't scams.

So I started to research legitimate ways to build a website; I figured if I could just make an extra $200 a month that would help a lot.

Eventually I came across a website promoting a service called Site-Build-It, SBI.

When I first started researching SBI I was leery of another scam. Their sales pitch is a bit thick at times and their layout had a cheesy 80's look to it (they are currently updating the layout and it looks much better now), but ultimately the deciding factor for me was that SBI lets you have access to their 10 step written and video action guides before you sign up.

That's the coolest thing about SBI: they give you all the tools you need to build a successful website that ranks well in the search engines, not a get-rich-quick scam. It's designed both for beginers and pros, and can teach you as much as you are willing to learn.