Can you write a book and sell it on ebay?

Question

can you write a book and sell it on ebay? not that i think ppl would actually buy it.

Answer 1

If the book is published you can but if it is just a lot of paper stacked up with words then no you can't cuz its not an authorized book.

Answer 2

If you go out to eBay, and search for "e-book", you'll find about 3954 electronic books  out there (click the link below).  You'll see that most are non-fiction about how to do things like "$$ How To Profit from Craigslist" or " ADOPTION TIPS-HOW TO ADOPT A BABY EBOOK"

Answer 3

If you don't think people will actually buy it, why would you want to waste the time to write it, AND waste your money to have it published.  If a publisher doesn't think your book will sell on its own, whether on eBay or Amazon.com or wherever, they will not publish it.  That leaves self-publishing, or the vanity press publishers.  They will print it, but they will charge you for every copy printed, then it's up to you to distribute it or sell it.  

Even if you have it self-published, you can only get it into bookstores through a clearing house like Ingram.  You may get $1-3 for it, Ingram will take its markup, and the bookstore will take its markup, and the book will be available in the store for $19.95 to $25.95.  IF the stores will even order it.

Answer 4

Yes. Either as an e-book or you can self publish by having the book printed and bound.  

Answer 5

Absolutely.

If you can sell other people's books on there, there's no reason why someone couldn't sell their own.