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Expert Joined: Nov 17, 2004 Posts: 158 Location: Egypt

I would like to write a book and publish it on-line and waste no paper.
How can one get money out of this? Twisted Evil

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Hemetis

Rising Star Joined: Feb 01, 2005 Posts: 15

I think you let people read a part of it and then they buy it so they can download the rest. some people are doing this already and missing out the publishers/ booksellers.
stuart

Expert Joined: Nov 17, 2004 Posts: 158 Location: Egypt

Is there an online tutorial?
Do I have to open a special account in my bank for electronic money transactions?
How can I design a secure link for such transactions?
Is there a package one can buy that does the job once and for all?
Sorry for the too many questions but I am quite excited about the idea.
Thanks.
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Hemetis

Rising Star Joined: Dec 01, 2004 Posts: 19

Hello my friend.

There are several know writers that have already used that technique. The most well know case is Stephen King. Check here and here.

If you really want to do that, I can help you for free and in two days you can have your system working. Just create a pay-pal account and I’ll install on your web site a pay-per-download script. Using that, users will pay for instance $1 to download your book, the system would take care of the payment in real-time and the users would receive in seconds an email with a safe address to download the book. Great, hem?

Jose Augusto

Expert Joined: Nov 17, 2004 Posts: 158 Location: Egypt

Thank you very much my dear friend Jose.
As much as your offer is very generous I cannot accept it.
All my life is founded on very hard work in which is my pleasure and the meaning of my life.
Rather than giving me a fish, I would love to learn how to fish.
I have great experience in Assembly, FORTRAN, Basic and C languages of computers.
I studied HTML 3.2 and I can make nice pages.
What I did not understand until now is the bizarre relation between the ISP server that hosts my website and executable code. Then how to call executable code or even strong scripting that can handle opening and writing files on the server within my space.
For example, to write a hit counter, which is too easy, one has to maintain a file for the current hit count. Open the file and retrieve the data, increment it and write it back while retaining the new value of the variable.
The first problem is my ignorance as well as my ISP of what can be run on my web-site. The second problem is how to call that program from my index.htm and how to update it to reflect the count for the visitor.

Similarly, I would like to be in control and understanding of how pay-pal accounts work in a step by step tutorial. This makes me more aware of legal issues and more prepared for solving problems as they come in when they come in.

I need to know if ASP, VBS or Java were equally capable. So I am willing to read and learn and practice but I have no clue where to begin.

Thank you again and waiting for your advice.
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Hemetis

Rising Star Joined: Dec 01, 2004 Posts: 19

Hello again.
I have not made myself clear. I am more than willing to give you the complete code for you to use. The right direction for you to go is PHP.
Php pages have code that is run on the server side, and generate dynamic pages. The best free web content manager tools like PHPNuke, Drupal, Mambo, use a combination of PHP + MySQL (Database). Google for it, it’s the best direction you can go. Also PayPal has some really nice API toolkits for you to play with and learn, including a very useful sandbox.

Expert Joined: Nov 17, 2004 Posts: 158 Location: Egypt

Great; I'll pm U if I needed that code.
Thank you very much. Very Happy

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