It has not sold very well, which is not very encouraging, but I am plugging away at two new ones regardless. I am hoping that as I scale up I sell more.

I am also thinking about packaging up two former post series into an updated version for free eBook downloads.

Mike Piper of ObliviousInvestor.com has been successful selling paper books and ebooks on Amazon.  He will be at the Financial Blogger Conference answering questions about publishing. 

It's like anything, if you figure out the right way to do it - it will be a success.

As others mention writing them and putting them together isn't easy by any means, the hard part is actually getting it out there and selling it. For that you need traffic, a good marketing plan and advice from others who have done it like financialblogger and mike at obliviousinvestor.com (who sells on amazon)..

It is a lot of work, but can be rewarding if you do it right.

Truth be told, I'm probably not going to pay money for a book by a first time author with a newer blog, it takes a bit to establish credibility.  Now if you have success with the first one, then the second one might be a hit and you can sell it.

I literally couldn't say it better myself.  Even TheFinancialBlogger with traffic that DWARFS 99.9% of personal finance blogs gave the first one away for free. 

I have written a few. Each one of my niche sites has a relevant ebook.  while traffic helps, an ebook can go viral depending on content type and quality.  in addition there are existing platforms you can use to leverage sales, such as kindle, google books and barnes and noble nook.  i get more sales from those external avenues than i do on my sites.  these platforms have readership communities always looking for the next release.  i have written about this topic sparingly on my blog - will focus more on it as digital products are the epitome of passive income in my opinion

How long are your e-books and how many chapters?  I've tossed around the idea but you want to write a good sized ebook so that you're not writing a pamphlet but you're not going into Stephen King territory either (for the record I love Stephen King, but that guy can fill pages like no other!)

Truth be told, I'm probably not going to pay money for a book by a first time author with a newer blog, it takes a bit to establish credibility.  Now if you have success with the first one, then the second one might be a hit and you can sell it.

Exactly. That's why a lot of the bigger blogs like Problogger do well selling ebooks, while the smaller and newer ones don't.

Truth be told, I'm probably not going to pay money for a book by a first time author with a newer blog, it takes a bit to establish credibility.  Now if you have success with the first one, then the second one might be a hit and you can sell it.

After laughing about it, however, he immediately began encouraging me to write an EBook. Something I had considered in the past but haven't yet endeavored to do. I'm thinking I will (actually after our conversation, I've already mapped out the book itself), but was just wondering if anyone here has any experience writing, marketing or selling Ebooks?

He had a good deal of success but within a narrow niche within the fiction category. How has your experience been (if applicable)? Just curious. I'll probably write it either way, but any advice would be great! (And when I'm done any reviews would be exceptional as well).