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An ebook directory is a website that accepts ebook listings, very much like an article or ezine directory. It’s a simple way to drive free traffic! Most of these ebook directories are high traffic sites generating thousands of ebook downloads.

Unfortunately, you can’t build a list directly from these downloads. The rules of most directory sites are that you upload your free ebook and anyone can download it without having to opt-in to any lists etc.

So how do you use these ebook directory sites to drive traffic and indirectly build your list?

Well the ebooks you upload need to achieve two things:

- they need to be valuable enough that your reader is impressed
- they need to include links to missing information that can only be found on your site

So if you’ve already got a free ebook that you give away to build your list, you could take a piece of key information out of it, and replace it with a link to the squeeze page of the full version. Then upload the shortened version.

To be fully effective, you need to include plenty of links back to your site, to your squeeze pages in particular!

These free ebook directories are also a great place to upload all the PLR products to that you buy or find for free. All you need to do is possibly give them a new cover and title to make them unique, then add plenty of links to your squeeze pages in the text and upload them.

It really is a similar concept to article marketing, only you’re promoting a full ebook instead of an article!

Below are a few ebook directory sites that you can start uploading to straight away.

Ebook Directory
http://www.ebookdirectory.com

Ebooks N Bytes
(cost $19.95 per year but worth the money!)
http://www.ebooksnbytes.com/submit_ebook.shtml

Ebook Giveaways
http://www.ebookgiveaways.com

Free-Ebooks
http://www.free-ebooks.net

Ebook Portal
http://ebooks.searchking.com

If you’d like access to my full list of around 45 sites where you can upload your ebooks to, simply subscribe to “My List Building Riches” ebook below, and then email me a copy of your confirmation / download details email and I will send you all 45 sites!

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