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Sex Sells : How to Build an Adult Website

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well, i was hoping for some REAL information on the subject. i would think that anyone who buys this book would already know most of the stuff inside... i sure did so it didnt help me at all. maybe the millions of pages with links will be useful to me.
the 10 step recap for the book is to create a company (no duh), get a business license, get a po box, get a business bank account, get a merchant account, get an internet merchant account, find a company to host your domain, buy a domain, create a website, and then stock your website with content!! hmmm! thanks, bro, i didnt already know that!!!!
this book will be helpful to the person who has never used the internet, never built a webpage, and just heard from someone who heard from someone else that you can make TONS of money if your husband takes naked pictures of you in the kitchen.

This is a 36-page spiral bound booklet with 8 pages of links. I was hoping this would be a how to start an adult site book but it really isn't. The only people who might find this booklet a little useful are those who don't have any experience with the Internet. Most of the information here could easily be found on [the internet]... The areas it addresses are just vague common sense information. For example it refers you to your state's "department of incorporation" on how to form a company. I've checked a few of the links on their resources guide and I guess that's a little helpful but again doing a search on [the internet] for Adult web hosting or adult content would have generated the same links ... If you want a typed out link page I guess you would like this but for me it's not worth the [money], I paid for this booklet. Save your money do your own search.

This flimsy little work (60 pages) spends a lot of time going over COMMON SENSE details you would use to approach any project. They also spend a lot of time flogging an Adult Resource Guide they sell for [price]. They include this list of URLs in the back of the book.

Almost of the of the details, thoughts and suggestions they make are easily found on the web on various "Newbie" websites and even some content/sponsor websites.

I would not recommend this for anyone who has already started working on a site/sites. It would be OK for someone who is literally just starting on an idea. At the "I wonder..." stage.

For the more savvy individual with a little expirience:
I felt like I had been taken by one of those "Ronco-Matic" 30 second infomercials. This spiral bound piece of literature (and I use that term lightly.) is a total waste of time and money. Every thing in this 54 page [...] leads up to a sales pitch to get your email address and more useless [...]. (Inside back cover.) Don't waste your money or your time.. you could better spend it online doing your own homework.

For the Novice:
To be fair though, being a savvy surfer, and somewhat familiar with the industry, I can say for a total novice.. well.. it's a start, but a weak one at that!

I ordered this book a year ago and read it in all.
It was definitely an entertaining read but as for giving you what you are looking for it falls short.

I was straight back online and looking for another guide.

Right away this little book cut to the chase and dished up some useful information. Granted it's not War And Peace, but I don't think it's meant to be an epic novel. Rather it's supposed to be a resource guide into the adult industry on the Internet. I knew next to nothing about that business before reading it, now I've got a firm grip (no pun intended) on the basics. As for the Adult Resource Guide ad in the back; I read a lot of tech books, from BMG, Sybex and Wiley just to name a few, and in the back of most of these books you will find some sort of ad for further reading materials from the respective publisher. Also I did some checking into the type of lists contained in this "Adult Resource Guide". I found that to buy a list similar to one found in the guide, you would pay about $200. All in all I found the book to be informative, slightly entertaining, and well worth the nominal fee of [$].

Glad someone finally wrote a book covering this topic. There is a lot of money to be made building adult websites and this book will definitely show you how to do it! Loved the referrals to the e-commerce providers as well as the content providers. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to know the "down and dirty" of how to get started in the adult website business.