Sometimes they're side-splittingly hilarious, and other times they just don't make grade -- it's a question of taste I suppose.

Anyway, I was cleaning up my folders in Outlook Express recently to make some space on my hard disk (I've got a whopping 20 Gb and I'm already getting low on space -- must be all those MP3's...)

Well, anyway, I knew that my 'Jokes' folder was taking up a lot of memory (it's full of images, video files and so on), so I decided that a major cull was needed.

As I went down list, I had no problem deleting turkeys, but it broke my heart to delete jokes that could still make me laugh second time around.

And then it hit me. Why not make an ebook full of all funniest stuff? That way, I can delete them from my hard disk and pack them all neatly into a single, compressed ebook file. And, thus, idea for "101 Hilarious Jokes To eMail Your Friends" was born.

It was never my intention to actually sell this ebook, (which is why you'll find it free on BizzyDays website). However, it was never my expectation either, that it would prove to be such a resounding success.

Sure, I knew it would be popular with visitors. After all a joke collection is always a popular idea and, if it's free, well hey, all better.

The point though is, I never fully appreciated just how much additional traffic this funny little book could generate. I get at least 100 extra visitors EVERY DAY thanks to a book that I just put together to save disk space.

Many ebook authors include full, royalty-free resale rights with some of their products. This means that, when you buy their ebooks, you can use them for yourself and also sell them to others -- keeping 100% of profits.

By doing this, author of ebook benefits in two ways:   1. He/she increases value of ebook to   potential customer and, therefore, makes more sales   (at least in short term).   2. By being sold across a number of websites,   ebook will ultimately reach more people thus   increasing author's profile and credibility and   bringing more website traffic from links included in   ebook.

At least half websites out there that generate huge incomes from ebooks sell no 'original' titles of their own. They sell ebooks written by others -- ebooks with resale rights.

Whether you're already involved in ebook business or not, reselling other people's ebooks can be an excellent way to generate steady profits. Get in early on a 'hot new title' and you can really rake in a massive amount of money in a very short length of time.

Here's a good approach to getting started:

STEP 1 As soon as you hear about latest hot new ebook visit website.

STEP 2 On website evaluate ebook with these criteria in mind:   1. Does price include full resale rights?   2. Does deal include a full copy of sales page   complete with graphics?   3. Is sales page good? (Does is really make YOU   WANT product? If it doesn't work for you, it probably   won't work for others).   4. Is order handled by ClickBank? (see STEP 4 below   for reason this can be important)   5. Will your existing visitors or subscribers be interested   in this ebook (or do you think you can easily reach right target market)?

STEP 3 Go to a few major search engines like Google.com or AltaVista.com and run a search for ebook title. Are there a lot of websites already selling book? If yes, then it's been around for a while and you may not make big surge in income you'd expect from a brand new ebook. However, this is also an indication that it's popular, so it may be a good one to consider for more moderate, medium-term profits.

STEP 4 Once you've established that this ebook looks like a winner, it's time to get your own copy for resale.