We turned now our last year of traveling into 4 separate Travel eBooks. So from each past 3 month stays (Savannah, Oviedo, Buenos Aires, Bolivia) we produced books available now as Mobi, PDF file and available as an eBook on Kindle. That’s all good but how do you get people to buy your book?

Well, we generated couple of sales and the books being mostly sold are the Savannah and Buenos Aires Book.  Oviedo is very slow but right now it’s not the season to travel there ( too cold and rainy) and Bolivia was just released couple of days ago.

Maybe the main selling point is probably the connections our blog readers have with our site, purchasing the book because they enjoyed reading our site. The price of it  $7.99 seems fair and after the cut from the Bookseller we still make a decent amount from it.

We asked our readers to mention it on their twitter and facebook which really helped in increasing the sales.

But what are other ways to market the travel books? I invested couple of $$$ in Adwords but can’t really tie back a sale to those ads. I was looking to submit the books to eBook directories but most them are only for Free Books! No luck, I wish there was a directory for pay travel books!

Now selling the books on Amazon opens the door to a lot of potential buyers, that said the eBook market will multiply by 10 times in the next 5 years ( Thanks to the Kindle fire) but it’s almost like it’s with Google, you need to show up in search results as high as possible on the keywords which apply to your book.

For example if I take the keywords “buenos aires guide” for the Buenos Aires book I land on page 2 position 22 (checked again, now it’s # 17). That’s not terrible butd I wish we would be on page 1! Now how can I increase that position?

The more books you sell, reviews being written about it, stars given, liked and tagged the higher you will rank in the Amazon search results = the more sales you will make.

Today I’m running a special promotion on the Savannah Guide, it’s enrolled to the Amazon Select program (more by mistake) they have a great promotional tool where you can set up days to offer your book for free. This promotion is running right now!!!!

Check it out (only today 12/30/2011): Free Savannah Travel Guide

We are hoping to receive couple of stars, tags, likes and reviews. So feel free to secure your Savannah For 91 Days guide now and we hope you like it enough to give some feedback.

Also, if you published eBooks feel free to let us know. I will start a list of Travel eBooks below.

How do you promote your eBooks, do you have any tips for us? Please leave a comment!

Here now the list of awesome eBooks (staring with ours )

• Savannah Guide
• Oviedo Guide
• Buenos Aires Guide
• Bolivia Travel Book

Thanks to our travels we are sleeping in all kinds of different beds, the bed bug cocoon does look cozy but not sure if I’m a cocoon kind of guy.

This portable sleeping cocoon is made specially woven fabric that is impervious to bed bugs. The sleeping cocoon’s tightly wound polyester threads are spaced only 1-micron apart (a span that’s much smaller than bed bugs) to prevent 100% of bed bugs from penetrating the fabric. The durable polyester threads are impervious to bed bugs’ teeth yet the fabric remains soft, pliable, and breathable for optimal sleeping comfort in a hotel bed.

More info: Bed Bug Cocoon

- Travel Guides for your eReader

We are back in Europe, back in our beloved city of Valencia and back having fast internet. Best part of being back? I can finally throw toilet paper into the toilet and not in overfilling bins next to it.

Our first year of traveling has ended – we spent 3 month in each of these locations: Oviedo,Spain – Savannah,USA – Buenos Aires and Bolivia. Every place was different and interesting, exciting in it’s own way. Will we continue, hell yeah! We are resting a little bit in our Head Quarters before we continue to Palermo, Italy for 3 month. After that … no idea .

The only thing what I can say about the last year .. What a ride!

Check out our different blogs of each destination if you like and if you are planning to travel to any of these locations and have questions don’t be shy to ask.

Link: Travel Blog

Here some more random Bolivia photos:

This must be one of the most handy trekking – hiking gadgets you can get your hands on.

This incredible piece of kit is not only sturdy enough to boil and serve up to 1.1 litres (almost 2 pints) of water at a time, but it’ll also pack flatter than a typical army mess tin. Just sit it over your gas, electric or induction stove and the sturdy stainless steel base will heat the water inside. Once it has cooled, the tough silicone body will collapse easily into itself, ready to slide into a day pack or rucksack.

More info: Travel Kettle

- Fun Travel Blog

Always take it with you, because you never know …. there are just too many things which needs get ironed throughout the day.

It’s not every day that you see something as freakishly useful and crazy as the World’s Smallest Clothes Iron. The fully functional Iron presses your Clothes like its much larger counterpart yet utilizes half the storage space. This is insane! It should be in a museum or showroom or glass box somewhere but instead it’s here for you. It’s great for traveling and cooking. Those grilled cheese sandwiches aren’t gonna grill themselves and the old Iron is a little large for the job. In a small apartment or living space it seems crazy to have a large iron anymore so get rid of that big clunker and say hello to this mini.

More info: World Smallest Iron

- Umbrella Shoulder Holder

Wish we had those for our 3 day salt flat trip, cause at night in the Salt Flat Hotel there was not electricity at night. Generator off and good night

Our Battery LED Flashlight is super bright and compact.  Just snap the top piece onto a 9 volt battery and press the power button and you’re lighting up the world!  Equipped with 3 LEDs, this light will provide an intense source of illumination!  Perfect for camping, garage, basement, or nightstand!  Includes a flasher mode for emergencies. Please note: the bright LED lights will scare unicorns away.

More info: Tiny Clip on Battery Flash Light

- Super cheap LED Stuff

Wow – this was a super successful giveaway. I will be announcing the 3 winners in a second. If you are not one of them don’t be sad but head right over to an other giveaway I’m running on Random Good Stuff right now: Awesome Zombie Products.

I loved all the products everyone chose and I’m really happy that so many took part in it. Without any further delay the winners of the JLab Giveaway:

• Zach
• Pop
• Robert

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

Hope you enjoyed this giveaway. Thank you all for taking part and a big thank you to JLab for approaching RGS.

Who Rocks? JLab!

People think since we run a travel blog, that we don’t need vacations. Actually since traveling we are even working more and a week once in while does us really good. Next vacation, well closest to it, is when we are back in Valencia in mid August for a month. There our travel blog rests and we just do regular work ( a lot of catching up to do ) and go to the beach . The countdown is on!

With our Vacation Countdown Clock, you’ll know exactly how many more days, hours, minutes, and seconds you must wait for fun in the sun and sand!  Once your vacation arrives, you can reset the timer for your next vacation … up until the year 2099 (that’s a long way away!)

More info: Vacation Time Clock

- Get inspired for your next vacation

I have read in travel forums to take door stoppers you can buy from a hardware store. Not you can add extra safety and security by adding an alarm to it.

For any traveller, it’s always a bit nerve-wracking settling into a new hotel or hostel. So put your mind at ease with the Ila Portable Door Alarm Wedge. Just switch it on and slip it under your bedroom door before you hit the hay. Any would-be intruder will set off a shrill alarm if they try and sneak in while you’re napping.

The lightweight little gizmo is small enough to slip into your backpack, pocket or spongebag. Perfect for a restful night’s sleep – whether it’s your first night in halls of residence, or you’re worried about something hiding in the wardrobe. Or both.

More info: Travel Door Stopper Alarm

- Travel Blog

Meet the human traffic light. I spotted this guy yesterday in Sucre, Bolivia. Yes – you heard it right, we made it to Bolivia and are loving it. What an incredible city right in the mountains. We are here since Tuesday, after a dramatic good-bye to our Dog Chucky in Buenos Aires. The cargo company at first didn’t want to take her since we expected to pay with credit card and they only accepted cash. What a nightmare! Everything is sorted out now!

Sucre is amazing and if you are interested check out our Bolivia Blog

-Bolivia Travel Guides