Hello
An idea for a holiday themed e-book came to me and I have some ideas to contribute to it, but I think the book would be much stronger if I got some quotes from people with similiar experiences who may have done different things. I think this would add value to the book and would also back up the ebook as one that offers a good resource for the reader.
The book I'm visioning would be like 90% of my writing with resources and then 10% of the quotes with people's stories and experiences to back-up the information that I provide. So my writing suggests "try XYZ" and someone says "I did XYZ and this is what happened....".
My question is: how do I solicit quotes from the general public without giving away my idea for my ebook and risk someone else writing this ebook? And where are some good places to solicit quotes? Should you offer to pay people for quotes in the ebook? Should they just do it for free (even for someone who is really unknown)?
I thank you for your time and welcome your thoughts!
Abby