Benefits Of E-books
The internet has brought us many great things including streaming music, online shopping, electronic bill pay and many more beneficial applications.
One thing that I feel is often overlooked but very valuable is ebooks. Especially ebooks in the non fiction/self improvement subject areas.
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Just as there are many great musicians that will never get signed - there are thousands of great authors who will never get the big book deal. Thanks to the internet and ebooks – we can ta...
The internet has brought us many great things including streaming music, online shopping, electronic bill pay and many more beneficial applications.
One thing that I feel is often overlooked but very valuable is ebooks. Especially ebooks in the non fiction/self improvement subject areas.
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Just as there are many great musicians that will never get signed - there are thousands of great authors who will never get the big book deal. Thanks to the internet and ebooks – we can tap into the minds of these great authors.
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One common misconception is that if the book was any good it would get signed by a major publisher. This is simply not true. The publisher may feel that the information is not marketable when indeed it really is.
There can be numerous other reasons the e-book author does not get a big book deal but don’t let that stop you from missing out on some great information at a great price.
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An e-book author is free to write what they truly want and will not be influenced by a publisher, publicist, or any one else. Ebooks usually contain much more than a printed book.
They sometimes have printable worksheets, menus, lists, affirmations or any number of other beneficial items that relate to the particular topic of the ebook.
Unlike mainstream authors, ebook authors are often times reachable and happy to answer questions you may have about their ebook.
An e-book is purchased directly from a website and then downloaded immediately to your computer. You can read it right there on your computer screen or print it out and take it with you.
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You can enlarge the font if you are having trouble seeing the print, you can transfer it to a memory stick or other media so that it is portable, or you can simply read it as you have time.
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Most ebooks come with a money back guarantee and special bonus items.
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I urge you to give e-books a try. Find a subject you are interested in and then shop around. You will discover new authors, new skills, new behaviors and perhaps a whole new you.
Why Write an eBook?
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Ebooks will not only promote your business - they will help you make a name for yourself and your company, and establish you as an expert in your field.
It's not true that everything that has been said has already been written. Since that unfortunate axiom came into use, the whole universe has changed.
Technology has changed, ideas have changed, and the mindsets of entire nations have changed.
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The fact is that this is the perfect time to write an ebook. What the publishing industry needs are people who can tap into the world as it is today - innovative thinkers who can make the leap into the new millennium and figure out how to solve old problems in a new way.
Ebooks are a new and powerful tool for original thinkers with fresh ideas to disseminate information to the millions of people who are struggling to figure out how to do a plethora of different things.
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Let's say you already have a brilliant idea, and the knowledge to back it up that will enable you to write an exceptional ebook.
You may be sitting at your computer staring at a blank screen wondering, "Why? Why should I go through all the trouble of writing my ebook when it's so impossible to get anything published these days?
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Well, let me assure you that publishing an ebook is entirely different than publishing a book in print. Let's look at the specifics of how the print and cyber publishing industry differ, and the many reasons why you should take the plunge and get your fingers tapping across those keyboards!
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Submitting a print book to conventional publishing houses or to agents is similar to wearing a hair shirt 24/7. No matter how good your book actually is, or how many critique services and mentor writers have told you that "you've got what it takes," your submitted manuscript keeps coming back to you as if it is a boomerang instead of a valuable mine of information.
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Perhaps, in desperation, you've checked out self-publishing and found out just how expensive a venture it can be. Most "vanity presses" require minimal print runs of at least 500 copies, and even that amount will cost you thousands of dollars. Some presses' minimal run starts at 1,000 to 2,000 copies.
And that's just for the printing and binding. Add in distribution, shipping, and promotional costs and - well, you do the math. Even if you wanted to go this route, you may not have that kind of money to risk.
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Let's say you already have an Internet business with a quality website and a quality product. An ebook is one of the most powerful ways to promote your business while educating people with the knowledge you already possess as a business owner of a specific product or service.
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For example, let's say that you've spent the last twenty-five years growing and training bonsai trees, and now you're ready to share your knowledge and experience. An ebook is the perfect way to reach the largest audience of bonsai enthusiasts.
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Ebooks will not only promote your business - they will help you make a name for yourself and your company, and establish you as an expert in your field.
You may even find that you have enough to say to warrant a series of ebooks. Specific businesses are complicated and often require the different aspects to be divided in order for the reader to get the full story.
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Perhaps your goals are more finely tuned in terms of the ebook scene. You may want to build a whole business around writing and publishing ebooks. Essentially, you want to start an e-business. You are thinking of setting up a website to promote and market your ebooks.
Maybe you're even thinking of producing an ezine.
One of the most prevalent reasons people read ebooks is to find information about how to turn their Internet businesses into a profit-making machine.
And these people are looking to the writers of ebooks to provide them with new ideas and strategies because writers of ebooks are usually people who understand the new cyberspace world we now live in.
Ebook writers are experts in Internet marketing campaigns and the strategies of promoting and distributing ebooks. The cyberspace community needs its ebooks to be successful so that more and more ebooks will be written.
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You may want to create affiliate programs that will also market your ebook. Affiliates can be people or businesses worldwide that will all be working to sell your ebooks. Think about this? Do you see a formula for success here?
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Figure out what your subject matter is, and then narrow it down. Your goal is to aim for specificity. Research what's out there already, and try to find a void that your ebook might fill.
What about an ebook about a wedding cake business? Or an ebook about caring for elderly pets? How about the fine points of collecting ancient pottery?
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You don't have to have three masters degrees to write about your subject. People need advice that is easy to read and easily understood. Parents need advice for dealing with their teenagers. College students need to learn good study skills - quickly. The possibilities are endless.
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After you've writtten your ebook
Getting your ebook out is going to be your focus once you've finished writing it, just as it is with print books. People will hesitate to buy any book from an author they've never heard of. Wouldn't you?
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The answer is simple: give it away! You will see profits in the form of promoting your own business and getting your name out. You will find affiliates who will ask you to place their links within your ebook, and these affiliates will in turn go out and make your name known. Almost every single famous ebook author has started out this way.
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Another powerful tool to attract people to your ebook is to make it interactive. Invent something for them to do within the book rather than just producing pages that contain static text. Let your readers fill out questionnaires, forms, even crossword puzzles geared to testing their knowledge on a particular subject.
Have your readers hit a link that will allow them to recommend your book to their friends and associates. Or include an actual order form so at the end of their reading journey, they can eagerly buy your product.
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When people interact with books, they become a part of the world of that book. The fact is just as true for books in print as it is for ebooks.
That's why ebooks are so essential. Not only do they provide a forum for people to learn and make sense of their own thoughts, but they can also serve to promote your business at the same time.
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Proven secrets of writing and publishing your own ebook... in less than a week!
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In one week you could have your own highly profitable ebook published and on the web!
In their ebook "How To Write And Publish Your Own Ebook... In As Little As 7 Days", Jim Edwards and Joe Vitale teach you how to adapt a proven ebook writing formula to vastly improve the performance of your own ebook writing techniques. Instead of re-inventing the wheel, you are taught how to find a topic, write about it and produce your own ebook, sometimes in as little as 7 days, reducing the trial and error sometimes associated with writing your own ebook.
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Of course, we know about ebooks don't we? You cannot log on without being offered one. There are various degrees of credibility associated with ebooks from the brilliant informative ebooks that you hope that you are buying to the downright useless regurgitated rubbish that you are sometimes duped into buying.
Well, we do not want to go down that route do we? No of course we don't, we want to produce a well thought out, well written and informative ebook that not only you will be proud of producing, but also an ebook that gives people value for money.
So, having got that goal established, how do you even begin to research a subject that everyone is looking for and put it into words in the form of an ebook?
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The authors are arguably two of the best exponents of the written word on the internet. Their step by step instructions in the "How To Write And Publish Your Own Ebook....In As Little As 7 Days" takes you logically and systematically through the creation process right through to the finished product. Their track record for writing informative and educational ebooks and articles, that have helped thousands of internet entrepenuers, is second to none.
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At over 200 pages long, "How To Write And Publish Your Own Ebook....In As Little As 7 Days" has alot to offer those who really do not know where to start when writing an ebook. Of course, even those who are adept at stringing a sentence together will probably find something useful in the book.
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"How To Write And Publish Your Own Ebook...In As Little As 7 Days" is designed to teach you:
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How to conceive an idea for an ebook that has a market with people willing to pay or it - either directly or indirectly.
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How to write your ebook quickly and concisely in a way that conveys information so that people can use and implement it quickly.
Take positive action towards selling your ebook online by giving you a road map to start marketing your ebook on the internet.
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The main instructional section is 80 pages in length and filled with informative and motivational text. So instead of: write a book, look for a market, hope and then give up what about: identify a niche market, identify needs, wants and problems, write a book that satisfies those requirements and then market your book to your niche and make some money.
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If you think you cannot write, think you do not have anything to say or you do not want to write a full length ebook, that's okay, every eventuality is covered to get you to start writing. I mean let's face it, how much motivation do you need? I bet if you were offered $50.000 to write a short ebook you would soon get your pen and paper out!
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Of course, there has to be constructive criticism and for me, I get bored with featured authors who contribute to add a few more pages to the ebook. However, you cannot dismiss the valuable advice of Yanik Silver, Kevin Donlin or Neil Shearing whose life experiences are included - with appropriate links to their websites of course!
However irritating these featured articles are (and they will appear in other ebooks as well) they do provide a valuable in site into how they got to where they are now. Just remember to concentrate on one thing - writing and publishing an ebook -do not get hijacked by outgoing links to other sites.
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"How To Write And Publish Your Own Ebook.....In As Little As 7 Days" is finished off with bonus reports for accepting credit cards, ebook cover design, web hosting and more. All designed to get your finished product published and making money.
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If you are looking for well written, informative and value for money instructions on how to write your own ebook, whether you want to write 10 pages or 1000 pages, then I believe that this ebook does deliver on its promise to get you to write an ebook in as little as 7 days. The only thing it cannot do is write it for you.
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Hopefully, the authors will collaborate again in the future to write an ebook that will again take the mysteries out writing and publishing on the internet.
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Step-By-Step Tips to Writing eBook,
Writing eBooks can be highly beneficial and profitable - but where do you start? This step-by-step guide will show you how to manage what may seem an impossible task.
Writing information products (eBooks) is one of the most popular ways of starting or developing an online business.
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Why? Because the subject range is unlimited as is the angle or perspective you can bring to a subject. Plus, it can cost nothing except your time to create it. Everyone that has a computer has a word processor (even if it's WordPad) and PDF creators can be found for free (PDF is still the best way to distribute eBooks).
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That said, it is not always trouble-free. How do you get started and how do you manage if you have never written an eBook before?
Step 1 - Why Are You Writing an eBook?
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First, make a list of the reasons you are writing your ebook. Do you want to promote your business? Do you want to bring quality traffic to your website? Do you want to enhance your reputation? All very good reasons but don't make it too obvious. Don't come across as selfish - give something to get something back.
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Then write down your goals in terms of publishing. Maybe your going to sell it as a product on your website, or offer it as a free gift or bonus eBook for your main product to increase its value?
Bottom line is, the more you know upfront, the easier the actual writing will be.
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Step 2 - Know Your Subject
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Next, and most important - write about something you know. This allows you to keep the book flowing, present credibility and shows your readers you have some insight on the subject - and hence maybe something to offer they may not have heard before.
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Step 3 - Where to Begin?
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Next, the hardest part of writing is - starting. When you look at the whole project, it seems like an impossible task. You have to break it down into manageable tasks.
It's no different to anything else in life. Whenever you're faced with a seemingly insurmountable task, there is only one way to approach it. Step-by-Step. Break it down into manageable mini-tasks and see the completion of each one as an achievement to celebrate spur you on. Reward yourself, even if it's only with a break, a coffee or 10 minutes on the games console.
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Step 4 - Get Organized
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The next thing you have to do is to get organized. First, organize your thoughts. There are some steps you should take before you begin. Go through the following list of issues. When complete, you should be prepared and ready to begin writing your ebook.
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Step 5 - Figure out your eBook's working title.
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Why? Because it gives you a focal point. Spend time on it, as it is something you should keep coming back to for inspiration. Always make sure you don't deviate from it. Otherwise you'll end up with an eBook where the contents do match the title. Jot down a few different titles, and eventually, you'll find that one that will grow on you. Think honestly about it. Would YOU read it?
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Step 6 - Write an Overview
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Next, write out a brief overview. Your overview is a short paragraph, maybe two stating exactly what problem you are addressing and how your book will solve that problem.
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Once you've got your overview fine-tuned, you've built your foundation. From that point, your eBook will develop, sentence-by-sentence then page-by-page and finally chapter-by-chapter until before you know; it will be finished.
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Your overview will keep you focused while you write your ebook. Remember: all chapters must support your overview. If there is a chapter that doesn't fit - delete it. For example, your overview could be something like: We've all experienced a weight problem at times in our lives, but I have discovered fourteen proven methods to help you get
the figure you yearn for.
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But if this is what you say, you must give fourteen proven methods. If you don't, you lose credibility with your readers and they will be searching for ways to get a refund. At best, you will never sell them a follow-up product. This is where the real money is on the Internet. Repeat business not a one-off sale.
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Step 7 - Review and Regroup
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Once you have your overview, before you start to write, make sure there is a good reason to write your eBook. Ask yourself some questions:
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* Does it give useful information and is that information relevant today?
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* Will your eBook benefit your readers?
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* Is your ebook interesting - will it keep you reader turning every page to see what comes next?
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You also need to grab their attention early on and the best way to do this is to make them feel that you can answer their problems. After all, why did they buy the book? Make them feel they made the right decision and that you know what you are talking about.
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Step 8 - Start Laying Out Your eBook
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Next, write out chapter headings. You may or may not end up using chapters but it another part of the processing of breaking the job down into manageable steps to tackle one at a time. Breaking the job into smaller tasks (in this case chapters) will make it easier. It's also the way to expand on your overview and see if your chapters address everything. Check - is there something missing that you said you were going to cover?
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Remember - step-by-step manageable pieces.
Writing an eBook is like any other form of writing - be it a letter, a user guide, a report etc - you must know who your target audience is and write to them. This will dictate things such as style, tone, diction, and even length of your eBook.
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When it's complete, you could also use parts of each chapter to create an e-course as a way of promoting it.
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Taking all the above into consideration, you could have your eBook finished in no time at all and ready to promote via your website. You could be well on the way to an Internet best-seller.
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How to Market Your Ebook
Writing and marketing your own ebook is an excellent way to help build your online and/or home business. This will earn you trust and respect and go a long way towards building your online presence.
Writing and marketing your own ebook is an excellent way to help build your online and/or home business.
Being able to offer your own informative, quality ebook will establish you as someone who knows what they are talking about. This will earn you trust and respect and go a long way towards building your online presence.
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People will start coming to you and your site when they need products, advice, support, help, etc. thus bringing you many more customers and or subscribers.
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There are many ways to market your ebook. Some of the best ways are listed below:
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Put your ebook in your sigtag along with a free bonus. The free bonus will attract more people and bring in more sales.
Joint Ventures: Team up with other ebook authors or ezine publishers or webmasters to cross promote each other's products or services. Agree to send referrals to each other and recommend each other's products.
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Use an excerpt from your ebook as an article and submit it to as many directories as possible. Be sure to mention your ebook in your resource box.
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Search out quality targeted ezines and purchase solo or top sponsor ad spots.
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Submit your ebook to as many ebook directories as you can. The more links to your ebook, the better.
Write a keyword rich sales page and optimize it for the search engines with meta tags and page title.
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Offer two or three free bonuses with your ebook. make and offer that is very hard or impossible to refuse.
Ask a few people to write reviews for your ebook in exchange for a free copy. Post the reviews on your site.
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Offer a free report as a lead-in to your ebook. People love free information and if you offer a quality report that gets them interested they very well may want to buy your ebook.
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If you publish an ezine, ask other ezine publishers to swap solo or top sponsor ads. I prefer top sponsor ads but many marketers have said that solo ads get the most results.
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Start an affiliate program and offer people a percentage to sell your ebook. One of the best places to do this is Amazon. For a small fee you can set up your affiliate program and increase your sales many times over.
Offer the first chapter or two as a freebie. Be sure and leave them wanting more.
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Visit message boards or join discussion groups to learn marketing strategies that have worked for other publishers and authors. If it works for them, it can work for you as well.
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As with any marketing campaign, you have to stick with it. Be consistent. You cannot submit to a couple of directories and post to a couple message boards and then sit back and wait to get rich. Marketing is a daily commitment.
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The possibilities are endless as to ways to market your ebook. Be sure and combine many of the strategies for one successful marketing campaign. Be creative and come up with new innovative marketing ideas. Find out what works and get started marketing that new ebook!
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