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Writing and Publishing eBooks Made Easy #01 - Introduction to Creating eBooks
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Article Overview: Here are some of the advantages of being an eBook writer: You have total control over your work. You are your own boss, you decide what, when and where you will write, and no publishing company or editor can put you on a deadline.
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Writing and Publishing eBooks Made Easy #01 - Introduction to Creating eBooks
Here are some of the advantages of being an eBook writer:
You have total control over your work. You are your own boss, you decide what, when and where you will write, and no publishing company or editor can put you on a deadline.
You make 100% of every eBook sale and your eBook will sell 24/7. Even when you're sleeping, people will be able to buy and download your book from your website.
You decide where to promote, and how much you spend on advertising costs. You can create as many eBooks as you like, and start selling them the next day once you know how to do it.
eBooks are easy to distribute, and you have almost no costs to cover. Once your eBook is finished, you can make it available to the whole world by putting it on a web server.
If you can accept credit card payments on your site, you can start making money. You can also let other people promote and sell your eBook, by setting up an affiliate or reseller programme.
Does this sound attractive enough to you? I hope so but how do you get started?
Now, before you say: "I can't write an eBook, because I never did a writing class, and I have nothing to write about", listen here.
ANYONE with a passion about a subject that he or she likes can write. You just need to be persistent and determined and you will succeed.
If you know a lot about dogs, gardening, football or whatever you care about, you have... KNOWLEDGE! and knowledge is what it takes to write!
Sharing knowledge is a very profitable business on line, because info-products have proven to be the best selling item on the Web. Just as in the publishing world, non-fiction sells best.
People always have a need for information, and if you can provide it to them, by teaching them how to do things better, you will be rewarded.
It does not even have to be original - cooking recipes, quotes, jokes, local history - these are all things you can compile rather than apply original writing to.
You can even write about a subject without being an expert, or without doing much study work.
If you use newsgroups and discussion lists to ask other people what they do to succeed in their business, you can write from their ideas.
Believe me, in no time you'll have a chapter or even an entire book to share with the world. So stop being lazy and get on the keyboard.
A word of WARNING: don't just copy and paste other people's words. This is NOT allowed, is unethical and could land you in court regards copyright.
It's better to write in your own unique style about how their tips and ideas have helped you, and if you like, you can give the people the credit they deserve, or list your research at the back as a bibliography.
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- I'm always looking for ways to improve my writing skills, so I was just wondering if anyone could recommend a good copywriting or copyediting book?
I was actually thinking of reading "The Copywriter's Handbook : A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing Copy That Sells" by Robert W Bly [u:w3cg00nn]OR[/u:w3cg00nn] "The Copyeditor's Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate Communications" by Amy Einsohn. Would anyone know if these books are any good?
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Re: Niche Marketing for success
- Hi GT - This year I am focusing on health related information and products. I've been a student of internet marketing for several years now and I have applied quite a few strategies to my own websites, all related to rug making and training. In doing this I have seen very good results.
I've decided that it's time to devote more energy to other pursuits. So this year it's health related, specifically alternative treatment strategies for cancer, diabetes, heart disease etc... We're teaming up with an expert in the field as we produce info products on these diseases.
My challenge: I need to understand the structure of how this is going to come together. This is the plan so far:
[i:3fmss38r]- ebooks or reports? average 100-200pgs
- Avg cost 15.00-25.00 for books or 7.00 for reports?
- Goal is to produce 10 ebooks or reports in 2009
- Sell eBooks through click bank accts
- Article Marketing - 10 articles per book / report... Maybe more?
- Affiliate program participation selling other products?
- Physical products - there are about 30
- Life Plan - continuity program in place
- Cross selling strategy in place
- Social marketing strategy
- Blog
- Am I missing something here?
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As each ebook is produced it will have a 4pg minisite. Each site gathers subscriber emails. Question - Is there an easy way to funnel all subscribers from all mini-sites into one main database for larger broadcast emails?
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Top 19 Copywriting books
- 1. Ogilvy on Advertising. David Ogilvy. Wiley.
2. Positioning: The Battle for your Mind. Al Ries and Jack Trout. Warner.
3. The New Positioning. Jack Trout. McGraw-Hill.
4. Tested Advertising Methods. John Caples. Prentice-Hall.
5. How to Make your Advertising Make Money. John Caples. Prentice-Hall.
6. Guerrilla Advertising. Jay Conrad Levinson. Houghton Mifflin.
7. Direct Mail Copy that Sells. Herschell Gordon Lewis. Prentice-Hall.
8. Sales Letters that Sizzle. Herschell Gordon Lewis. NTC Business Books.
9. Herschell Gordon Lewis on the Art of Writing Copy. Herschell Gordon Lewis. Prentice-Hall.
10. Romancing the Brand. David Martin. American Management Association.
11. The Art of Writing Advertising: Conversations with William Bernbach, Leo Burnett, George Gribbin, David Ogilvy, Rosser Reeves. NTC Business Books.
12. Confessions of an Advertising Man. David Ogilvy. NTC Business Books.
13. My Life in Advertising. Claude Hopkins. NTC Business Books.
14. Scientific Advertising. Claude Hopkins. NTC Business Books.
15. How to Become an Advertising Man. James Webb Young. NTC Business Books.
16. The Lasker Story as He Told It. NTC Business Books.
17. Advertising Concept and Copy. George Felton. Prentice Hall.
18. The Copy WorkShop Workbook. Bruce Bendinger. The Copy Workshop.
19. Hey, Whipple, Squeeze This: A Guide to Creating Great Ads. Luke Sullivan. Wiley.
This should keep you busy for at least a year.
Enjoy!
Re: e-Commerce and e-Payment providers
- When I came back to Japan in 1999 I sometimes used to ask my students if they would buy anything on the Internet and at that time most thought it was too risky. I'd encourage them to try by using well known sites such as Amazon.co.jp and also pointed out that using a credit card on a reputable site was safer than using it at a restaurant.
I can't remember the last time I had that discussion or when the "tipping point" occurred in Japan.
To answer your other question, I use Paypal for several reasons:
1. Brand familiarity
2. Easy to use
3. Free to withdraw 50,000yen+ to my Japanese bank account - a huge benefit (but maybe other systems also offer that...?)
4. Easy to cancel subscriptions
On the down side, their transaction fees are quite costly, they are difficult to contact and when disputes arise you can sometimes lose even when you can prove via your tracking service that the disputed item was "delivered" to the customer's address!
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