Can anyone---even YOU---write an ebook?
by
Jim Edwards & Joe Vitale
© 2001 www.7dayebook.com
"Ebooks"
-- electronic books -- are all the rage online right now!
Electronic publications teach us everything from how to make
money, cook delicious recipes or trace our roots to medieval
royalty!
Ebooks are also, without a doubt, one of the *highest profit
items* anyone can sell online.
Have you ever wondered what it takes to write your own ebook?
Well here's
your chance.
Let's briefly discuss the payoff for writing, publishing and
marketing your own "best-selling" ebook.
First, an ebook creates a stream of "passive income" that can
last for months and even years... with no significant operating
expenses such as printing, postage, or warehousing!
Second, ebook
authors enjoy high profit margins from the outset!
Aside from some minor bandwidth and hosting costs, a $29 ebook
sale nets the author a lot more than the sale of "traditional"
book sold for the same price in an offline bookstore.
Third, an ebook
author gets immediate feedback from the market.
You don't have to do a printing run of 5,000 books only to find
out the buyers wanted different or additional information.
You can write
an ebook, start selling it, and make adjustments,
revisions and additions "on the fly" so you can meet the
needs and expectations of your audience immediately -- without having
to wait for the next edition.
Fourth, as an
ebook author you get more immediate gratification
from your work. Let's face facts, nobody likes to wait years
to see their work in print.
It's true. With an ebook you can come up with an idea, write
the book and have it available to purchase online -- sometimes
in less than a week!
Let's take a
look at the questions most aspiring e-authors seem
to ask.
First -- What is an ebook?
An ebook is
an electronic file that contains the text, pictures, charts and graphs usually found in a "traditional" book.
eBooks can range
in length from 1 page to 200+ pages.
eBooks usually
get delivered via a website or email and the buyer then either reads the ebook from their computer screen or prints the material on their computer's printer.
eBook topics
span the same fiction and non-fiction range as traditional
books, however one particular type of ebook sells best online.
But I'm getting
way ahead of myself.
The next questions
most authors seem to ask goes something like
this.
What advice
would you give a new e-author or even an established
author considering writing an ebook?
Every author
must understand that the phrase "best selling author"
applies online more so than the offline world.
The key word
in the phrase -- "selling"!
When you have
a book on the shelves of a bookstore you can assure
yourself of a certain number of sales. A good cover and visible
location in the bookstore mean you have a fighting chance at
making sales.
Online, however,
everyone exists in a vacuum.
In order to
sell your ebook you must first let people know your
book is for sale and what specific advantages they will enjoy
as a result of purchasing it.
You cannot sit
back and expect sales to roll in as a result of
just getting a website or listing your ebook for sale in an online
bookstore.
A number of
proven methods exist for selling large quantities
of ebooks in relatively short periods of time, they include:
~ Joint Ventures
~ Pay-per-click search engines
~ Ezine advertising
~ Ezine articles
~ Affiliate programs
~ Online Bookstores
~ Traditional search engines
~ Online directories
~ Forums
E-authors must
take the time to learn about these marketing methods
and determine which ones will give the broadest exposure possible
to their target audience. an audience eager to purchase their
particular ebook!
Another question
we hear frequently sounds like this.
Do you need
an agent or a publisher for an e-book?
No, in fact
you are usually better off without one!
Successful e-authors
almost always act on their own since the
steps to market and promote your ebook online don't require the
financial or networking power of a traditional agent or publisher.
E-authors can
often make more money much faster by taking their
ebook directly to the public rather than trying to take their
work through more traditional marketing, production and distribution
channels.
The last question
virtually all e-authors want to know.
Do I have to
be a good "writer" in order to author my own ebook?
Again, the answer
may surprise you...
NO, you don't
have to be a good "writer" in order to turn out
your own high quality, highly profitable ebook.
If you can talk
in a conversational tone to others and communicate
your ideas logically -- you can write an ebook.
No doubt about it!
So the moral
of this story?
If you want
to write an outrageously profitable ebook you need
to do two things:
1. Learn how
to *write it quickly* -- and --
2. Learn how
to *sell it* online!
Whatever you
do, don't take years to write an ebook, put it on
the web and expect to make sales just because it is there!
Once the writing
has ceased, a successful e-author switches their
hat to that of "online marketer"!
For more information
on how to write and publish your own outrageously
profitable ebook in as little as 7 day, visit www.7dayebook.com
About The Author:
Copyright © 1999
Jim Edwards, syndicated newspaper columnist, & Joe Vitale, master copywriter, co-authors of "How to Write and Publish your own eBook. in as little as 7 Days"
Available at
www.7dayebook.com
