"There's a book in everyone. We all live a life of unique circumstances and experiences that results in building a body of knowledge... knowledge that has value and that can be packaged and sold to others
You have total control over your work and you can be your
own publisher, distributor and bookshop owner all in one.
You can sell an Ebook on your web site.
Create a useful Ebook, adds your URL in it, and people
will visit your web site over and over again.
You can advertise your products or services in it.
People like reading information in a nice layout.
You may give it away as a bonus for purchasing your
product or service.
You can sell advertising space in your Ebook.
Submit your Ebook on all freebie sites and get seen by
thousands, if not, by hundred thousands.
?You can make good money by selling the reprint rights.
But what if you have nothing to write about?
Don't worry. You don't have to be an expert to write about the subject of your interest. In fact, you can write about everything without doing much study work by using newsgroups and discussion lists.
Just ask your questions in the newsgroups related to your subject, and
wait for the other newsgroup members to provide you the answers.
You then compile the responses, rewrite them, and in no time you'll have a chapter or even an entire book.
Sell your Ebook via Clickbank
Clickbank is a service that lets people accept credit card payments on
line, without having to pay for an expensive merchant account.
It's very easy to setup your account, and in no time you'll be able to accept all the major credit card payments via your web site.
Tom Hua compiled an Ebook; "Working with Clickbank". The book provides fool proof step-by-step instructions on how to set up everything you need to work with Clickbank. It is very helpful for anyone who wants to use Clickbank at their web site.
You can download it and resell it or give it away,
create an article from your Ebook, and submit it to the E-zines!
Once you have created your Ebook, you can type up a well written and condensed version of the information within your Ebook as an article and submit it to all the Ezines in your target market.
Many Ezine publishers are constantly looking for quality information, and will be eager to put your article (if it's important and well written of course) in their publication to inform their audience.
A few rules to follow
if you want to have people buy, download or read your Ebook, there are a few rules that you need to follow.
I wrote a special article called: Things to do before you distribute your Ebook on the Internet
Tips and tools
As a writer, you need to constantly improve your writing skills and techniques.
The following links will help you with it.
The Internet Writing Journal
the World of Writing
4-Writers
Skyrocket your sales with a great cover.
Once you have finished your Ebook, you should create a stunning cover for it. A well designed cover will make your book sell twice as much.
But what if you don't have any graphical talent to do this?
Well, here are a few resources that you can use to create a breath-taking cover for your book or software program.
Just think about this:
The life of an author is a great life. Or wouldn't you love staying at home everyday, avoiding the rat race, and getting paid good money (and lots of it) just for sitting in front of your computer- thinking, reading, writing and marketing your own ideas and/or products?
I know, I do :-)