As the market for ebooks has grown over the past few years,
there have been several major myths developed that could
hinder your enthusiasm for creating that book idea you
have. In a nutshell, let's debunk them now and get you
started on the road to authorship.
Firstly, writing an ebook is NOT difficult. Ebooks are
usually easier and faster to create than regular print
books. One reason is that your average ebook will be only
fifty to seventy five pages long. This in comparison to
hundreds of print pages means you can more tightly focus on
the subject and not have to "fluff" your text with filler
content. Creating a concise outline will help you tighten
up the focus of your topic. Looking at the outline should
demonstrate that each chapter can be considered one article
and that, by working on only one at a time, they can
usually be written in a day. You may initially be surprised
how quickly your ebook comes into existence.
Finding ways to promote your finished ebook does not have
to be difficult either. There are many online ebook
resellers eager to add inventory to their sites and 50%
commissions on each sale. The search engines will help you
find many of them. Clickbank is one of the major reseller
sites. While they do charge a substantial up-front fee to
promote your ebook, they compensate this by having
thousands of affiliates to promote the books they carry.
One item you must be careful to investigate with any of
them is that you are not bound to an exclusive promotion
contract. The more promotional resources you can use, the
more potential customers you will have.
A third myth is that it is always better to do it yourself.
While this gives you complete artistic control, there are
online publishing houses that can offer excellent editing
and proofreading services to aid you in having a well
polished product in the end. They can help with formatting
and artwork to give that professional look and feel. They
will also have pre-made contacts to other publishing and
promotional sites to increase your book's exposure. They
will be able to help get listings and reviews into various
newsletters and online venues and thereby increase sales so
that everyone profits by this cooperative effort.
Finally, never rest on your hoped for laurels. Don't just
sit back and hope for a fortune from one book. Start on
another project as soon as the first is done. No book or
author stays hot forever. Having more in the works can more
quickly have another book ready for sale to those who did
have a favorable experience with your first volume. By
never slowing down you could find yourself with several
high selling books in circulation at any given time and
your name becoming much more recognizable that that of a
one-time author.
So ignore the myths. The quickest way to success is to get
started and just do it. Accept help where it is offered and
live the dream of writing for a living
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Ron Barrett is the owner of http://www.5star-ebooks.com ,
your home for low cost-5 star quality ebooks on the web.
During the launch of the website he is offering six popular
ebooks for free. You can also sign up for 'The Easiest Way'
newsletter while at his site.
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