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That’s right – how to write your own ebook and sell it online.
Yes, You can write your very own income producing ebook
In case you’re thinking, “but I have permanent writer’s block, or I am no good at selling things”, No worries – I am going to show you how to do it; right here, right now.
First you will need to decide what topic you can write about.
Choosing a suitable topic will often be the toughest step you will encounter. You must take time and make the decision carefully about your topic. Take a few minutes to brainstorm the topics.
What are some areas that you know more about than everyone else you know? Pet training? Capentry? Backyard Photography? Image Editing? Imagine the ebook “How to Train Your Dog to Stop Biting in 60 Days or Less” or “How to Refinish Your Own Kitchen Cabinets – At Almost No Cost” or “Everything You Need to Know About Image Editing” or “How to Program Your Computer Like A Pro”.
Try to make a list at least 5 different things you are skilled at. Once you have this list, simply plug in the area of expertise and the benefits into this formula: “How to ___________ so that ___________”. For example: “How to Teach Math so That Your Child Does Better in School”, or “How to Insulate Your Home to Save on Your Heating Bill”, or “How to Grow a Vegetable Garden Indoors”. This will become your title.
Now that you have this done, write down ten things you know about that topic. Arrange them either in chronological order or in the order someone should learn them.
For example “How to Buy Your First Digital Camera”:
1) How to decide what features are right for you
2) How to choose which camera manufacturer
3) How to choose the best camera for a budget
4) How to use your camera like a pro
and so on (I do not know much about digital cameras, but if you do, finish the list and then write the book)
Once you have come up with your list of several focal points (or more if you need them), next you will need to think of at least 6 sub headings – things that a person would do to learn what you are discussing in that topic.
To see an example, sticking with the digital camera ebook:
How to decide what features are right for you
1) The most common feature you will need
2) Advantages to having specific features
3) Disadvantages of different features
4) Can too many feature be too much
and so on.
Now it is time for the next hardest part, the actual process of writing your new ebook. Notice that by now you have at least 50 or more really selective sub-categories about which you will write about. Now you will try to write around 500 words about each sub-category. If you determine that the mini-topic needs to have any more than 500-700 words to get your point across; then by all means break it into multiple headings. Don’t worry about organizing the book – besides you have already spent time organizing the entire book in the beginning, remember? Make sure to write about each area.
You do not have to cover these themes in any given order, just write the section you are the most comfortable with. Once you are done writing each topic, double-check it (have someone else proofread it too) and then get ready to publish your new ebook.
Once you are finished the ebook, you will have to convert it to a PDF File. There are a number of PDF conversions programs available online, or you can use the one from Adobe.
The next step will involve getting a website and a sales page. Don’t let the words ’sales page’ scare you. You can literally create a sales page from your list of key points and sub-topics that you already had before you started writing the ebook. Simply write a letter letting the reader know what they will be learning from your ebook, and again, have someone else proofread your sales letter too. That letter should contain the following criteria:
A brief description of your ebook’s contents.
A list of what the reader will learn to apply through your ebook.
Any testimonials about how your ebook has helped someone else.
A guarantee.
A link to some form of payment processing, like Paypal, Clickbank, or some other processing method.
Now you can upload the page to your web site, write a few articles about your area of expertise, and submit these to online article directories that have a readership that matches your targeted reading market of your ebook. Make sure to include a link back to your sales page, and watch the traffic add up!

Writing an e-book is not as difficult as it may sound – in fact, anyone can do it! Most people write Ebooks for marketing purposes, for example, to spread the news about their website or product promotion. Of course,Ebooks are also a great idea for any author who cannot get published the traditional way.
So how do you format an e-book yourself if you are not working with an online publisher that usually handles all the formatting issues for you? Luckily, it’s very easy to prepare a manuscript for Ebook distribution. Most people use Microsoft Word and then convert the file to PDF format.
The Majority of e-books are sold in Adobe Acrobat’s PDF file format, however, the designing of your Ebook will first be done in Word (some people may have to use Pagemaker or Quark for more complicated designs containing illustrations).
The good news is that you don’t have to own a version of Adobe Acrobat to convert a Word file into a PDF format. At the same time, owning the Adobe Acrobat program will allow you to add neat features to your Ebook, such as hotlinked URLs, forms, and pages imported from other programs. This gives an ebook a higher quality appearance. Adobe costs about $200.
The Design
A good Ebook has to be well designed and well organized – you don’t want it to come off looking cheap and unprofessional. Fortunately, it’s very easy to use the features available in Word for proper formatting.
Page size. Ebook pages are usually between 5×7 and 6×9 (5.5×8.5 is the typical format). Set the custom page size in the Page Setup menu of Word.
Margins. Use the Format: Document command and set margins to at least three quarters of an inch on all sides. If you want to include a header or footer in your Ebook, set the top and bottom margins a bit larger. Turn off the Mirror Margins option as well.
Headers and footers. Your Ebook should have a running header at the top of the page for most people this is the book’s title and the page number. Input this information flush left, flush right, or center. There are a few different combinations, so choose something you like. It’s recommended to use a smaller font for the header/footer and italic or bold to make it stand out a bit. Make use of the Border command to create a line between the header and text this comes out looking quite nice.
Font. Stick to standard fonts such as Times, Times New Roman, Century New Century Schoolbook, or Palatino. Arial or Helvetica are a good choice for chapter headings and subheads. As far as size goes, use 11 points for the main text, and 12-14 for subheads. Test the fonts you’re considering before making a final choice to find a winning combination some fonts look better on the screen than when they are printed.
Formatting is rather easy, so don’t let it intimidate you. Play around with Word and your Ebook will turn out great.

Estimates now indicate that ebook sales have surpassed both the audiocassette and the audio CD in consumer preference. Ebooks are also ranked second only to traditional book publishing in current sales.
From an entrepreneurial standpoint, one of the greatest difficulties in looking at revenue producing ideas is to arrive at the party early enough to see the largest return on investment. The truth is ebooks may have been the best entrepreneurial choice in 2004, but as sales continue to climb ebooks are still an incredible investment tool.
Ebooks are one of the least expensive ways to publish and the end result is not reliant on a very fussy editor. You are able to retain an incredibly large portion of each sale; a percentage that far exceeds standard book royalties.
The ebooks being produced today do not conform to a single topic or style. They run the gamut from non-fiction to poetry, and children’s to fiction.
While it is true that anyone CAN develop an ebook it is equally true that not every ebook is a best seller. Many individuals see ebooks as an opportunity for wealth development, but either don’t spend enough time developing the ebook, they lack the skills to write or they have chose a topic that is either overdone or holds little interest in the market.
Many non-writing business owners have worked with freelance writers to develop a product on their behalf. This is done on a write-for-hire basis. In essence an author will draft the ebook contents and the business owner will assign their name to the finished product having purchased all rights to the work from the author.
In this way the business owner can be reasonably assured they have a product the consumer is interested in purchasing and stands the best chance of not only returning the cost of development, but can go on to produce additional and long-term wealth for the owner of the work.
Some authors have seen as much as $6,000 monthly from the sale of popular ebook titles. When you consider that ebooks can be placed on a website and transactions can take place without your involvement it becomes easy to see this type of business opportunity as a great business opportunity with minimal maintenance.
Ebooks can easily be an added feature to an existing business. What’s more, they can also be spun off in an affiliated agreement scenario where your title is available on other sites with a portion of the sale going to the affiliate and a portion to you as content owner.

What if you could get the toughest part of writing your ebook completed in just 5 minutes? Imagine being able to sit down and bang out a report of substance with just a short amount of time.

The “5 Minute Authoring Technique” is all about creating an information product for your niche market in as short a time as possible. Now, I’m not going to claim that you can write the “great American novel”, but you are going to be able to rapidly produce quality information in an accelerated time.

You must also realize, that this technique works best with a very specific topic or niche in mind. You must focus on your topic and pinpoint it like a laser beam during surgery. So, if you’re ready to write your first ebook using the “5 Minute Authoring Technique”, let us begin …

Preparation: Take out a pen and paper, or launch your favorite word processor. The ideas are going to come fast and furious so you need to be able to get them down as quickly as possible. Be sure not to edit anything at this point. Keep an open mind and let the process work, regardless of how ridiculous things may seem or even how bad they may seem.

You also need to start with a very specific topic in mind. Your topic must be narrow enough to keep your focus and complete your project quickly.

Minute 1: We are going to start with a headline for your ebook. When you do this exercise I want to you to think of all the magazine headlines you see when you are checking out at the grocery store. Magazine editors are masters of creating excellent headlines. They have just minutes to convince you to drop their publication into your cart and they do it through the headlines on their covers.

Write down every single headline you can think of regarding your topic. Use headlines like: “5 Ways to Get Your XXX to X”; “The Secrets about X that They Don’t Want You to Know About”; “Make X Like a Superstar/professional”; “Do You Know The Dangers Of X?” and so on.

I personally like list type headlines because they offer you some real direction in the next set of steps. However, you should be creative and write down everything that comes to mind.

Minute 2: For the next 60 seconds you are going to review your headlines from step 1. Pick the one that best meets your goal in publishing your ebook. For me this is sometimes nothing more than reading the headlines out loud and getting a real “feel” for them. One or two will generally jump out as being better and more exciting than the others.

Once you’ve found the headline or two that you’d like you can correct any grammar or reword it to suit your needs. You might even find yourself combining multiple headlines into one, or into one main headline with a sub-headline. This is perfectly fine. Take this reworked headline and put it on a page by itself.

Minute 3: Now it’s time to brainstorm at least 3 and as many as 10 descriptive sentences to back up your main headline. Again, with this step you don’t wan to edit anything – just write.

Your goal in this minute is to generate as many ideas about the arguments you will present, the topics you will use to support your claim, or the items you want to describe in your book or report.

For example, let’s say that I’ve chosen the headline “5 Reasons Why You Must Publish Your Own Ebook”. Since this is a list-style headline I would come up with the 5 reasons I stated. These should be basic, one sentence sub-headlines that support the main headline. I might include something like: “Be a recognized expert in your field”; “Promote Your Affiliate Products”; “Attract visitors to your website by giving away your ebook for free”; “Increasing your revenue through ebook sales”; and “Generate revenue through back end sales”.

Minute 4: Now, for each of the sub-topics you have written down in the previous step, you should write at least 2 supporting sentences. Make these short.

For the topic of “Be a recognized expert in your field” I might jot down a couple of sentences like “Experts sell more products”; “Experts get quoted”; “Experts get links back to their websites”; “Experts attract search engine traffic”.

Minute 5: Now, take one minute to simple edit and polish the items that you have written down. By now you should have a page or two of excellent ideas in an organized, almost outline fashion, that you can work with.

However, since we weren’t editing our ideas before, now is the time to clean things up a bit. Cross out the lines that you don’t like. Add new ideas if they strike you. Combine ideas or headlines to make new ones.

After this exercise you will have the basis for any good informational product. Your task now is to simply flesh out the items you have in your list. As little as two or three brief paragraphs about each item can quickly fill several pages and give you a concise, yet substantial ebook that you can promote.

Remember that people pay for quality, not quantity. So, if your ebook is just 10 or 20 pages long, but filled with truly useful information, then people will gladly pay for it.

Use this 5 minute technique to jump-start any ebook, article, or report that you need to publish. It’s a technique that has worked for me over and over again and makes the writing process go quickly. It helps overcome writer’s block and produces excellent results in minimal time.