How to Write a Profitable eBook and get it Published all Free
Today I'll share with you the very simple strategies, how to write a profitable eBook and get it published. I will cover both, how to get started if you're not a writer and how to if you're a writer with a wealth of existing content. First and foremost let me clearly answer the question what is an eBook?
The name is short for electronic book. These magical wonderful eBooks are executable HTML files. What is HTML you ask? The meaning of HTML is Hyper Text Markup Language, it's a computer programming language used to write Internet content used on the web. It's truly a simple science you will either understand and utilize or come to understand as you gently and naturally work your way through it's many uses.
This HTML content may be from a web site you've created and manage for marketing purposes, your own library of written content or fresh new material written either by yourself or an author paid to write your book.
You may have started this with the intent of one day compiling it into a down loadable file for distribution. This is where the eBook function comes into play.
The beauty of this being when purchased the eBook file will self install itself onto the buyers desktop. This ebook will be rich with your links providing a direct path bringing the reader back to your work over and over again, can you say traffic, or better yet, can you say profitable traffic?
The biggest difference between conventional books and eBooks is the ability of the eBook to interact with the reader. These electronic books include links, animation, and embedded video, audio, graphics, forms, JavaScript and more.
The eBook is an electronic visual adventure. This is a great tool as it has been determined the majority of people learn better and absorb more knowledge when it is presented visually. The eBook is just that, visual and audio, a great tag team of learning and growth.
Most importantly the eBook is a marketing tool to bring the reader back to more of your relevant and existing content. You build a following with an eBook product creating an endless reach.
I feel the eBook maybe your strongest marketing tool creating a circle of your work taking the reader on a virtual tour of everything you've built. They will no doubt along the way find other points of interest. Gone are the days when you wait and long to see your picture on a circulated book, with eBooks you are in control of your coverage. Your face could soon be all over the net.
It can take the conventional method as long as two years to get a manuscript published and to print. This is the case only if you’re among the lucky few to receive a letter inviting your work to be published. You know the drill. On the other hand eBooks can be published and for sale on the market place in as little as weeks.
The stats are in and eBooks are now outselling printed physical books, while I knew this day would come many are still scrambling to learn the facts about the electronic world of eBooks. If your an Internet marketer, content provider or free lance writer, you will need to be among the ranks of those both knowledgeable and published in the eBook community.
You may not be a great writer and yet you're building your own personal Internet Empire. You too need to take advantage of the eBook evolution. There are many advantages to the eBook market which allows you to prosper financially, those of which we'll get into further along in this report, you will want to tap into these tools.
You Can Create Great eBooks even if You Can't Write
· Professional writers can be hired at a very fair price.
· There are also writing coaches available that will help you along the process.
· Write with passion about what you know and love while studying the techniques of writing.
· Write how to do it yourself tutorials about topics you’re knowledgeable of and love.
Note: Much of the content you've already created can be re-purposed.
Creating an eBook from Existing Content
· First take one of your articles or a collection of related articles and convert it into a pdf ebook. A good ebook should be anywhere from 7 to 14 pages, if a marketing book, if a short story or other this varies greatly, a good book or story should only be as long as it takes to tell a great story well and with out fillers as in trying to make it longer.
· What about duplicate content you say?
· Copy the files you intend to use to create the eBook and go to work editing the work and retooling it to shape itself into a book.
· Don't copy word for word and yet use the material to build chapters of your book as doing so rewriting the material.
· Your work is your work and your ebook on the related subject matter will be expected to be in your style, voice and related to the material already written.
· The connection is expected in terms of content.
Lets Get Your eBook Created
· One very crucial thing to do with your article or related collection of articles is to add live links directing the reader back to your blogs, pages or landing pages.
· You'll also want to consider including a promo add at the end of your book sending readers back to squeeze page, profile page, all the related hubs or website.
· Once completed you will need to convert your material to an eBook.
· Visit free online services that provide the conversion of a word document into a pdf ebook.
· Two good ones are pdfonline.com/convert-pdf/ and you youconvertit.com/ConvertFiles.aspx
· Head over to one of these sites and simple upload your document and convert it into a pdf.
· A copy of the eBook will be sent to you in your email, how much simpler can it get?
Note: I have a great free tool for you that will easily guide you through the process of making easy hyper links. You will need two things;
· The written key words or phrases within the content in which you’re creating the link.
· The URL of the related materials link you’re sending the reader to.
· Have both available to you and open this site up in a different window.
· easyhyperlinks.com
· Where it reads target URL, delete the existing http://www.
· Head back to your content by switching to the tab opened there.
· Copy the url of the place you want to send your reader to.
· Head back over to easyhyperlinks.com and paste the url into the target url space.
· Come back to the content, copy the text you want to convert to the link.
· Paste the content into the display text space or box if you will.
· Hit or click on the construct link button.
· Hit or click on the test link button.
· If it takes you to the site or URL you intended you’re golden and ready to move to the final step.
· Copy the HTML code and bring it back to the original text your creating for your book.
· Highlight the text you want to convert to a hyper link, click the add link icon in the tool bar.
· Once it opens copy the HTML code into the box and save.
· You will now see a beautiful hyper link and you can now proceed filling your eBook with more.
Creating the eBook Cover
· Next you’re going to need to create a great cover for your ebook.
· You can get a great ebook image done for you for a mere five dollars over at fiverr.com
· Once you get to the site go to the graphics section.
· You will find many advertisements from those who are willing to create your ecover for five dollars.
· Check out the covers your interested in.
· Research the feed back or ratings and reviews left by other customers.
· Pick a person with a great looking product you like that is getting great customer reviews.
· This is a quick and easy way to have your ebook cover made for you without stressing over the details.
· Remember to look for someone with good feedback and ratings.
· Again they will send your eBook cover to you via your email address.
Submitting your eBook for Publishing
· You now have your ebook and cover.
· It is time to submit your ebook.
· You'll want to submit your new ebook to three different sites.
· Three great sites to submit your newly designed ebook to are;
· e-library.net
· getfreeebooks.com
· free-ebooks.net.
Review these sites reading the guidelines and instructions for submitting your ebooks for free. Once you've learned the ropes you can simply submit and watch your new eBook be born.
This strategy will generate killer traffic in three easy steps;
· Convert articles to pdf ebook
· Have your email book cover created at fiverr.com
· Submit your ebook to the three top ebook directories online which are;
1. free-ebook.net
2. getfreeebooks.com
3. e-library.net
It's been a pleasure to teach you the simple strategies on how to write a profitable eBook and get it published all free. I do wish you every success and leave you with my favorite sentiment, "break a pencil"
Katie McMurray
The author of this publication, Katie McMurray owns the copyright to How to Write a Profitable eBook and get it Published all Free. The rights to publish this article in print or online can only be granted by contacting me the author in writing. You may use the intro and link back to the article directing the reader back to my post here WroteItDown where they may find the story in it's entirety.
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