How to Create, Sell
and Distribute Your Own Ebook
With the rising
popularity of the Internet, there is absolutely no better time than right
now to create your own ebook. Not only is there no better time, but it has
never been any easier for anyone to develop and sell their own products.
Information is the number one best-selling product on the Internet. There
are literally hundreds of Internet entrepreneurs quietly making a fortune
simply by selling information.
The first step in creating your product is to decide upon a subject. Select
a subject in which you have a great deal of knowledge. The knowledge you
have within your own mind is extremely valuable. Simply write about what
you know and teach others how to do the same thing. It's that simple.
Creating an Outline
The easiest way to begin writing is to create an outline. Begin your outline
with an opening statement or Introduction followed by a Foreword. Your opening
statement might tell your readers a little bit about what they are going
to learn or may be a statement in regard to the subject matter. Your Foreword
might include information in regard to who you are, your credentials, copyrights,
and what you want your readers to learn.
Your next step will be to either create a Table of Contents or go directly
into creating your Chapter Titles. If you're writing your information in
the form of a how-to manual, you may want to use a Table of Contents. This
will enable your readers to quickly locate important information. If you're
writing your information in the form of a book, then you can leave out the
Table of Contents and simply use Chapter Titles.
Whether you're using a Table of Contents or Chapter Titles, write your titles
so that when they're read, they tell the story. In other words, when you
scan your titles they will give you a step by step description of what your
information is all about.
Finally, at the bottom of your outline, wrap everything up by including a
closing statement.
Once you've completed your outline you can begin filling in the spaces. Write
your text in small blocks and leave a space between your paragraphs. Select
a font that is easy to read and use black text on a white background. In
addition, write in an everyday language that everyone can understand.
Delivering Your Information
In order to deliver your information to your customers, you'll need to compress
it into a downloadable file, better known as an ebook. There are different
types of compilation methods however, for this example we will focus on HTML
compiled ebooks.
Ebooks or electronic books are self-contained "executable" files of HTML.
This HTML may be a web site you've created or HTML you've specifically prepared
to be compiled into a downloadable .exe file for distribution. When downloaded,
this file will self install on your clients desktop.
Your first step
in creating your ebook will be to turn your text into HTML. Simply divide
your text into sections such as, Introduction, Table of Contents, Chapters,
etc., and create a web page for each. Make sure you include good navigational
links to and from each page you create.
You can include graphics, live links, and almost everything that HTML 4.0
supports.
Once you've created your ebook and you're ready to upload it to your server,
simply create a new directory where you store your HTML files. You can name
the directory "Ebooks" or whatever you'd like. Upload your ebook in binary
mode.
To create a download link on your website, most servers will allow you to
simply link to the address:
http://www.yourdomain.com/ebooks/ebook.exe
If this method of linking doesn't work for you, contact your server administrator
for assistance.
Taking Orders
In order for you to begin taking orders for your ebook, you'll need to have
the ability to accept credit cards. Unless you'd like to get your own merchant
account, the best way to accept credit cards is to use an online service.
The best service I've found is ClickBank. This company will enable you to
accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, Eurocard, and Visa-Debit,
MasterCard-Debit, and Novus cards.
They charge a one-time $49.95 activation fee, and a $1 + 7.5% fee per sale.
There are no monthly fees. The great thing about this company is that over
60,000 affiliates can choose to sell your products for you. ClickBank enables
any web seller to automatically pay sales commissions to affiliates. Clickbank
will bill your customers, pay you, and pay your affiliates a commission.
In other words, they'll run your entire affiliate program for you.
www.clickbank.com
There is absolutely no reason why you can't create your own ebook. Think
about it... Think about some special talent you may have or knowledge you
could share and write about. Creating your own product will be one of the
best business decisions you'll ever make.
Copyright © Shelley
Lowery
About the Author:
Shelley Lowery is the author of the acclaimed web design course, Web Design
Mastery.
http://www.webdesignmastery.com
And, Ebook Starter - Give Your Ebooks the look and feel of a REAL book.
http://www.ebookstarter.com
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