Ebook Publishing

The Future is Now

Ebook publishing: Self publishing's future looks like this

If we've learned anything from the recording industry's travails, it's that the digital revolution is a game changer. How you adjust could determine whether you have a future in writing.

Many self publishers think only in terms of a hold-it-in-your-hands book. Others are publishing electronically in addition to their hard copy efforts. And some are publishing exclusively in digital form.

It's tempting to publish in a form where profit margins can approach 100%!

Of course, people ascribe less value to a book in electronic form. They know ebooks cost less to produce. They know they can't hold on to it. They expect it to be cheaper. And - at least when it comes to non-fiction - they wonder whether information of the same quality can't be gotten for free just by performing the correct Google search!

That all makes ebook publishing a challenge. But not as much of a challenge as selling a book to someone who no longer reads them!

An ebook publisher, I mean ebook self publisher, has an array of options open to him or her. You can host the book on your own site. You can self publish an ebook in Kindle form through Amazon or advertise it on your site and then sell it in pdf form through Clickbank.

Each way has its merits and requires different things out of you. But there are two things all successful ebook publishing has in common...

1. You have to create a sense of value about your book
2. You have to drive traffic to the page where people can buy it

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Have you published an ebook on any subject whatsoever? Share your experience!

You'll get a link to your site as well as to an Amazon listing for your book (if there is one).

Write as complete and helpful an account as you can! (These self publishing stories will be rated.)

Tell everyone how you went about it! Share just how you're getting the word out about your ebook.

Please note: Your account should be about your experience, NOT about how wonderful your book is! Promotional material WILL be rejected.

Ebook self publishers share their experiences.

Aviation Text Books 
When a fellow pilot and friend (Oleg Roud) came to me with an idea for an aviation text book for aircraft transition or type training, I didn't realise ...

Catechism Ebook Publishing 
Hi Steve! I'm another SBIer who has really benefitted by being able to build a website to sell our products.

Thanks for the link, here's the story....

Questions on ebook formatting 
Self publishing a book has been a wonderful learning experience. (Read John's original post, Redneck Novel .) We started a publishing company with the ...

E-cookbooks match food and wine 
I've had a book/ebook about matching food with unusual wine varieties in preparation for many moons... it still is, I'm retired and I no longer have time ...

Printable Children's Books 
Self publishing printable children's books

My self publishing adventure began with stories I wrote for my daughter.

My screenwriting career was ...

Children's Book Ideas Ebook Package 
An author's unique angle on children's book ideas

My websites talk to me.

That can happen when you have a website with a lot of traffic. Your ...

Publishing an e-Book 
Genre: Health/Skin Care

Hi all,

I am a beginner publisher and wanted to share what I have learned about the publishing an e-book with those of you ...

Flower Arrangements Made Simple 
Genre: crafts and hobbies

Being a retired Federal Employee and housewife, I do not profess myself to be an author. So I toyed with the idea of where ...

Beatles eBook 
The Beatles' Real Secret Message

I recently took out my old Beatle albums and started to listen again. Many of the ideas I had in the 1960's started ...

Printable Coloring Book Self Published in 2 Days  Not rated yet
Publishing a Printable Coloring Book

It so happens that I'm a publisher.

Ask Google AdSense ! They call someone with a website a publisher. And ...

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