Ebook (5 posts)

  • Hey guys! So I have come up with a topic for an ebook and I am seeing what market there is out there. I want to write an ebook on how to communicate, generate and operate a small business. I want to sell it for 99 cents. Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated! Also would love to hear any creative ideas for future ebooks.

  • Make sure you create  a version for Apple iBooks, a version for Amazon and a version for each major point of sale. Build hyperlinks into the book to push people back to your website.

  • If you’re going to distribute your book on iBooks, you’ll need to get approved. That’s expensive. So instead of a direct push, use a third party like “Smashwords.” My publishing company (my side line business) uses Smashwords to generate all ebooks.

    If you are unsure how to do formatting for Smashwords (it’s difficult even after you practice), you can send me a private message and I can connect you with some of the people we use… they do charge though, but I feel that their prices are reasonable given the work that they do. And, it means you aren’t frustrated trying to understand the automated system errors that get sent to you by Smashwords when your book doesn’t format correctly.

    Jason

  • @mikid15

    Since @richardmclaughlin & @jasonreilly gave you some good suggestions on platforms, let me just say that the topic you discuss may be a bit broad to get my attention.

    I feel that ebooks are best suited to help people with a very specific problem. I.e., “Communicate, Generate and Run a Small Biz” seems like a book that needs to be about 500 pages long! If I saw it on sale for $0.99 I’d be pretty suspect.

    If it was an ebook on:

    • 10 Things You Need to Know About Incorporating Your Small Business
    • How to Hire Your First Employee
    • How to Write a Small Business Mission Statement That Will Generate Business, or
    • How to Handle Non-Paying Clients
    Those would grab my attention more, could be shorter, and you might consider charging more.

    Just my .02!

  • Thank you guys so much for all of your knowledge! I really appreciate it. My next question is what’s the best way to get a really good list of people to send out to? I have a few right now but I want a lot of people to update. But maybe does this just come in time?


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