Creating a successful ebook can be easy if you follow the right formula to meet the needs or wants of your target market. You don't need to be an author or writer, just know your subject, know your market, and everything else can be done for you.

If you have a story to tell, a hobby you can share, special knowledge or experience that could help others in life, you have the foundations for producing an ebook.

Your ebook can create a new income stream for your website, offering ebook downloads or multimedia CDs with sound video and text as well as DVDs. Read about Multimedia Presentations to see what you could include in an ebook.

For an overview about Ebooks: why people buy them; converting documents to ebook products; using ebooks for promotion; using ebooks as ‘bait' to build a subscriber list; plus more information - visit our Ebook Publishing page.

The Steps to Take for a Successful Ebook

Identify a niche market (people who need you). These are a highly defined group of people you can easily identify online, with a common interest or problem. Find something you are passionate about, where you share the interest with your niche market.

Research and analyze what they want. Join forums, chat rooms, ezine lists, bulletin boards, newsgroups, etc, to learn what they want or what their problems are.

Write a book that satisfies their wants or solves their problems. Write about ‘How to' accomplish something they want to get done and provide the information in an organised, logical ebook format. Your ‘niche' market will pay to avoid hours and hours of research.

Market the book to your niche market . Know the keywords used by your target market, how they refer to the subject, and any other hints or tips you have picked up during your research.

The Best Topic or Format for Ebook Creation

The best topic or format for an ebook uses the “How To” approach. It works so well online because people go online to find information they can use – fast.

If you can talk and explain things in simple step by step terms – you can write in a style that creates a very effective “how to” publication.

You just need to be able to explain things to people in a conversational tone, in a way that people feel comfortable and which allows them to understand and use your information.

Tip

Use a word processor (Word or WordPerfect). If you can't type, use voice recognition software, or dictate into a tape recorder and use a transcription service. If you want to have a go yourself, read “ How to Write and Publish your own Ebook – in as little as 7 days ”, by Jim Edwards and Jo Vitale. If you have an idea and prefer not to do it yourself, we can do it all for you from start to finish, or work with you to create your ebook from your own material. Learn more about Content (including content development services) and Copywriting .

Ebook Categories and Topics

There are unlimited categories and topics suitable for ebook creation. For example:

Categories

Guides (How to do things)
Tips Booklets
Interactive Training
Collections or Samples of documents, pictures, ads, templates
Statistics and Trends
Audio Interviews with celebrities or experts
Reference Manuals or Handbooks
Resource Lists
Product Reviews
400 page Novel complete with illustrations
5-page Specialized Report focused on solving a particular problem
Short Stories

Topics
Where there are common interests or problems (your niche market) you will find material for an ebook. For instance, common interests are of a general nature such as:

Cooking
Property (Real Estate)
Music
Health and Lifestyle
Family Pets
Children
Gardening

Problems are more specific and might be solved by ebooks such as:

50 quick and easy recipes for campers
How to save money when selling your house
How to project manage a self-build home
How to play the piano in ten easy steps
How to write and sell short stories
How to exercise your eyes and improve your vision naturally
How seaweed can make you healthier
101 Ways to improve your self-esteem
How to care for exotic pets in the home
How to persuade your children to eat healthy food
All you need to know about growing Cannas
How to Garden by Moon Phases

Getting your Ebook together

Once you have your content pages and any other material you want to include in your ebook, this will need to be set-up, a cover design added, and an interface for navigation through the book. Your ebook will also need to be converted to the appropriate ebook format – either PDF or Compiled HTML.

Learn more about ebooks on these pages:-

Ebook Set up, Cover, Design and Interface

Ebook Compiling

Ebook Editing

If you already have a draft version for an ebook, we offer a text editing service, as below:

Ebook Editing

Ebook Editing: Text editing the content of the Ebook to improve the layout; appearance or grammar. For only £11.99 per hour

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We Can Do It All for You

If you have an idea, outline, files or any other material which could be used for an ebook, we can assist you in planning and developing an Ebook which can be sold through websites or given in the form of CDs. You can have all the work done for you, including research, content creation, set-up, cover, design, interface, compilation and even marketing. You may have printed material you want to use, and this could be typed and formatted for your ebook. You may wish to include interactive facilities, audio or other multimedia effects – whatever you want, we can do it for you.

All you have to do is Contact us , give us your brief, and we do the rest. Ask for a free quotation, or if you know what you want simply…

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