Look out for:. This will depend on the format of your ebook, but some things you may want to consider are:. You may find that you need to move around a few sentences or paragraphs in order to make the quote, example or case study work well. Rewrite any sentences which sound clumsy or which are ambiguous.
You might like to try reading your ebook aloud: this often highlights any over-long or complicated sentences! Did you start off chatty but then drop into a more formal style? Now that the text is complete, go through and get everything into the right format. Choose a modern, easy-to-read font for your text and for your headings.
This might include:. You could also put your name, your copyright notice, or the URL of your blog. Professional ebooks and paper books!
Word will automatically lay out the table with the headings, subheadings and page numbers. This is the table of contents from my ebook:. In my ebook, I wanted to supply some ideas for further reading at the end. Look through istockphoto or fotolia for a great, eye-catching image. You might want to enlist a friend with a good eye for design, though some quick tips are:. When I first started creating ebooks, I tried out a lot of different free options for turning Word documents into PDF files.
I realised that spending hours trying to put the links back in manually each time would cost me a lot more, in the long term. This will be just as good for your purposes, and will cost a bit less than the latest.
You could also see if your workplace or college has Adobe Acrobat. Or ask on Twitter to see if a willing friend can convert it for you! If anyone knows, do tell us in the comments! Try not to get tempted to do much editing at this stage … you could carry on tweaking for ever. Publishing the ebook on your blog is easy, compared with all the work of creating it!
Then get the word out! Tweet about it, ask for retweets, send emails to blogger friends — though do make sure your ebook will be on-topic for their blog. You might even consider writing a press release to send to your local paper. Finally, give yourself a well-earned break! Get yourself a glass of wine, a beer or a mug of great coffee … and start thinking about your next ebook. Very well explained and step by step post.
You got me thinking of creating my own ebook. The table of contents idea was great. Keep up the great work. I look forward in reading more of your posts. Thank you very much! Every ebook should have a table of contents, even if the ebook is short and deals with a narrow topic. The table of contents should be as thorough as possible. Include both chapter headings and subheads.
These should serve as signposts that guide the reader to the material they want to know about. But, you want them to decide to do that on their own. Your ebook will have more value to them because of it. You have a lot of flexibility while creating the table of contents for your ebook.
Just make sure everything is arranged in the right order and that the contents include your keyword plus other synonyms for it being used in a natural-sounding way. Ready to start your ebook? Once your table of contents is in order, write a few sentences under each heading and subheading about that particular topic.
This will help keep you from straying too much from the topic at hand. The next step in writing your ebook is researching it. But, if you can see from your table of contents that you need to find more, now is the time to get it done.
Start with your favorite search engine and then move on to Amazon. For offline research, conduct interviews as much as possible. Ask for referrals and seek out members of your audience through the forums and social pages. You can also post on classifieds websites like Craigslist.
If you have a bookstore near you, go there to see what books and magazines they stock that can help with your research. Check for the same things at your local library, too. After proper preparation, writing your eBook will come easily.
And, you can write your ebook by simply building on your table of contents, if you want. And be sure to use synonyms to keep your writing interesting and avoid too much repetition. Everything you write in your ebook should support these two goals. Now, if you have a budget, you might consider hiring someone to edit your work. Plus, writing and editing are two different skill sets, so a professional editor might do a better job than you can. Or, you can do it yourself.
If you go this route, wait a few days to get started. We already have access to bloggers who have a decent following on social media sites like Facebook and Twitter so their testimonials worked as social proof. Most of them have gone through the eBook and sent honest feedback which we later included in our landing page. As we just mentioned above, traffic from Facebook converts well if you have an engaging audience.
We often share a ton of techniques around SEO and affiliate marketing and most of the bloggers frequently ask questions around profitable blogging. Our FB group really helped with our eBook promotion. In fact, we used the group from product validation to taking ideas, promotion, blogger outreach and so on. It definitely helps you with more eBook sales and user engagement.
They work great if you have an epic product. Make sure to target the right audience to improve your ROI. As you can see above, within a few days, the ad was generating great results in terms of user engagement in comments, shares, likes etc. If you want to get SEO juice link juice to your eBook landing page, you should find and add internal links from relevant blog posts.
We not only added the eBook landing page link in relevant posts but we also answered a couple of relevant questions on Quora to promote the eBook.
We also have an exclusive YouTube channel for Bloggers Passion where we added links to the eBook landing page. It helps with both SEO and traffic. An email list can send you higher conversions. We generated a decent number of sales from our email list. An eBook is the electronic version of a printed book which can be read on a smartphone, laptop or tablet. In fact, you can store thousands of eBooks in one device such as your smartphone, Kindle device, tablet etc.
Knowing your target audience helps you a lot in finalizing an idea for your eBook. You can also use the following to generate eBook ideas in They wait for the perfect day. Take action today. If you have any more questions on creating your first eBook, ask them in the comments. Anil Agarwal who owns Bloggerspassion.
View all posts by Anil Agarwal BloggersPassion. Great Article Sir I want to know that which tool you use for creating you ebook. If possible please create a video on this topic. Great Article Sir jee I want to know that which tool you use for creating you ebook. It can be difficult for me to quiet my mind. I have so much going on. You have mentioned everything that needs one needs to know about writing a good ebook that gets huge sells.
Thanks Anil Sir for sharing this detailed guide for those who want to launch their own ebook and want to make a handsome amount of money. Some of the links to products on this blog are affiliate links. Product Selling. What is an ebook? What are the helpful tools to write an ebook?
Here are some of the tools you can use to create an eBook from scratch. How to come up with ebook ideas in ? Anil Agarwal Anil Agarwal who owns Bloggerspassion. Rajan Chaudhary says:. Niraj Kumar says:.
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