Comments on: The Comprehensive Paint-by-numbers Guide to Writing and Publishing Your Ebook

By: Mr. I

Mr. I — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 07:18:22 +0000

Lots of resources. It would take more time to go thouroghly. So, I will just bookmark it.

By: Maggi Carstairs

Maggi Carstairs — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:19:01 +0000

What publisher and publishing program is the best for Ebooks?

I have had scores of issues with the books I have written but cannot qute get published properly..

Maggi

By: Mary (MPJ)

Mary (MPJ) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:10:25 +0000

Thanks, so much for this post! You’ve inspired me to start working on an ebook now.

By: Chuck Frey

Chuck Frey — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:17:53 +0000

Mind mapping software is a great way to not only outline your e-book but to capture key ideas and turns of phrase using your program's notes feature. When you export your map to Microsoft Word, your map's topics and sub-topics are converted to headers, and any attached notes become body copy. So you have effectively pre-written parts of your e-book, giving you a gigantic head start on writing the rest of it. This technique is described in more detail here.

By: Beau Blackwell

Beau Blackwell — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:38:00 +0000

This post has some of the best advice I’ve seen out there for aspiring ebook authors. One area that could be expanded would be the promotion of the ebook after it’s published. Full disclosure- I work for ClickBank, which is an affiliate network that promotes digital products, ebooks being one of our specialties. However, there are a number of other similar networks out there.

Joining an established affiliate network can be a great way to go, mostly because it allows you to quickly get a lot of people (potentially thousands) promoting your book for you, rather than taking the time to build up a list or your own affiliate network. Your percentage of the sale after you pay your affiliates will be lower than if you promote it yourself, but you also won’t be paying for advertising costs, which can save you a lot. ClickBank also handles all of the payment processing, security and customer service, so you don’t have to have your own payment processor or deal with customer service issues directly. We also take care of paying the affiliates, so you don’t have to worry about taking the time to pay them yourself.

Even if you don’t choose ClickBank, I would strongly recommend that ebook authors take a look at joining an affiliate network, as it’ll let you ramp up sales of your book very quickly with little risk (since they operate on a Cost Per Action basis), and let you spend more time writing and less time handling the business side of things.

Good luck, everyone!

Beau Blackwell
ClickBank

By: Kathleen Gage

Kathleen Gage — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:37:47 +0000

Excellent post. As you mentioned, most people have no idea how much goes into creating an ebook. With a plan like you outlined, the process becomes much easier.

I especially like the part of determining what the eBook is going to be used for. Sometimes we use them as lead generators, other times as revenue generators or both.

Kathleen Gage
The Street Smarts Marketer

By: Mary@GoodlifeZen

Mary@GoodlifeZen — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:01:55 +0000

@ Mike
You mention Clickbank. Could you please share with us what your experience with Clickbank is? I’d be very interested

@Bruce Houghton
You asked about format. It’s best to make a decision on where and how you’re going to publish your Ebook before settling on a format. My Ebook From Tragedy to Triumph is the format of A5. But that doesn’t fit with some of the US print-on-demand firms like Lulu etc. So I’m having a version done with a different format.

By: Britegate

Britegate — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:38:54 +0000

Mary, this is a most helpful post. It is lucid and focused, and it contains a wealth of information for a newbie such as myself. I think you have helped a lot of people with this presentation.

britegate

By: sdenterprise

sdenterprise — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:39:36 +0000

ooops! I meant to say note pad but I wrote “not pad”

By: sdenterprise

sdenterprise — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:38:19 +0000

thanks for this information, I am just about to get myself a not pad and a cup of coffee and spend some quality time with this post.

I have wanted to know more about ebooks for ages now…

cheers
scott

By: David

David — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:45:42 +0000

I still can’t believe that you don’t have an “email this post to a friend” option on your blog. You often write great posts that I want to send to others. I am not always on my own computer, and of all the people I would have thought you would be top of the list for making it easy to share your posts along with the other options that you list at the end of each one.

Guess you really can be suprised each day :)

David

By: Ryan McLean

Ryan McLean — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:32:17 +0000

This post is amazing!
Really thourough and great solid content.
I am looking to write my first e-book in the next 18 months (as my site builds traffic and readership) and I will definately be referring back to this later to complete my ebook.
Thankyou

By: Mary@GoodlifeZen

Mary@GoodlifeZen — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:29:41 +0000

@Roosh
I had a look at Createspace and it looks good. It’s maybe a bit easier to set up a book at Lulu but that’s outweighed by the fact that Createspace is linked to Amazon. Thanks for bringing this up!

By: hitesh sahni

hitesh sahni — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:09:55 +0000

Excellent guide for writing an ebook to generate passive income.

By: amirulcyber

amirulcyber — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:54:58 +0000

i think this article give me some idea.

By: Daren

Daren — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 05:49:29 +0000

Hi,Selling ebooks is a popular way of making money online, because many people go online in order to find solutions to their problems.

By: Roosh

Roosh — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:01:20 +0000

Oops you forgot about createspace.com, owned by amazon. It’s their answer to lulu with better commissions and a direct plug into amazon’s book store if you are selling a paperback.

By: Christian

Christian — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:52:46 +0000

Great article. Very easy to use steps. Its amazing what the web can help you accomplish these days.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:37:26 +0000

Thank you!! I have a really good idea for an ebook, and especially seeing how the form has started to really take off, it would be a great learning experience to figure out now. :)

By: Mary@GoodlifeZen

Mary@GoodlifeZen — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:34:48 +0000

I’m glad you like the article, guys!
It was interesting to read that Michael Martine suggests writing an Ebook about this. I’m planning to do just that.

@Nick Stuart
This is fantastic information about making an Ebook go viral. I’ll have to interview you for my Ebook :-)

@Everyone
I’d be delighted if you could offer some more suggestions of marketing an Ebook. I]