BOOK PROMOTION IDEAS For Authors - 3 Tips After You Publish Your Book
How To Publish Your Way To Success
Did you know, self-publishing is one of the easiest ways tomake money on the web. Of course, it requires talent,but it's easier to learn than you might think.
Choose a subject that interest you. Select asubject you enjoy or want to learn about. As anexample for this article, we will use "Computer Tips."
Okay, next collect the information to put in thebook about "Computer Tips". A good idea to collect tipswould be to use your own knowledge, contacts, friends, onlineassociates, family members, even neighbors.
Contact everyone you know who owns a computer,ask them to share their favorite computer tips with you.
Tell them if you use their tip you will include their name in the book.
After several contacts you should have acquired a stack ofsolid information.
Now, it's time to start sorting the information andseparating it into categories. For example beginner tips,hardware tips, software tips, online tips, troubleshootingtips. Place each category into it's own file. Each of thesecategories will be the chapters in your book.
Next, begin composing your book on the computer. Don't panic!
It's not that hard. Write a brief intro. Write your name andcontact information, any copyright information, a briefdisclaimer. Publishing date, origin of publishing.
Remember all those tips you collected. Select the besttips of the lot. Now break that down into brief chapters.
Now end the book with a pertinentending sentence or paragraph. Your name, contactinformation and a link back to your website.
Now the book is ready to publish.. You've read everythingand checked for misspelled words or obvious grammar mistakes.
You are now ready to see the final result of your hard work.
If you publish online you will need an ebook creator, whichcould cost anywhere from $29 and up. Or you might decideto search online with Google or Yahoo for "free ebookcreation software" and download.
Download the software and take it for a test drive.
Follow the instructions on setting up your files andpublishing.
If your ebook is less than 10 pages you might decide tocall it a report. More than 10 pages would classify as aebook.
Well, alright now. Let's sell that book and make a profit!
One good idea is to call all the people who offered you tipsfor your book. Price the book around $20.00
Sounds like a deal! Especially for people hungry for helpfultips from a savvy computer expert like you.
Offer all the contributors a discount on your new book. Maybea 50 percent discount. Everyone who contributes would certainlylove to have a copy with their byline (name) included. This iscalled ego stroking sales tactics(works for me!)
Have a website? Offer the ebook to all your website visitors.
Set up a sales page advertising your book along with orderinginstructions. You will want to set up a shopping cart to handlesales. Or alternatively use a service like pay pal or clickbankto handle sales without the hassle of needing a merchant account.
Note: Although clickbank cost money to host your book you willattract affiliates who will eagerly sell your book. Thistranslates to more profits.
Also, consider contacting ezine owners online. Offer them a freecopy of your book in exchange for advertising space in theirpublication. Visit online ezine directories and search for ezinesin a similar category as your book. Contact the editor withpertinent details.
It's amazingly easy to create your very own book online. There's nohidden secret to publishing. So called publishing guru's want youto think they have the answers or insider secrets. For most ofthose on the Internet the so called secret is just a good ideaand a way to reach targeted customers.
Every person reading this article has a book inside of them! Thinkabout it. Everybody knows something about a topic that other peoplewould pay good money to learn about. You can be sure!
So, what are you waiting for. Get Busy! Pick a topic, gather theinformation, process it. You'll be a published writer online.
Others will think of you as their writer friend. You'll be ableto strut your stuff with a certain pride. Yup, I'm a writer!
And place that on all your emails, letters, stationary, andbusiness cards.
