Sunday, September 11, 2005
If you ever thought about writing an ebook, read this!
Here's an article from Jim Edwards and David Garfinkel. I think you'll
find it very interesting if you've ever thought about writing, creating, publishing and selling your own ebook.
Regards,
Walter Bowman
Walter Bowman
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Let's Get One Thing Straight About Being A Published Author
(c) by Jim Edwards and David Garfinkel
- All Rights reserved
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Just for fun, evaluate the following statement:
"Most people want to write a book and get it published, but
that's simply impossible 99% of the time."
Is the above statement true?
Not exactly. What's true is that most people THINK they
can't write a book and get it published.
And while that's a widely-held belief, just the opposite is
true.
In fact, it's easier to write and get published today than
ever before - especially thanks to the ebook "revolution."
The field of ebooks is literally wide open for all who are
interested - including, perhaps, you!
What does it take to write and publish your own ebook?
Three things:
1) A TOPIC you are interested in that others would also like
to know more about.
2) The DESIRE to get the ebook written (note - you can write
it yourself, but you don't have to. There are other proven
and simple ways to get your ebook written and published for
you.)
3) A simple, one-page, "sales letter" WEB SITE to sell the
ebook.
Does it take a lot of money or any special aptitudes?
Oddly enough, not really. You have to be willing to take
action, certainly, and learn as you go, but there are no
special educational, financial or talent requirements to
become a successful ebook author.
The truth is, it costs very little to get started. You can
get a domain registered and online for as little as $9 to
start and $6 a month for website hosting.
In fact, there are actually six ways you can create an ebook
without ever writing a word of it - so you don't need to be
a skilled writer. We'll tell you about one of them,
in-depth, right now.
Think of a topic you know something about that you'd like to
write an ebook on.
Once you have that topic in mind, then all you need to do is
write a list of questions other people would pay to get the
answers to... give that list to a friend... have the friend
call you on the phone and ask you those questions... record
the call... have the recording transcribed... and edit the
transcription!
Presto - you've just created a "meaty" ebook fast!
(Yes, it *really* is that simple!)
By the way, if you don't want to transcribe or edit the
ebook yourself, you can get both of those things done for
you for surprisingly little money... as little as a few
hundred dollars, total, in many cases.
That's how we wrote one of our most recent ebooks.
As authors ourselves, we came up with a list of questions,
got on the phone, recorded the answers, and had the entire
4 1/2 hour conversation transcribed.
Using this phone call - transcription - edit route we
created an ebook in about a week. It cost us a total of
$163 to produce it. (We hired out the transcription, and
did the editing ourselves.)
So far we've spent *zero* money on advertising and, as we
write this article today, we've sold over $91,924 worth of
that ebook in less than 15 months!
We're not unique in that way. We know many others who have
successfully published ebooks - including another small
publisher who has uses this exact same method to create
dozens of ebooks.
If you can clearly understand a specific problem, want, need
or desire of a large enough target audience and then create
a publication that helps them get what they want, you stand
to make a lot of money and help a great number of people at
the same time.
If there ever was a "golden age" of publishing, NOW is the
time.
The truth of the matter is, today anyone can become a
published author with an ebook in less than a couple of
weeks. Between us, we have 15 ebooks online and we're
making money every day, even as you read this.
You can do the same. Opportunity awaits you right now.
It's never been easier to seize the day and go for your
dream - become a published author!
--
Jim Edwards and David Garfinkel are co-authors of "eBook
Secrets Exposed," the authoritative resource for making a
lot of money quickly writing and publishing your own ebook.
Guerrilla Marketing series author Jay Conrad Levinson says,
"If ever there was a 'must-read' for this century, it's this
book." For more information...
Click Here
(c) by Jim Edwards and David Garfinkel
- All Rights reserved
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Just for fun, evaluate the following statement:
"Most people want to write a book and get it published, but
that's simply impossible 99% of the time."
Is the above statement true?
Not exactly. What's true is that most people THINK they
can't write a book and get it published.
And while that's a widely-held belief, just the opposite is
true.
In fact, it's easier to write and get published today than
ever before - especially thanks to the ebook "revolution."
The field of ebooks is literally wide open for all who are
interested - including, perhaps, you!
What does it take to write and publish your own ebook?
Three things:
1) A TOPIC you are interested in that others would also like
to know more about.
2) The DESIRE to get the ebook written (note - you can write
it yourself, but you don't have to. There are other proven
and simple ways to get your ebook written and published for
you.)
3) A simple, one-page, "sales letter" WEB SITE to sell the
ebook.
Does it take a lot of money or any special aptitudes?
Oddly enough, not really. You have to be willing to take
action, certainly, and learn as you go, but there are no
special educational, financial or talent requirements to
become a successful ebook author.
The truth is, it costs very little to get started. You can
get a domain registered and online for as little as $9 to
start and $6 a month for website hosting.
In fact, there are actually six ways you can create an ebook
without ever writing a word of it - so you don't need to be
a skilled writer. We'll tell you about one of them,
in-depth, right now.
Think of a topic you know something about that you'd like to
write an ebook on.
Once you have that topic in mind, then all you need to do is
write a list of questions other people would pay to get the
answers to... give that list to a friend... have the friend
call you on the phone and ask you those questions... record
the call... have the recording transcribed... and edit the
transcription!
Presto - you've just created a "meaty" ebook fast!
(Yes, it *really* is that simple!)
By the way, if you don't want to transcribe or edit the
ebook yourself, you can get both of those things done for
you for surprisingly little money... as little as a few
hundred dollars, total, in many cases.
That's how we wrote one of our most recent ebooks.
As authors ourselves, we came up with a list of questions,
got on the phone, recorded the answers, and had the entire
4 1/2 hour conversation transcribed.
Using this phone call - transcription - edit route we
created an ebook in about a week. It cost us a total of
$163 to produce it. (We hired out the transcription, and
did the editing ourselves.)
So far we've spent *zero* money on advertising and, as we
write this article today, we've sold over $91,924 worth of
that ebook in less than 15 months!
We're not unique in that way. We know many others who have
successfully published ebooks - including another small
publisher who has uses this exact same method to create
dozens of ebooks.
If you can clearly understand a specific problem, want, need
or desire of a large enough target audience and then create
a publication that helps them get what they want, you stand
to make a lot of money and help a great number of people at
the same time.
If there ever was a "golden age" of publishing, NOW is the
time.
The truth of the matter is, today anyone can become a
published author with an ebook in less than a couple of
weeks. Between us, we have 15 ebooks online and we're
making money every day, even as you read this.
You can do the same. Opportunity awaits you right now.
It's never been easier to seize the day and go for your
dream - become a published author!
--
Jim Edwards and David Garfinkel are co-authors of "eBook
Secrets Exposed," the authoritative resource for making a
lot of money quickly writing and publishing your own ebook.
Guerrilla Marketing series author Jay Conrad Levinson says,
"If ever there was a 'must-read' for this century, it's this
book." For more information...
Click Here
