All Blog Posts Tagged 'ebooks' (389)

E-books are an amazing product that has multiple uses. And, it can be created for FREE, or for a very minimal amount. What else can you create that costs only your time and effort, and sells for whatever the market is willing to pay?

1. Create content

The first step is to create your content; this can be done as a simple word document. The content can be anything you think your readers or target market will want or need. In addition, it can be any length you…

I highly recommend the following list of books to help promote and generate social media marketing buzz and (ultimately) revenue for your written works. After procrastinating, and working an extra [part-time] gig, I committed to purchasing at least two per month. It was a gutsy call, but the investment in ones dream is always well worth it!

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Writer's Block... How to beat mental lock down!

Nine months ago you came up with a great idea for a romantic comedy  that you pitched to a publisher who was willing to print it.  Like any labor  of  love, you started  this project off with a  mountain load of  enthusiasm, formulating a  clever storyline filled with colorful characters and witty  dialogue. Three hundred and  fifty pages of manuscript…

Authors Helping Authors presents tips for marketing ebooks on Kindle

Today I read an inspirational story about a writer who is self-publishing his way to success via Smashbooks, "an e-book publishing and distribution platform for ebook authors, publishers and readers." Brian S. Pratt, writer of fantasy novels and single father of 3, is, as Smashwords founder Mark Coker put it, "the future of publishing."…

Busy! Busy! Busy!

What's new? And who isn't busy?

The majority of eBook authors are part-time writers. There are very few professional writers making their living writing non-fiction eBooks. In most cases, the eBook author is a professional with a full-time business or career to run or the author has an interest about which she/he is passionate and is using the eBook as an expression of that passion.

Finding the time to write an eBook among all the other demands made…

I have begun publish ebooks via Smashwords.com. Dark Bites is a horror short story collection focusing on the classic creatures we love to fear: zombies, vampires, werewolves, ghosts and

more. In part 1, "Windy City of the Dead," Crow needs to get out of Chicago fast with just her wits and any weapons she can find. But between her and escape are hordes of brain-chomping…

In our ongoing research to understand and provide technology updates for you, we submit the following on ebooks.…

This blog was created to help the many writers understand that they really need to look outside the square.

Authors need good practical advice about book marketing because it is different to regular marketing and cannot be treated the same.

When authors come to me most of them are totally unaware of how the publishing industry works and how difficult it is to actually sell books. Most have never researched the facts before they begin their project. Usually, because they love…