November 17, 2012
How to Make Money Selling E-Books from Home
You may keep a regularly updated blog
already, but have you thought about how to turn your passion for writing into
cash? Or perhaps you love to read and discover new authors. If you enjoy the
written word and are looking for a way to turn this into a lucrative career,
you might want to think about writing or selling eBooks from home. This is a
business that can be run in conjunction with a regular blog, to draw in new
readers and share information through digital publishing. To learn more about
how to
sell
books online, there are a few
factors to keep in mind.
Electronic
Publishing Basics
Becoming an author in the past required
getting an agent, making industry contacts, and having a degree from the right
university. The internet has made it possible to share information on a
widespread level without following these steps. Just as readers can browse
through an endless selection of online articles and blog posts to find
entertaining and insightful content, writers can now share their fiction and
non-fiction through publishing their own electronic materials.
Writing
and Sourcing E-Books
If there’s a subject you’re an expert in
or if you love to write fiction, you may have the basis for an E-book. It’s
best to choose a topic that you think would appeal to the widest audience
possible. As you write your book, choose catchy titles and headings for the
chapters, to draw reader interest and help optimize the eventual marketing of
your book online. It can help to publish chapters or essays on a blog as a
sample of your writing, or to seek out samples of other writers who you admire.
You could then contact them and ask if they would be interested in
distribution.
Creating
an Ecommerce Website
Once you have written your masterpiece
or discovered some new writers you want to work with, the next step is to set
up a viable website to display and market the books. The
best
ecommerce website will be professional
in appearance yet also easy to navigate. You’ll want to provide a clear image
of the book jacket along with a synopsis, any reviews that the book has
received, and biographical information about the author. Think about what you
look for when you go into a bookstore in person. You most likely pick up the
book and study the information on the back cover, or perhaps flip through the
book to look at chapter titles and excerpts. All of this information should be
provided to appeal to your customers.
Other facets of a well-designed
ecommerce site include an easy to use checkout system and secure hosting. If
you make it too difficult to check out, with multiple steps or site
registration, your customers may just leave and look elsewhere on a corporate
site. A crisp design, useful features, and simple checkout system are what will
set your online bookshop apart and help you land those sales.
There’s nothing more exciting than
running your own business. Selling your own writing is even more exciting.
Whether you decide to become an E-book author or simply wish to run an online
bookshop, you may find endless potential rewards in digital publishing.
not a bad idea but i have to enroll on a creative writing course before i could write sensational e-books. 😉
Yey! writing is a passion that thrives in the heart of the gifted few. Though it appear that i am not gifted i can sense the passion, however, time constraint me to cultivate this hunger of mine. (lol) but, seriously, if i find the luxury of time i would consider this craft, maybe in the future 🙂
why not. I just hope that I have time to do this.
This is a very good info! I would love to get my hands on book-writing but I guess I am not as talented as I thought I was 🙂 Anyway, I can pitch my daughter's work though. She loves writing fiction for tweeners involving her love for anime characters. I have been prodding her to monetize her fiction writing and even joked that she can start earning royalties for her ebooks and send herself to college 🙂
That would be a great avenue for those who are gifted writers.
thank you for sharing but i guess before doing this youo have the arm yourself with a good writing skills and style:)
I don't aspire to write a book but I do love to express my thoughts even just in the medium they call "blog" 😉
Running an online bookshop is a cool idea. Bad thing is that I've already donated quite a handful of books in our Public Library here 🙁
that's a good idea and I know some blogger who make more money in e-books.
interesting, thanks for sharing this, i would have not known if you didn't blog about this
An idea I have been toying around for years now, but haven't had the guts to work on. Haha! Someday, someday, that eBook will happen. 🙂
great idea! but I don't think I have that enough talent to write though… 🙂
My friends keep on egging me to write an e-book. Gosh, sabi ko, ano tingin nyo sa akin si Superman. Kidding aside, I like to venture into this e-book stuff but my time prevents me in doing so. Maging Yaya ka ba naman sa apo mo.
great for those who have passion for writing stories and not as expensive when having the books in printed form, nice start, then later have transfer on hard copy when became successful.
I've been really thinking thoroughly about me trying to publish an e-book. Wish this thought will come true! 🙂
You've illustrated good tips and tricks here, Ate! ♥
LOL this would make me wish to have the talent for writing then I could write an e-book. But this is a good info for those who have the skills.
ebooks are really popular now a days, but i still like the traditional way-flipping pages, and smelling it. lol.
interesting, thanks for sharing all these information and tips! i wish i knew how to write better! 🙂 but writing an e-book is really a good idea for writers nowadays! goodluck on you…
This is a great challenge. If only I can write well and has the patience I would venture to this kind of business 😉
I wish I could do or make one but I think that's impossible,hehe!
That's my ultimate dream… to write my own ebook. It takes guts, not just talent, to venture into something like that…
iam happy na writing my blog.. 😛 I don't think i an do it..but its a good idea..