Ebook Creation For Illiterate

Prologue
Dear reader, I would not have believed it if I hadn't done it for myself.
You can actually write an ebook without actually doing the writing. Because
of an interesting legal twist, you can hire a writer, and then when the writer
is finished, you own the complete copyright to the work. If it sounds too
good to be true, it almost is!
But there's something else that's almost too good to be true: having
an ebook written doesn't cost near what it costs to have a hard cover book
written. It's actually pretty affordable for someone who plans to recoup their
money with ebook sales.
One more almost-too-good-to-be-true fact: ebooks often sell for the
same price that a traditional, hold-it-in-your-hand, book would sell for!
No writing, no problem!
Let me tell you a little about my story. As the Internet began taking
over the world, dollar signs flashed almost constantly in the back of my
mind. I did some research to see who was making money from this
evolution. I ran across import companies, search engines, web-sitedevelopment/
hosting companies, and auction sites. That was a year ago.
Now, more than ever, the Internet is starting to define business. People are
actually paying for and downloading songs for their listening pleasure.
People are researching, planning, and booking entire vacations online.
People who love information are inhaling the Internet. Information is
everywhere.
Of course that presents a bit of a dilemma. Information overload. Part
of the problem with researching the Internet is the information you glean
during your surfing is highly if not completely unorganized. You do a Google
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search. You notice there are thousands of pages relevant to your search
terms. So, you narrow your search by adding a word or two. Now you're
down to several hundred pages. And you start clicking on them, one after
the other.
On to the next problem of up-popping popups. Darn those things. By
the time you close all the windows, you may have very well forgotten why
you sat down at the computer in the first place.
Even on sites without pop ups, you really don't know what exactly
you're going to get or whether or not the source is reliable. So, the Internet
is like a feast with some of the options being spoiled. Yuck! But the buffet is
intriguing, so most of us tend to return to try our luck again and again.
Anyway, all this got me to thinking, what about ebooks? Yeah, sure,
you can read Charles Dickens on a computer, but I'm talking about ebooks
that teach, in a nonfiction sort of way. If I could put a few good ebooks on
the web, then maybe people who wanted to learn about a topic could read
an entire book from a reputable source online.
So I tried it. And guess what? At first I didn't have much success. But I
dusted myself off, studied, tried again, tried again, and tried again.
Eventually, through trial and error mostly, I stumbled on a formula that
worked!
This book was born well after all of that, but I think it's high time I
share my experience. There's plenty of room on the Internet for everyone.
Climb aboard!
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Chapter 1
--How to select a great topic--
It couldn't be easier to select a topic for an ebook. People are hungry
for information, and people are looking to the Internet to feed their hunger.
After you've read this chapter, you will feel confident enough to choose your
own topic, or you can literally pull your ebook topic directly from this ebook
and use it! How's that for a deal?
Observe what's going on around you
If you're smart enough to read this book, you're smart enough to look
around you and determine what interests you and those around you. Think
of what problems you've recently solved, and what kinds of problems others
have had and solved. Any problem that has been solved in your world could
easily be the subject of your next book. People love to read how other have
solved a problem that they currently have.
So, brainstorm a list of problems in your life and in the lives of those
around you. Your friend Bob lost his job? Your sister's child had chicken pox?
How did they cope or find solutions? While you're at it, start another list of
unsolved problems evident in your corner of the world. Write down problems
you wish you had solved. Aha! These are subjects that people will really be
interested in! How to lose the last ten pounds. The truth about UFOs. The
straightest path to becoming a millionaire. From your personal corner, your
step-granddaughter is pregnant at age 14? Your grocery bill is double what it
used to be? Your roof leaks? These are problems waiting for ebook solutions!
These unsolved problems would...