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Here’s an interesting way to put goal-setting — a critical success factor — into play. — EES

Unedited Guest Article by Ethan Evans

Not long ago I was having dinner with a high school acquaintance who works for the local electric company. I joked that I hadn’t paid for electricity in years. I explained that sales of an eBook that I was marketing to people who had hemorrhoid discomfort covered the cost of my electric bill every month. I quickly realized that talking about hemorrhoid discomfort while we’re having dinner was a bit awkward. But if you’re interested in making some money on the Internet, this is an important lesson.

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The article’s a bit rough, but the info’s good. Obviously good cover design is critical. And for free ebooks usually distributed for “viral” purposes and/or to help stimulate sales, internal design and layout is critical as well. But for ebooks you sell? The customer won’t get to look “inside” until s/he’s already paid you. Ergo, the customer’s already converted (past tense). Yeah, academic, but if you’re flying solo, this realization may help you focus scarce resources appropriately to get your product out there quicker and cheaper. Besides, for digital infoproducts, who said you couldn’t tweak the internals as needed? That’s my tip for the day: Focus on the criticals, fulfill the basics adequately but work at getting the product out and selling fast, then tweak as you go along. — EES

Unedited Guest Article by Kieren Moran

For those who wish to make the conversion rate of their digital product or newsletter rise, I have listed here some very important ebook design tips that you’ll need to apply.

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You all know the basic ebook publishing business formula — write and publish an ebook, put it up online for sale and instant download. That isn’t the only way that ebooks can be used, however, to help you generate income. Here are a few other ways that quickly come to mind:

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I’ve been messing around with ebooks for who knows how long. Most certainly since before the Web. From massive plain text files disseminated on BBSs (bulletin board systems) to DOS executables to even Windows Help files, I just had fun futzing around with all that “new media” stuff back then. Fun, yeah, but if a writer friend asked me whether ebooks were worth publishing in a business sense, it was plainly obvious they were no go’s.

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You Cannot Be Afraid of a Future That You Help to Create
Unedited Guest Article by Jean Sheldon

Though I have been a proponent of publishing in every form, I now believe the future belongs to paperless books, and hopefully, nature. If you’re an older reader (as am I), holding a book in your hands is part of the great joy of reading, but that is changing and we need to change with it.

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15 Creative Ways to Use Ebook Graphics
Unedited Guest Article by Anne Goodrich

You’ve put your heart and soul into creating a great ebook or digital product and had a great cover designed. Don’t under utilize it! Here are some fresh ideas for getting more mileage and advertising out of your ebook cover design:

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Unedited Guest Article by Ethan Evans

So let’s assume you have a full time job and and wondering if it’s really possible to make money on the Internet selling eBooks. That’s a fair question because it might seem impossible.

I was in that situation not that long ago. I had a full time job, and wanted to start making some extra money on the Internet. Now, at the time, I wasn’t really sure how to do that, and so for a long time I stumbled around trying to figure out what to do. Let me save you a lot of time and trouble by highly recommending you consider making money on the Internet with eBooks.

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Unedited Guest Article by Donnalee Jemmison

If you are naturally talented and have a knack for writing, and if you have useful knowledge in any specific area that will attract the attention of online users, then you meet the criteria to have great chances of making a lot of money online by writing and publishing your own niche eBooks. Four easy steps are outlined below:

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The 4 Steps to Cash in on Niche eBooks
Unedited Guest Article by Edward Magee

Have a flair for writing and have a specialized knowledge that may be of interest to others? Then you may just have what you need to make a huge amount of money by publishing your own niche ebooks. Below are 4 steps that explains how:

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Unedited Guest Article by Fabien tan

The one question you must ask before deciding to create an ebook is — what topic is your ebook going to be about? Right now, maybe you feel that you don’t have enough knowledge to sell products online. Don’t worry, sooner or later you will acquire the required knowledge.

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Unedited Guest Article by Dorothy Zjawin

So you’re thinking of writing about a topic that has droves of interested people, such as dieting. Only problem is that you really could care less about dieting. After all, you hardly do any dieting yourself and don’t care about others who diet. Yet you have found that they and thousands of fellow dieters are buying ebooks about dieting by the truckload…. And that those who write ebooks about dieting and dieting-related topics seem to be making a lot of money.

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Unedited Guest Article by Stephen R. Beck

If you are looking to increase the online profits you are currently generating from your PDF ebooks or ebook publishing business, there are several strategies to help you do this. The key is to figure out what your profit points are in your business and what you can do to increase them.

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Unedited Guest Article by Dorothy Zjawin

Time to write that ebook at last! You’ve decided on a chapter to write first and type, “Chapter 1″ (or 2 or 3 or 4) and move on to writing that first sentence. You have a good idea of what you want to say, but somehow, the words refuse to come out. How can you get past that block and trick yourself into writing that chapter and all of the other chapters, minus the hassle?

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Unedited Guest Article by Ethan Evans

It’s time to create an eBook. How many pages should it be? Let’s say 40 pages. Not too long, not too short. I’d highly recommend you never try and sell something that’s less than 35 to 40 pages in length and call it an eBook — it’s probably more aptly referred to as a report. So here’s how you create an eBook in 4 days.

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Unedited Guest Article by Ethan Evans

Nobody wants to waste their time and energy creating an eBook that flops. It’s not only demoralizing, but has the potential to permanently dissuade you from ever trying to make money as an eBook publisher. Here’s a quick and easy way to ensure that any eBook you create has a the highest probability of selling well. Be forewarned, this might sound a bit boring. But keep in mind that this is a tested formula that has worked for me in a variety of niche markets.

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Unedited Guest Article by Takuya Hikichi

When writing an ebook, many writers struggle with adding content. There is no rule that an ebook must be longer than certain length, yet some people feel that an ebook must contain certain amount of topics.

However, what matters is that you’ve covered everything in your ebook. To this effectively, here are some tips that will guarantee that you include everything you want to say in your ebook AND adding greater page numbers.

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Unedited Guest Article by Judy Cullins

First, think a short book. How to write eBook chapters starts with writing only 3-5 chapters. Your audience wants their problem solved. They want how to’s, short and easy. Audiences don’t have time to read 200 page books. Think an eBook for easy delivery. Your audience can download from your website.

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Unedited Guest Article by Dorothy Zjawin

When I wrote my first ebook, I found that spending a little more time on its title and table of contents allowed me to speed up writing its chapters. Chapter titles helped me to stay on track and write better explanations. There was no need to repeat earlier facts or add fluff to expand the number of pages in given chapters. In the end, the ebook’s title and table of contents matched. That is, the title and table of contents supported each other.

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Unedited Guest Article by Dan J. Kuschell

You’ve probably noticed how many free e-books are floating around out there in cyberspace. You might be wondering why so many people seem willing to part with hard-earned information and great ideas without receiving any payment for their efforts. What is the deal with this freebies?

It might seem strange to hand out one’ hard work “for nothing”, but a closer examination of how free e-books are actually used shows us that there is a method to the madness. And it just so happens that this particular method can be a very lucrative method.

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