September 3rd 2010

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"The precondition to freedom is security."

-- Rand Beers

Friend: E-Book Publishing Myths!

Good Morning!

Trent Steele here with the latest, greatest goodies and guidance for new and established writers everywhere!

E-books can give you an outlet -- and an income!

They're easy to write, usually shorter than traditional books.

They're easy to promote, and you can often get help by sharing some of the revenue.

They can be compiled from a series of articles.

They can be sold online at ClickBank and other publishing sites.

And they can help spread your name and writing talents far and wide!

Check out this week's bonus article below to dispel some of the myths surrounding the lucrative world of e-book publishing.

Enjoy your week! :)

Keep writing, keep happy --

Trent Steele

Trent Steele, Site Manager.
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Friday Morning Inspiration...

	The precondition to freedom is security.
	--Rand Beers

The most searched-for term on the Internet yesterday was:
Facebook

What short story could you write around a character in this story?
-- Chile miners speak to loved ones for first time

Friend's Recommendations...

Every week, we recommend a series of exciting books and products that we think you'll find interesting. Here's what we have for you this week...

The 10-Day E-Book!

Discover how to write & publish your very own e-book - and use it to earn fame & fortune - in just ten days!

www.10dayebook.com

The Wealthy Writer!

New course unveils the secrets behind writing for the Internet! Find out how to make up to $100K a year writing online!

www.wealthywriter.ws

Instant Book Writing Kit!

A comprehensive book-writing manual that reveals secrets about how to make money online with a book or an e-book!

Amazon - US

Amazon - UK

Self-Publishing Secrets Revealed!

Want to take publishing matters into your own hands? Fantastic guide shows you how to get published - within just ONE MONTH!

www.self-publishing-secrets.com

The Best-Seller Secret!

Find out how to become a No. 1 Best-Selling Author! New book reveals all the secrets to help you reach the top of the list!

www.thebestsellersecret.com

Write ANY Book In 28 Days!

Nick Daws' best-selling course shows you how to write a book in under a month. Packed with tips & tricks to get your ideas down on paper!

www.writequickly.com

E-Book Secrets Exposed!

Takes the mystery out of creating an online bestseller: it's a godsend for anyone who writes or publishes books on the Web!

Amazon - US

Amazon - UK

Book Proposal Secrets!

Got a book inside you? Find out how to GET PAID for writing it -- before you jot down a single word!

www.bookproposalsecrets.com

Nick's Blog: Creative Writing Prompts!

Thoughts from inside the world of best-selling author, Nick Daws.

I was fortunate to be sent a copy of this new downloadable (PDF) guide by Chicago-based freelance writer Bryan Cohen, who runs the website Build Creative Ideas.

Its full title is 1000 Creative Writing Prompts: Ideas for Blogs, Scripts, Stories and More.

My first impressions were highly favourable. This is an extremely well written and professionally produced e-book, running to a respectable 100 pages.

Click here to continue

-- Read the full post by clicking here:
   Review: 1,000 Creative Writing Prompts

-- Read all of Nick's blog posts online at:
   www.mywritingblog.com

-- Visit Nick's writing forum online at
   www.mywriterscircle.com

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Four E-Book Publishing Myths

This morning before breakfast I checked my email and found an extra hundred dollars in one of my accounts.

It was revenue from sales of one of my e-books overnight.

I confess to living in a time zone far from America so a good percentage of my e-book sales come in just like that. During the daytime in North America, while I am sleeping, someone purchases and downloads one of my e-books. An email is automatically sent to me, notifying me of the sale.

Each morning I check in to see what happened overnight. I love to see a hundred bucks there. Or two hundred. Or even just fifty. The income varies from day to day but over a month it all adds up to a reasonable amount.

Many people are unsure if there is money to be made in writing and publishing e-books. Other people are just too afraid to take the first step and get started.

Here are a few myths about e-book publishing.

MYTH ONE: Writing an E-book is Difficult

It's not. Well, it's certainly no more difficult than writing a regular book and in many cases it can be considerably easier.

Consider that the average e-book is much shorter than the average book in regular print. I have seen many successful e-books in the range of 25 to 80 pages and it is certainly easier to write a 75 page book than to fill up 225 pages.

Many e-book authors find that writing an e-book becomes easier if they begin by clearly outlining the structure of their book. They carefully plan out a sequence of chapters. Next, they look at each chapter as a separate article that needs to be written. Many people can write one article within a day, and at that rate, writing an entire e-book doesn't take too long.

If you need some good advice on how to write an article every day check out www.publishyourowne-books.com/articleaday.htm.

MYTH TWO: Getting People to Promote Your E-book will be Difficult

It's not.

Once your e-book is written and published, consider selling it through the marketplace at ClickBank. Besides enabling you to take credit card payments online without having a merchant account with your bank, ClickBank boasts an army of some 11,000 affiliates ready and willing to promote good E-books.

Other e-book publishing partners are also available and there is more information on these at our web site.

MYTH THREE: It's Better to Do-It-All-Yourself

Wrong. Self-publishing is a terrific idea, but once your e-book is written and published you should enlist as much assistance as possible in promoting it.

Partnering with related sites is just one example of how you can do this. If a related site is already selling E-books, offer to let the site owner add your e-book to their selection and pay you, for example, fifty percent of the revenue from each sale. They could simply cut you a check or pay you by PayPal every quarter.

You'll probably be busy concentrating on your own sales efforts, and it will be a pleasant surprise when their payment arrives each quarter with a lump of additional revenue.

MYTH FOUR: After Your E-book Is Written, Just Sit Back, Relax and Watch the Checks Roll In

Bad idea. You should always be working on something new.

Almost certainly interest in your first e-book is going to fall off after some time. It could take years, but it might only take months or weeks.

You will reach a point of saturation after a good number of people in your audience have already purchased your e-book. And sometimes your audience's interest will simply move on to other topics.

By always having more e-books in the development pipeline you should be able to keep several good sellers on the market at any point in time.

Think about the myths. Think about your desire to be a successful book author. Then take action.

Write. Publish. Sell.

David Goldsmith is the author of 25 Ways To Write For Money and a regular contributor to Publish Your Own E-books

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