How Can You Make Your Ebook Sell?
OK, if you are going to attack e book publishing seriously, then you need to understand the difference between a few simple terms:
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Publishing an ebook is not the same thing as marketing an ebook.
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Marketing an ebook is not the same thing as selling an ebook.
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Selling an ebook is no guarantee of wealth.
Got all that?
Publishing an ebook simply means you are making it accessible to the masses for purchase.
Marketing an ebook means you are creating an awareness of its availability and value.
Selling your ebook means you are actively exchanging your ebook for money.
Getting rich is about marketing your ebook more and more aggressively to the masses, and the masses buying it.
That said, there are a few things you need to do to position your ebook for sales:
First, you must realize that if you have a creative work of fiction like a novel, the chances of it selling in large volume and making you wealthy and famous are very slim indeed. If you have an informational product that will appeal to a target audience, your chances of sales success are greatly improved.
Second, you must realize that your ebook, no matter how wonderful it is, will not sell itself. If you are an unknown author, people do not know you even exist. And if they do not know you exist, then how will they ever find your ebook? You must promote yourself and your ebook aggressively and voraciously, and once you pick up some momentum, continue the aggressive promotion.
Third, you must have an ebook that appeals to the masses. There is more bad fiction out there than you can imagine. So many people fancy themselves writers. So many believe they have written the world’s greatest novel. So many believe they have a unique story to tell. The truth is most of their books are not original, not well written, and will never sell.
Fourth, if you decide to market an e book, you need to make it easy to find, easy to read, and easy to purchase. Then after the purchase, you need to stay in touch with your audience and build an extended family of readers. If you are loyal to them, they will remain loyal to you and continue to purchase your future ebooks for years to come.
I advise you to stop here before moving on, and reread this Introduction. Once you have these thoughts ingrained, feel free to move on to learn more.
Why Do We Write?
That’s a question I often asked my students. Why do we write? We write to share our hopes and dreams, our aspirations and fears, and our ideas and knowledge.
Not everyone is a natural born writer.
Some have the desire, but not the mechanical skills and abilities. Some lack the breadth and depth and richness of language. Others simply believe they have a story to tell, but in reality they lack a voice of their own and the quality of content.
Not everyone was born a writer.
This does not mean they cannot be taught to write well. Anyone can acquire the skills to do so. When I was lecturing, I encountered many students for whom English was their secondary language. Perhaps they were great communicators in their native tongue, but making the transition to English, with all of its innate complexities, was possibly the biggest challenge of their lives. My job was to help them to discover the words to verbalize their thoughts, and to show them the basic constructs of combining those words to form the written sentence. And from those sentences came incredible observations about the world around us -- and many wonderful stories.
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But Don't Know How To Sell It?
Are You Tired of
Editors' and Publishers' Rejections?
Do You Want to Avoid Spending
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