Creating Your Own eBook to Sell

By Carl Galloway

As an Internet Marketer you probably know that most of the money to be made online comes from creating your own products instead of selling other people's product. If you know how to write software you could create an application that is in demand and sell that, but if your expertise is in writing, then why not create your own eBook and sell it.

ClickBank makes it really easy to sell your own eBook, and with their large pool of publishers and affiliates your eBook could be making you thousands of dollars a year, or thousands of dollars a month very quickly. All you need to do is create a killer concept that customers want to buy, price it so that affiliates wants to sell it, then build your sales page and (hopefully) watch your profits soar.

To begin with your own eBook project, first make sure you have all the tools or help you're going to need. You'll need software for creating your eBook, the free OpenOffice suite is a very capable word processor similar to Word, and allows .pdf creation directly from within the program.
Next you'll need software or a designer who can put together a book cover in several sizes, a big size for regular print paper, then smaller sizes for your eBook sales page, and maybe some smaller versions that can be used inside banner ads. After all you'll want to give your affiliates the tools they need to sell your eBook, most will want standard sized banners for their own websites.

The process of brainstorming and writing your eBook is more difficult and relies on your expertise and ability to write. You could employ a ghost writer, but if this is your first eBook and you will be depending on the income then try to write it yourself.

You've chosen your topic and know what you want to write, but it's really important that you paraphrase this into problem and solution. Take a moment to think about the problems your customers experience and write down some examples. If your examples are all different, don't worry, this gives you a chance to dedicate a chapter to each problem.

Now state how you would solve the problem, begin with one or two paragraphs, then flesh that out into a chapter or two. Within a very short time you should have a few pages of notes about some of the problems and solutions your eBook is going to cover.

Writing the eBook is just as straight forward, but now you are going to assume that some of the people who'll buy your eBook won't have any knowledge at all of your topic. For example if your eBook is about installing an antenna or satellite dish on the roof of your home your customer probably knows why they want your guide, but they may not have any construction or DIY knowledge at all.

Your eBook should provide all of the answers that your typical customer is likely to ask, and just as importantly, if you don't provide all of the answers they're looking for they may give your eBook a bad review. Most eBook customers seem to do some basic research looking for reviews of products they purchase so bad reviews will hurt your sales opportunities.

After the eBook is completed, definitely get another person to proofread what you've written, and test your page formatting by printing your eBook using a standard printer and paper size. Even if your pages are formatted to be smaller than a normal page, you should confirm that all pages print on separate sheet of paper and are readable. Congratulations, you've created your first eBook.