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Writing an eBook - Part 1

By Admin | November 8, 2008 -->1,089 views

One of the best ways to market your product, service or spread information on your subject of interest is through an EBook. EBooks are easy-to-make, distribute and because as they won’t go out of print, they are always available, thus enabling authors to earn money indefinitely.

There are many other advantages to publishing an EBook than publishing a book. With more and more people turning to the internet for their information requirements, an EBook is the perfect opportunity to catch attention from that section of people who are most likely to be interested in your EBook’s information and who will directly benefit by reading it. The success of any piece of writing is determined by the how well it reaches out to its target audience. An EBook gives you the ability to reach out to a large target audience and this enables you to achieve the objectives for which you published it.

One of the greatest aspects of creating an EBook is that you are not just making information on your subject matter available to people who can read it on the computer, you can also make it available to people who cannot see. EBooks have the facility to be converted into audio books, using text to audio software . This means you can spread information to that many more people. Another distinct advantage is creating an Ebook is its low cost of publication .Many would-be authors, find the EBook to be a liberating tool.

None of the many costs associated with publishing printed material are found here. You can create it faster than a printed book. There is no need to go about finding someone to create a manuscript, check out publishing houses, and wait for responses or answer tedious questions to get the book published. If you think about the idea of publishing a book, you can do it ASAP through an EBook.

Ebooks simplify the process of creating and publishing by cutting down the middleman. This gets you the benefit of seeing more profits through your book than otherwise. Authors seeking a means of publications which will help them to spread information sooner, will find creating an Ebook to be just right for them as the publishing time is very short and is a matter of a few simple steps. You don’t have to go to any publishing house to do this as you can do it yourself. This saves you time and money.

Before getting down to the actual process of creating an EBook, let’s look into the initial preparations required.

Initial Preparations

EBooks are one of the best ways to get spread information on your business or topic of interest. If you are in a situation wherein you have the ideas ready for your EBook, or if you have all the information already written out, but you don’t know how to go about putting it into an EBook, read this three-part tutorial to find out how to do this in a simple and easy way.

Before you get into the process of preparing your EBook, your writing materials must be ready and it must cover certain important points. Let’s look at what these points are:

Your writing must be saved in a word processing file format such as MS Word or any other similar format. If you have not written out your ideas, begin by writing them out in a word processing file format. Ensure to have a proper flow of thoughts.
Your writing must be directed to a specific target audience and must provide information that caters to their requirements. It should offer informative and interesting content that is useful for them.
You need to have a thesis statement ready. A thesis statement is a one or two line written statement which shows your reasons for writing the Ebook and what it contains.
If you want to use any graphics or images, ensure that these files are ready and that the images placed correctly in the file.
Proof read your writing so that it is free of grammar and spelling errors.
Prepare a Table of Contents. You can do this using the features in your word processing software.
Prepare an Index. Once again, the writing software you use, will offer this feature.
Place the First page and Last Page in your word file. You can do this using software like Adobe Photoshop or CorelDraw. There is plenty of software which offers this benefit. If you feel it necessary you can also hire a graphics design professional to create these pages for you.
Include reference links in the Ebook so that people can read more on the content from its sources.

The initial preparations are really important because they determine how well you book turns out in the end. Each of these points will help you create a very professional-looking EBook, one that appeals well with the people form whom it is intended.

Once you tick this checklist on each point, you can proceed to Part II of ‘How to Create and EBook’, which is about how to choose your EBook format.

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