Transcript The Concept and Advantages of eBooks

The Concept and
Advantages of Creating an
eBook Business
Presented by Milt Zee
SCORE
Chapter 476
Staten Island, NY
What is an eBook
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An e-book, or electronic book, is a
digital book that you can read on a
computer screen and other mobile
devices Such as book readers, i.e Kindle
and iPod, iPad, etc.
The Concept and
Advantages of eBooks
• Can be downloaded from anywhere
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on the Internet..
No cost to reproduce.
Get book within minutes.
Easily updated
No shipping costs
Market is anyone on internet.
Why Create an eBook
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Generates Revenue
Increases traffic to your website or blog
Spreads your message – Viral
Great for “How to” subjects
Free Content available – Public Domain
eBooks
There are two kinds
1. eBooks you want to give
away for free.
A powerful tool to market your product or
services. Provides links for your benefit.
2. eBooks you want to sell.
visit Amazon.com and search for e-Books
also visit ebay.com for e-book sales.
eBooks
What If You Can’t Write
• You can purchase the right to sell ebooks.
• For list of resellers go to search engine
and enter – ebook resell.
For sample see www.FreeToSell.com
• Ideal for subjects related to your services
or products on your web site.
eBooks
• Adobe provides the tools to create
eBooks.
• www.adobe.com – Professional
• Click link below – How to create eBook
Using Adobe Professional
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RddbYy
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Writing Your eBook
• Office applications like Word, Excel, Publisher,
Access and Powerpoint can all be used to create
a PDF eBook as long as you have Adobe
Acrobat Full Version installed on your
machine.
• The biggest benefits in having your eBooks in
PDF (Portable Document File) format (filename.pdf) is that both Windows and Mac users
can read your eBooks,
Upload a word file to Google Docs and save as
PDF File and an HTML file.
Should I copyright my e-book
• Many e-book authors forgo the official
copyright process, but depending on how you
plan to distribute your e-book, a copyright
might be beneficial.
• 95% of e-books are not officially copyrighted.
• The official copyright registration process can
be completed in just a few minutes through the
United States Copyright Office and costs only
$45.
Selling and Delivering ebook
• You should use Pay Pal. The only cost.
• Sell from your website or ebay or Amazon.
• Once payment notification has been sent to you send
the customer an e-mail with the e-book as an
attachment.
• No paper, no cd’s, no mailing costs , it is all electronic
transactions..
• Prices are adjustable to suit the demand for the book.
Most are able to make a good side line income. Some
are making a lot more, based on the knowledge in the
book. If the author has unique information, it will cost
you more.
Listing can be Free on eBay
• You need to list your item only in the
Everything Else > Information Products
category using only the Classified Ad format.
• Your listing clearly states that you legally own
the content (sometimes called intellectual
property) or you are authorized to sell it by the
owner, the owner’s authorized agent, or the
law.
eBay – eBook Policy
• Your items can't have any sexuallyoriented adult (pornographic) content
• Your item can't include software that
would damage anyone's computer
• You have to be verified on PayPal to help
confirm your identity
eBay Classified
Classifieds Free
State “Interested buyers can email or call you directly.”
List your asking price. No bidding takes place.
List your item for a specific period of time.
You can revise item information at any time while the ad
is active.
Selling an ebook on Amazon
• Any unknown author can put his eBook up for sale on
Amazon.com who meets three basic requirements:
• 1. You own the rights to the book
• 2. You must supply an ISBN (International Standard Book
Number). You can purchase an ISBN for $125 by using the
application at
http://www.selfpublishing.com/images/Single-ISBNapplication.pdf. Or, you can get a discount by purchasing a
block of 10 or more ISBNs through the Web site ISBN.org.
• 3. You must open an account with Amazon's eBook
subsidiary, MobiPocket, and use their software to convert
your file into their proprietary format.
How to Make an ebook
without
writing it yourself
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPFCKq4S1g
• This video will explain many ways to make
money with your ebook.