Write and sell e-books for fun and profit

by matso on March 6, 2010

Barnes And Noble Unveils Their E-Book Reader The Nook

With the growing popularity of e-books, there is a great demand and opportunity to supply e-books to this new army of readers who are hungry for material.

Writers generate and sell e-books about a wide range of subjects, such as:
• travel
• music
• cooking
• photography
• home maintenance
• dog grooming

The point is, the list of topics is virtually endless.

Writing and layout tips:
• Keep your readers reading by using images, tips, graphics, testimonials and anecdotes
• Include cliff notes on the sidebar for quick information that breaks up page density
• Use bullets and numbered lists
• Proofread (spellcheck) your final document

Some overall tips:
• Address the wants and needs of a well-defined target market
• Find your niche in the marketplace
• Create quality content
• Provide exceptional value
• Have a marketing plan to promote your e-book

You don’t need special software to write an e-book. Just use word processing software like Microsoft Word and convert the file to a PDF. Create or hire an artist to design an e-book cover. The cover must be in JPG format.

If you don’t want to write your own e-book, you can also acquire one that has resale rights.

To sell an e-book on Kindle, you need an ISBN number. Visit isbn.org to apply. It costs about $100 per e-book.

Read the full contents of the excellent article on how to write and sell e-books from copyblogger.com

Other good articles from eHow.com: How to Sell Your eBook on Amazon’s Kindle, How To Write an eBook that Sells and How To Compose an eBook.

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Gary Glitter Sentenced to Three Years in Prison in Vietnam

This is an example of the importance of researching the elements used in promotions, whether it be a song or a person. This instance can’t possibly shine a good light on the marketer.

Rooms To Go is using a remake of Gary Glitter’s “Rock and Roll Part 2″ to sell furniture in its ‘Buy The Room, Get The TV’ sales promotion currently airing on television and radio.

Glitter was convicted in Britain in 1999 for possessing child pornography and served half of a four-month jail term. He then traveled to Cambodia and in 2002 was expelled from that country, but Cambodian officials did not specify any crime or file charges.

In 2006, Glitter was convicted of molesting underage girls in Vietnam and sentenced to three years in prison, with the judge condemning him for “disgusting and sick” behavior, according to story by CBS News.

The conviction prompted the NFL to ban stadiums from playing the song at its games. Teams then scrambled to replace the song, which had been a popular ‘fight song.’

After serving his prison time in Vietnam, Glitter was deported to England, his homeland. In 2009, a British judge banned Glitter from traveling.

Rooms To Go, Inc., founded in 1991, operates as a furniture retailer in the United States with more than 150 locations in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Puerto Rico.

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How your local business can increase sales by sending coupons via cell phones

March 1, 2010

It’s time for your business to tap into the power of mobile marketing, a discipline that is rapidly gaining in popularity and acceptance.
Businesses using mobile coupons have reported much better results than sending coupons by direct mail or by flyers in the Sunday paper.
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Your local business can make money with the Foursquare mobile social network and phone app

February 28, 2010

Foursquare has attracted more than 400,000 users in less than a year. It’s time for your business to jump on this bandwagon.
Foursquare can help your business promote deals, get new customers and increase loyalty and patronage among your existing customers.
Foursquare lets users check in at retail stores, restaurants, bars and other places when they [...]

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Free Affiliate Marketing 101 Guide, a tutorial on social media, PPC, PPV and media buying.

February 28, 2010

This informative e-book, compiled by successful affiliate marketer Jonathon Volk, has 17 valuable sections that cover subjects such as social media, pay-per-click (PPC), pay-per-view (PPV) and media buys.
It is great for people who are new to affiliate marketing or just want to learn something new.
Get your free Affiliate Marketing 101 Guide

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Businesses That Use Facebook Fan Pages Can Increase Loyalty And Revenue -study

February 18, 2010

Rice University Jones Graduate School of Business recently conducted a case study and discovered that using a Facebook fan page increases sales and customer loyalty.
The study was done on a retail business in Houston called Dessert Gallery Bakery & Cafe. Using a Facebook fan page increased store visits 36 percent, increased customer expenditures 45 percent [...]

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The latest affiliate marketing news and blog posts all in one place

February 11, 2010

Affbuzz.com is an affiliate marketing news and blog aggregator.
You can see the latest posts from dozens of affiliate marketers, plus the most popular posts for today, for yesterday and for the week.
See the latest affiliate marketing news at Affbuzz.com here.

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Preview your Google search engine listing before it’s listed by using this free tool.

January 14, 2010

Bjornenki.com’s free preview tool lets you see what any changes you make to your blog’s meta description will actually look like on Google (without having to wait days for Google to index it)
Thanks to blaineblogger.com’s informative post: How to preview your Google search engine listing before it’s listed

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Hard Earned Money Testing Video Games

December 30, 2009

Game testing is one of the roads less traveled for people who want to earn a living.
Although it sounds cool and fun, testing games is still a job that requires hard work. The job may all be about gaming, but like any other job, it has to be taken seriously.
Being one of the [...]

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WordStream launches The Definitive Guide To Keyword Organization.

December 23, 2009

Keyword organization is taking your complete list of keywords and organizing them into relevant groups.
Why is keyword organization important? It is the very foundation of any search marketing campaign. If you build your campaign on a shaky foundation of unorganized keyword research, it can result in a failed effort.
So, whether you are starting [...]

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