Ebook Review: How to Write and Publish Your Own eB

Ebook Review: How to Write and Publish Your Own eBook in as little as 7 days

by: Andy George

Jim Edwards and Joe Vitale who are both well known in the Internet online industry wrote this eBook. The 2004 version of this book is 206 pages long though it should be mentioned that less than 100 pages are concentrated on the theme of the eBook whereas the rest of the eBook involves interviews with various successful eBook authors (in the eyes of Edwards and Vitale) and bonus reports.

I believe that Edwards and Vitale were wrong to follow this approach since when one tries to overkill with respect to information, the result is opposite to the one intended since the reader may be confused even more and in my opinion the eBook would have been more effective if it was shorter and did not include the interviews with these authors whose approaches were different. Perhaps Vitale and Edwards should have sold the interviews by the eBook experts as a separate eBook.

The 7day eBook was written in an unorthodox style in that it was written in a ขchattyข style rather than in a formal manner. To be fair to the authors this did help in maintaining the interest of the reader.

The content of the eBook contained some very useful aspects such as:

Distinguishing between a successful and failure formula for an eBook.

Tips for selecting a topic for an eBook

How to write the eBook in 7 days – though I think this target may be ambitious in practice the methodology mentioned by the authors is worth considering.

Various tips on how to publish the eBook.

The price of the eBook is in my opinion reasonable value considering the money that can be saved by reading this eBook and the valuable links that can be obtained from the eBook. But I felt at times that the authors over elaborated and could have been more concise in their writing.

Overall I believe that a purchase of the eBook for a price under $30 is worth buying despite its limitations.

About The Author

Andy George is a qualified chartered accountant who was born in Birmingham, England and who has had many years’ experience in public practice, industry, and commerce and as a lecturer. Since 1991 he has been based in the island of Cyprus. Andy was a financial correspondent for eight years at the Cyprus Financial Mirror where he wrote articles on business and accounting related issues to a nontechnical audience.

He is the author of eBooks: How to write and Publish Your Own With a Shoestring Budget http://www.budgetebook.com

http://www.cbmall.com/?storefront=akgeorge

[email protected]

This article was posted on August 31, 2004

by Andy George

Your Own eBook in 7 Days

Your Own eBook in 7 Days

by: Michael Southon

Review: How To Write and Publish Your Own eBook in as little as 7 Days

Reviewed by Michael Southon

How To Write and Publish Your Own eBook in as little as 7 Days by Jim Edwards and Joe Vitale exe format, 208 pages

I was intrigued by the title of this book writing an eBook in 7 days? But thatกs exactly what Jim Edwards and Joe Vitale show you how to do.

However, your eBook doesn’t have to be 100 pages. In fact, Joe Vitaleกs best selling eBook ‘turbo Charge Your Writingก is only 22 pages (and 2 of those pages are order forms). And the authors give the example of someone who wrote a book just 7 pages long that sells for between $30 and $50. The fact is that people are swamped with information. So the shorter your book, the better.

Vitale and Edwards both have impressive track records in online publishing. Joe Vitale (also known as กMr. Fireก) is something of a legend in the world of marketing. He has written over 12 successful books and has helped more than 200 authors to write, publish and promote their books.

Jim Edwards writes a syndicated newspaper column called กNetReporter.comก and is a frequent guest speaker at national conferences on topics such as search engine traffic generation and กshoestringก online marketing. Heกs also the author of ก33 Days To Online Profitsก and ‘the Lazy Manกs Guide To Online Businessก.

If you’re like many aspiring authors, you may have the urge to write your book first and then find out if thereกs a market for it. But as Edwards and Vitale point out, thatกs a formula for eBook failure.

In chapter 2 (กSetting Yourself Up for Successก) the authors show you how to identify your niche market, how to analyze their wants, needs and problems, and how to write a book that satisfies those wants, needs and problems.

Don’t skip this chapter it provides very detailed techniques for using keyword research to find out exactly who your target audience is and where you will find them on the Internet.

The authorsก program for writing your eBook in seven days contains some useful techniques for getting your creative juices flowing and getting your words down on paper writing your material as a letter to a friend, and writing your sales copy first.

The chapter on กFormatting Your eBook Textก contains some valuable tips, such as breaking up your text with bullets and headers. Your readers will thank you for it one of the keys to avoiding credit card charge backs is to make it easy for your readers to absorb your information.

Chapter 10 (กHow To Make Money with your eBookก) gives you some tried and tested formulas for turning your eBook into profits, such as selling the reprint rights and กback loadingก your eBook with your own affiliate links, joint ventures and affiliate programs.

The book also contains interviews with eight successful eBook authors, including Yanik Silver, Rick Beneteau, and Jay Conrad Levinson.

The interview with Yanik Silver is worth reading very carefully. He reveals how he made tens of thousands of dollars by setting up 3 separate profit streams in the same eBook: reprint rights, his own affiliate links and customization fees.

If you want to create your own information product, this book is definitely worth reading youกll find out that itกs easier than you think. You can get your copy of กHow To Write and Publish Your Own eBook in as little as 7 Daysก at:

http://www.freezineweb.com/7daybook.html

(c) 2002 by Michael Southon

About The Author

Michael Southon has been writing for the Internet for over 3 years. He has shown hundreds of webmasters how to use this simple technique to get massive free publicity and dramatically increase traffic and sales. Click here to find out more: http://www.ezinewriter.com

This article was posted on July 30, 2002

by Michael Southon