Posted by Gary on November 26, 2008 under Ebook Secrets, Ebook Writing, Selling Ebooks | 
Some ebook authors make just a few extra dollars per month. Others make hundreds of thousands of dollars with a single ebook launch. The best thing about ebook publishing is that with ebooks the author gets to put more from each sale into their own pocket.
Many traditional book authors only earn a dollar or two for each paperback book they sell. But with ebooks you will normally pocket 80 to 90% of the sales revenue from each purchase.
Let me give you an example. David Goldsmith’s “25 Ways to Write for Money” sells at WriterIncome.com for $29.95. Whenever someone buys the ebook he pockets around $26.60 after taking out the ClickBank payment processing fee. That’s about 89% and sure beats the $1-2 per copy he would get through a regular book publisher.
Even on the occasions that an affiliate is paid 75% for referring the sale, David still gets a tidy $8.54.
Michael Webb, an author of multiple ebooks for sale at ClickBank, posted this comment on a ClickBank blog:
“I very “successfully” published my first book with a top NY publishing house. It has continued to sell quite well and is in its 8th printing. However, because I only make about $2 per title sold the royalty checks (every six months) don’t get me all that excited. I make more with some of my ClickBank titles in one month than I make with this “best-seller” all year.”
Posted by DavidG on October 23, 2008 under Ebook Publishing, Ebook Secrets, Ebook Writing |
Many people are unsure if there is money to be made in writing and selling ebooks. Other people are just too afraid to take the first step and get started.
Here are a few myths about ebook publishing.
Myth 1. Writing an Ebook is Difficult
It’s not. Well it’s certainly no more difficult than writing a regular book and in many cases it can be considerably easier. Consider that the average ebook is much shorter than the average book in regular print. I have seen many successful ebooks in the range of 25 to 80 pages and it is certainly easier to write a 75 page book than to fill up 225 pages.
Many ebook authors find that writing an ebook becomes easier if they begin by clearly outlining the structure of their ebook. They carefully plan out a sequence of chapters. Next, they look at each chapter as a separate article that needs to be written. Many people can write one article within a day, and at that rate, writing an entire ebook doesn’t take too long.
If you need some good advice on how to write an article every day check out Article-A-Day.
Myth 2. Getting People to Promote Your Ebook will be Difficult
It’s not. Once your ebook is written and published, consider selling it through the marketplace at ClickBank. Besides enabling you to take credit card payments online without having a merchant account with your bank, ClickBank boasts an army of some 11,000 affiliates ready and willing to promote good ebooks.
Other ebook publishing partners are also available and there is more information on these at our web site.
Myth 3. It’s Better to Do-It-All-Yourself
Wrong. Self-publishing is a terrific idea, but once your ebook is written and published you should enlist as much assistance as possible in promoting it.
Partnering with related sites is just one example of how you can do this. If a related site is already selling ebooks, offer to let the site owner add your ebook to their selection and pay you, for example, fifty percent of the revenue from each sale. They could simply cut you a check or pay you by PayPal every quarter.
You’ll probably be busy concentrating on your own sales efforts, and it will be a pleasant surprise when their payment arrives each quarter with a lump of additional revenue.
Myth 4. After Your Ebook Is Written, Just Sit Back, Relax and Watch the Checks Roll In
Bad idea. You should always be working on something new. Almost certainly interest in your first ebook is going to fall off after some time. It could take years, but it might only be months or weeks.
You will reach a point of saturation after a good number of people in your audience have already purchased your ebook. And sometimes your audience’s interest will simply move on to other topics.
By always having more ebooks in the development pipeline you should be able to keep several good sellers on the market at any point in time.
Think about the myths. Think about your desire to be a successful book author. Now take action. Write. Publish. Sell.
Posted by Gary on October 11, 2008 under Ebook Publishing, Ebook Writing, Selling Ebooks |
An ebook business is an excellent business to be involved in.
From an author’s perspective, it’s certainly no more difficult than writing a regular book, and in many cases it can be considerably easier. Consider that the average ebook is much shorter than the average book in regular print. I have seen many successful ebooks in the range of 25 to 80 pages and it is certainly easier to write a 75 page book than 225 pages or so in a regular book.
Many ebook authors find that writing an ebook becomes easier if they begin by clearly outlining the structure of their ebook. They carefully plan out a sequence of chapters. Next, they look at each chapter as a separate article that needs to be written.
Many people can write one article within a day, and at that rate, writing an entire ebook doesn’t take too long.
Here are five reasons why an ebook business is a great business to be involved in.
24/7 – An ebook business is open 24 hours. As long as your web site is up, customers from around the world in any time zone can visit your store and make a purchase.
Low Production Costs - Ebooks are very cheap to make. Once you have your ebook it is virtually free to make a copy for a customer.
Low Distribution Costs – Ebooks can be downloaded or emailed at virtually no cost.
High Prices – Contrary to what some people believe, ebooks do not always sell for low prices. Sure, there are some ebooks available for $1.99. But look at the ClickBank marketplace and you will discover many ebooks selling well at $49.95
Additional Revenue - You can make even more income than the cover price of the ebook by advertising other products inside the ebook, using affiliate links. By doing this you can continue to earn income from commissions that you receive as your customers buy additional products which were recommended inside the ebook.
