Today, authors have more chances to publish than ever before, and some of these chances have never existed before. This doesn't mean that authors don't have to work hard to get noticed, write great books, and make a living from their passion for writing. But it means that thanks to improvements in communication technology, authors can now get their books out into the world much more easily than they could ten years ago. Ebooks are a very popular way for authors to get their books out into the world. Digital books are becoming so popular that some of the most well-known authors in the world have used them to get their books out there. Stephen King's book "Riding the Bullet" was only available as an ebook. When this ebook became available for download on Barns and Noble and Amazon.com, there was so much demand for it that the servers of these two big book stores almost stopped working. People who wanted to download the ebook had to wait in a long line with the other hundreds of thousands of people who also wanted to download the ebook.
Not just well-known authors are making money with ebooks. Many of these people are writing for the first time, and they are often shocked by how well their ebooks sell. Here are some of their tips on how to write an ebook.
Don't forget how powerful an ebook can be.
Many authors still think that e-books aren't very popular because they haven't taken the time to learn about how successful this business is. For example, the traditional publishing industry is growing at a slow rate of 5 percent per year, while the digital publishing industry is growing at rates between 30 and 50 percent. This means that opportunities in the publishing industry are growing much more slowly than opportunities in the digital publishing industry.
You don't have to be a tech whiz to set up an ebook.
Setting up your ebook, from coming up with the idea to selling it, is not something that can be done in a day, but it is something that anyone, no matter how tech-savvy they are, can do. If you know how to use a word processor, you can make an ebook and sell it online. It is suggested that you make your own website, but it is not required. There are many places, like amazon.com, EBay, and Lulu.com, where you can post your ebook on their servers.
Setting up an Ebook site is almost free, and you get to keep all of the money you make.
With a traditional publisher, you might get 10 percent of your book's profits. With ebooks, on the other hand, you get to keep all of the money you make, minus the small fees you have to pay to set up the site. Here's how much it costs to buy an ebook vs. a traditional book:
Ebook vs Book cost
Ebook = Free to make as many copies as you want.
Book = about $1500 for 200 copies of a soft cover book with 200 pages
Legal rights and money
Ebook = You keep all of the rights and all of the money from your ebooks.
Book = You get a royalty of 10–40%, which is usually between $2 and $5 per book.
With the above examples, it's easy to see that ebooks make a lot of sense for first-time authors. The risk of putting out an ebook is much lower than the risk of putting out a soft cover or hard cover book. As an ebook author, you'll keep almost all of the money you make.
At the very least, it is something to think about. Ebooks may not replace traditional paperback books, but they are becoming more and more popular at a rate that should make all authors stop and think about how they could use ebooks to their advantage.
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