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How to self publish ebooks

THERE ARE MILLIONS OF BOOKS ON AMAZON TO SUCCEED, YOU MUST GET FOUND...AFFORDABLY! This presentation gives solid tips and ideas about how to create and promote eBooks affordably and effectively. eBook self publishing is hot and still an infant. There are advantages to being in on the ground floor, but it's still not easy to crack the rankings barrier. Whether you want to self publish an eBook to share your ideas with the world, or just with family and friends, you can produce a professionally-designed eBook and promote it almost for FREE! The online retailers charge nothing to upload eBooks, and the software provided for formatting eBooks is dead easy. But writing it is only half the battle. You also need strategies and information to take the mystery and worry out of eBook marketing. This show gives you a couple of dozen doable, effective concepts designed to raise your Internet profile. That, after all, is where you have to make a splash to get sales.

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How to self publish ebooks

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  1. Warning!!!! Making $ from eBooks isn’t mysterious; it just takes specific work and a lot of time. The intrepid succeed. Want to?

  2. The battle Thousands of eBook authors vie for the same eyes. Here’s how to grab them on a promo budget of only $200.

  3. Money can be had Do about 20 things to greatly increase your chance of boosting $$$$ income…most don’t do them.

  4. $$$ can be had… It takes hours to do a show like this, but you can upload it to several high profile sites…all free. Those sites work for you 24-7-365. Most authors don’t devote the hours…you should.

  5. So, how do youmake money$elf publishing eBooks? By Steve Bareham, free tips from the eBook Author Success Guide

  6. Size of the eBook market American publishers now get more revenue from eBooks than hardcovers: $282 million first ½ of 2012. That’s HUGE! rtp411

  7. eBook market to GROW! HUGER! eBook sales are projected to reach $10 billion by 2016 says Juniper Research: that’s…

  8. Work smart but cheap! You can spend a LOT!!! of $ on ads to market an eBook; most ads won’t work… What works is gaining profile thru dozens of free and/or cheap options. Don’t roll a planet…

  9. Most authors don’t devote the time Most eBook authors won’t make much $. Not because they don’t want to, but because they won’t devote the time needed to do the right things that achieve profile CHEAP.

  10. Most authors don’t devote the time After several months, starting two blogs, two websites, and uploading dozens of YouTube videos and slideshows, my books are getting search engine traction. This took time, but not much money.

  11. It’s a slow, deliberate process Victor Habbick At the opening slide suggested, it’s the INTREPID who win this race. Keep working, don’t expect fast miracles. As your online presence grows, so will your sales.

  12. Let’s get started! Do the following and you will have a pretty good promotional plan in place, better than most authors. Then, fine tune a bit each week for a year...this isn’t a fast process.

  13. Your eye-catchingcover… …is the key element to grab readers’ attention. Go BIG on photos & words

  14. Your Cover Visitors to online eBook retailers see about a dozen thumbnail-sized covers instantly, so yours has to pop! Not a time to be subtle!

  15. eBook Covers Get fantastic photos affordably from www.shutterstock.com Great cover design software, wraparounds, book stacks, etc. from www.myecovermaker.com

  16. Use photos eBooks enable photos and links to online websites; give readers a more complete, exciting experience than they can get from print Get photos from Shutterstock

  17. Book Design Options Do it yourself with easy-to-use mobi or epub software from Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishingplan or Kobo’s Writing Life Both are free and require very few computer skills to create professional looking page layouts

  18. Book Design Or, use an aggregator. My favorite is www.bookbaby.com Good design work affordably and they keep 0% of your royalties. 0% is good!

  19. Get Free Exposure Upload PDF chapter samples to www.scribd.com Upload PowerPoint shows like this to www.slideshare.com www.slideserve.com www.authorstream.com

  20. YouTube is Free Create PowerPoint shows, save the slides as jpegs and then use inexpensive video editing software to create YouTube shows with music or narration YouTube videos get higher Google ranking than simple websites

  21. YouTube Video for $140 Pinnacle Studio video software $60; Royalty Free Music track $30, Shutterstock photos $50. See next slide or enter URL below; a YouTube video can be created from still photos. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mt2OrhlbBeU

  22. Free Exposure Start a free weblog on WordPress or Blogger and keep posting fresh commentaries about your passions. Don’t forget tags and categories so Google and other search engines can find you.

  23. facebook is free You can post links and promotional info to your heart’s content on facebook …as long as your friends don’t mind. If you have a lot of loyal friends, it can be a way to move some books.

  24. Free Exposure 46 websites that promote books for free: http://savvybookwriters.wordpress.com/tag/httpwww-scribd-com/

  25. Free Exposure GoodReads Reviews and ratings are sent automatically to four online retailers including Kobo and Sony. Membership is FREE, and you can also join forums…more FREE exposure!

  26. Put your books on Shelfari Shelfari listings are FREE Shelfari is a community-powered encyclopedia for book lovers. Create a virtual bookshelf, discover new books, connect with friends and learn more about your favorite books.

  27. Get GoogleJuice! http://mashable.com/2012/01/09/increase-google-rank/ To make money, readers have to find your eBook. Be Google searchable. See tips on this video:

  28. Gotta get those 5-star reviews Prospective readers need assurances that your book is good and worth the money. Get friends, relatives, coworkers, etc. etc. to buy and review and click those 5-stars.

  29. Inexhaustible shelf life eBooks don’t need to ever go stale; you can simply update your book(s) as needed and reissue a new fresh edition. New eBook editions are FREE and each reissue is a new marketing opportunity

  30. Get dozens more money-making tips, ideas and processes in the new eBook at Amazon.com

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