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The ebook revolution is here! The Internet now makes it
possible to come up with an idea, turn it into an ebook,
distribute it over the Internet, and start making money -
all in 30 days or less.
In the offline world, 30 days wouldn't typically even be
long enough to start getting rejection letters back from
publishers.
We say this with confidence because we have both gone from
book idea to book sales in a matter of weeks - not once,
but many times. Between us, we have 10 ebooks currently
selling on the Net. Several of our books have brought us
five figures in income. Jim holds the record between us
with one release that made an astounding $43,000 in 30
days.
Here are two discouraging myths you should be aware of:
Myth #1 - It takes a lot of money to promote an ebook.
Fact: It doesn't. Despite what anyone says to the contrary,
online information publishing is still the fastest,
cheapest and easiest way for the "little" guy to earn a
nice living online with virtually no risk and very little
money (less than $100).
Myth #2: You have to be a writer to make money with ebooks.
Fact: You don't have to be a "writer" in order to create a
best selling ebook - and it often helps if you're not!
Maybe you've heard that ebooks don't sell. That's not
entirely a myth; in a way, that's true. What sells in
bookstores will generally not sell well on the Internet.
Although author J.K. Rowling has sold more than 100 million
copies of her "Harry Potter" books worldwide, it's unlikely
she would do well selling her stories in ebook form.
But ebooks sell like hotcakes when they contain PRACTICAL
information in ready-to-use form. Not pages of pages of
long, flowing prose like you find at Borders and Barnes and
Noble. On the Net, people buy step-by-step,
cut-to-the-chase information they can use to solve problems
in their everyday lives.
eBooks on how to negotiate the best price on a car, how to
sell your home without paying a real estate agent, how to
build muscle mass quickly, and other narrowly focused
topics that solve a problem, are selling VERY well - at
this very moment!
Why is this so? Because the main reason people are online
in the first place is to find information - 9 times out of
10, according to a landmark survey.
So if you can interest people in extending their search
past looking for free information into purchasing an
information-rich, well-organized, ready-made SOLUTION to a
pressing problem, you can sell ebooks... You can sell a LOT
of them.
Jim has sold more than 5,000 ebooks in the last 10 months.
David's publishers have asked him not to reveal how many
ebooks he's sold, but just type his first and last name
into Google and you'll find more than 20,000 Web pages
where his name appears. The vast majority of those pages
have something to do with one of his ebooks.
One more thing: It doesn't need to take very long to write
an ebook. Why? Because many "book books" are like
encyclopedias in prose form - they cover everything
imaginable about the topic.
eBooks aren't like that. They go right to the meat of what
people need to know to solve a problem. They have
information about everything necessary to solve a problem,
but no "filler" information that takes so long to write -
and takes readers so long to sift through.
So, if you know a lot about something - or even if you
don't - you can put together and market an ebook quickly,
and make a lot of money quickly as well. The large
traditional publishers may never understand or agree with
this, but that's actually to your benefit. It keeps the
playing field level and offers you, the entrepreneurial
author, unlimited opportunities for many years to come.
Jim Edwards and David Garfinkel are co-authors of "eBook
Secrets Exposed - How to Make Massive Amounts of Money in
Record Time With Your Own eBook (whether you wrote it or
not!)," the authoritative guide to publishing ebooks on the
Internet. Guerrilla Marketing author Jay Conrad Levinson
says, "If there was ever a 'must read' for this century, it
is this book." For more information, visit
http://hop.clickbank.net/?6d39f8a1/ebksecrets
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