Writing Amazing Ebooks in Half the Time

Making an eBook is one of the cheapest ways to get started with an Internet based business these days.You can convey the same high-quality data with eBooks as with normal books, but without the cost of printing or shipping.

Just because eBooks can be created cheaply, new, online marketers should not make the error of NOT researching how to create a GREAT eBook. Many bad, hard-to-read books may be published as a result.New, aspiring Internet marketers are suckered , by so-called Gurus, to simply hire out the writing for their eBooks.  They counsel them to have someone go write their eBook who is NOT an expert on the topic.If the person hired is a skillful writer and exceptional researcher, this can sometimes work, although most people don’t know how to find and interview these high-quality writers.

The other problem is that it consumes a lot of time to write an eBook.Time is often short for new, online marketers.Success may be determined by how expeditiously eBooks are created, since they haven’t started making enough profit to quit their day jobs.

I would like to share with you a strategy for making amazing eBooks.Your customers will LOVE reading and telling their friends about your eBooks.I will also show you a shortcut for creating your eBook in less than a week.

The first method I will show you, for creating an eBook, is for those people who are already the thought leaders or experts on their topic.As an example, potty training puppies have been wonderfully successful for you as a professional dog trainer. You want to share your potty training technique with the world in an eBook, but you don’t have the time or writing expertise to write the book.

I would suggest, in this case, that you break up your puppy potty training method into 10 parts.Equipment people need could be the subject of one part.How to select a puppy, etc., could be a part.Then, using your 10 categories, start creating an outline in a word processing document .You might need to cover each section , if necessary, with a list of sub topic.  Your goal in doing this is to create as many talking points as necessary.In this outline, you should include every idea you want to talk about.Each section should be kept short and easy to read.  This will generate an outline that you’ll be able to follow in the next step .

Once you’ve created this outline, I then recommend that you go purchase a digital recorder.Start speaking from your outline, once your sit down with your recorder.As if they were one of your clients and you were teaching them about each point in your outline, speak into your recorder.Validate, or back up , all of your ideas by using real life examples or studies.Your personal experience, expertise and your voice will create an audio file by doing this.

After you’ve recorded all of your ideas into the recorder, you’ll then want to take it to a transcriptionist who can turn your file into a text.You can then easily pass along this audio and text adaptation of your expertise to a freelance writer, who has no expertise on the topic, but who can sit down and edit your thoughts into a high-quality eBook.Be sure an adequate amount of time is taken by the freelance writer to be sure they edit the transcript so that it reads well.  You’ll want to keep in mind that for every hour you speak into a recorder, it creates about 20-25 pages of text.You’ll need to make sure you have four hours of audio content for your freelance writer to work with, if you want to create a 100-page eBook.

Once your freelance writer has edited your transcript, it’s time to lay it out in a Word document in a way that your readers will enjoy, and that looks professional.

Now would be the time to add pictures to your eBook.Try to find a picture for every talking item you have in your outline, as a best practice.Not only do pictures add to the perceived value of your book, they also help convey the message to your reader.  Plus, they add length to your eBook.

Istockphoto.com is a great place to find stock photography at a cheap price.com.Sign up for an account and make a deposit of around .All the images you need, as well as reprint rights for them, should be gained for spending about .  Don’t just go borrow other people’s images!Someone might press charges, since some people would resent it.

Add the images to your document, once you have them all.  This can be effortlessly done in a word processor like Microsoft Word.Add a picture, if possible , to every page of your document.

You are all done once your put in your pictures, played around with the layout, and have the file turned into a .pdf file.An eBook has been created by only spending a few days preparing an outline, recording a presentation, and laying out a few pictures.  And you were able to outsource the heavy lifting to a freelance writer, without sacrificing quality!

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