Write, Publish, Market eBooks, Second Edition

By Bobby Everett Smith

This second edition of Write, Publish, and Market eBooks is a major amplification of the information I offered in the first edition. This new version provides all the information you need to start your career as an independent author. It includes details about writing fiction and non-fiction eBooks. I use Smashwords.com as my publishing software firm and recommend it here.

Making money writing eBooks is good and possible. Ironically, to generate income, we need to forget about money. Instead, we need to concentrate of what our readers need, to think about our target market:

This eBook is packed with content that will help you become a best-selling author in the shortest amount of time. Even if you are an experienced and successful author already, you can learn from some of the fantastic content you will find in this eBook. I look forward to hearing from you about how much enjoyed reading this book and how you benefited from it.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bobby Everett Smith
• Release date: Nov 8, 2016
• ISBN: 9781370091614

Bobby Everett Smith

Bobby Everett Smith www.bobsmithsblog.comBobby Everett Smith is an American author of fiction and non-fiction essays, short stories and novels, and the publisher of the blog bobsmithsblog.com.Born and raised in Wichita Falls, Texas, Smith earned a degree in Economics from Rice University and an MBA from the University of Washington. Primarily during the Cold War, he served as an aviator in the U.S. Navy. His tours in East and Southeast Asia are inspiration for many of his works, taking the reader vicariously along for his adventurous rides, launched from aircraft carriers in the 7th Fleet.Fueled by his own leadership experiences in the U.S. Navy and the private sector, Smith has become passionate and knowledgeable about our nation’s leaders. In nearly a dozen summaries of great presidential biographies, he examines the lives, achievements and legacies of these important political figures.Smith’s most recent novel, Lida Murry Smith, was inspired by his own family history. Set in the backdrop of the women’s suffrage movement, it traces the arduous and courageous 1905 fictional journey of the Smith family from their farm in Missouri, through the Indian Territories and Oklahoma to a new farm in Texas.For access to these and other works of Bobby Everett Smith, visit:https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/744702

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Write, Publish, and Market E-Books

Second Edition

By Bobby Everett Smith

Copyright © 2016 Bobby Everett Smith

All rights reserved.

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Contents

Introduction

Part 1 Writing

Part 2 Self-Publishing

Part 3 Marketing Your Own Publication

Part 4 Finale

About the author: Bobby Everett Smith

Other eBooks by Bobby Everett Smith

Introduction

This second edition of Write, Publish, and Market eBooks is a major amplification of the information I originally offered Free to my readers in the first edition. This new version comes a step closer to providing all the information you need to start your career as an independent or self-published author.

It includes details about how to author both fiction and non-fiction eBooks. I have happily used Smashwords.com as my publishing software firm and I recommend it here but you can use any number of other publishers if that suits your needs better. I have no financial relationship to Smashwords except they pay me royalties when one of my books sells.

Making money writing eBooks is good and possible. Ironically, to generate income, we need to forget about money. Instead, we need to concentrate of what our readers need, to think about our target market:

1. Make our readers feel better

2. Help them solve a problem

3. Educate them

4. Make them look better—health, nutrition, clothing, makeup

5. Give them security, housing, safety, health

6. Raise a positive emotion, love, happiness, laughter, self-confidence

7. Satisfy appetites from food to sex

8. Enhance their dreams and give hope (DeMarco, 2011)

Keep all writings brief and well-organized–stating the problem, discussing the pros and cons and coming to a logical conclusion. Be honest but keep the writings positive, bold, authoritative and specific.

Part 1 Writing

Getting ideas

Finding a niche or target audience (Strathy, 2015)

Writing an eBook takes a lot of time and effort. You’re going to live with the characters and the world you create for a long time. So, don’t choose an idea you will get bored with or grow to resent after a while. Instead, look for writing ideas you can be passionate about – ones that are meaningful to you, that you will have fun working with, that you can feel proud to have written.

One way to open your mind up to great writing ideas is to think about stories other people have written that you have felt most passionate about. Ask yourself which books have given you the most enjoyment, changed your view of the world, or impacted you most profoundly? Make a list of these favorite all-time stories.

Then look over your list and ask yourself what these books have in common.

Genre

Do you prefer romances, mysteries, or science fiction? Historical novels, fantasy, or some combination? Keep in mind that most genres have loose definitions and tend to overlap with other genres,