How to ebook?

Publishing a novel used to be difficult but with the introduction of digital books, it has become easier to create your own book and publish it yourself. The question is how to make ebooks and help with the sales. You can make your own ebooks easily and quickly in a few steps.

Have your story

You'll need a story line for your book. Make sure you plan this out like you would with any book that you were looking to publish. You'll need to decide whether you are going to write a fiction or non-fiction book and consider others that are already on the market.

Proofread!

Once you've created your story and written it, you must proofread and edit it. Get someone else to do it for you that will know will offer an unbiased opinion. If you can afford it, send it to a professional editor.

Find a Site

You'll need to find an ebook publisher website that will let you self-publish your book. Consider ebook sites like Smashwords or Amazon. You'll need to learn about their layouts and find out any extras that you'll need for your book.

Cover and copyright

You will need to make a cover for your book and also organise copyright. The best thing about copyright is you don't need to register it; it just makes the copyright easy to find. As soon as you've written something, the copyright belongs to you. However, titles of books can't be copyrighted but they can be patented.

Market and Promote

Once your electronic book has been created and is made available to buy, you'll need to start your ebook marketing and promoting. You can do this in a variety of ways, including through social media and through blogging. Something that many writers do is blog about their ebook while writing it. Consider who it is aimed at and who will buy your ebook.

Affiliate marketing

Something that you could consider is using an affiliate marketing package. There are also different advertising packages that you could sign up to. This will help more people find out about your book and you will receive more money for it.

Now work on book two

Once you've finished with the first, you'll find it easier to do the second book.