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Like to Write and Publish Your Own E-Book?

17 Action Steps For Online Publishing Success



1. Do Your Research Up-Front - Find out exactly what people are searching for in your niche and find out what the competition is doing.

2. Brainstorm Your Title - Make sure you research your title carefully and select your final title at this stage to facilitate the rest of process.


3. Get Your Book/eBook Registered - Learn the importance of registering your copyright and obtaining an ISBN number for your title.


4. Register Your Domain Name - Decide which is best for you: ".com", ".net", ".biz" or ".org"; select domain name based on your title, and register it.


5. Order Your Cover - Make sure you hire a professional cover designer and visualize your own cover concept as input for the designer.


6. Decide On Key Parameters - Make key formatting decisions and create a master working template.


7. Develop Table of Contents - Create a detailed Table of Contents as your working outline and as the "blueprint" for your book.


8. Develop Detailed Content Points - Drill down to one more level of detail below headings/sub-headings and use this outline as your visual guide.


9. Write Your Book/eBook - Use the Table of Contents master template from Steps 6 and 7 and then fill-in-the-blanks, one-page-at-a-time.


10. Edit and Revise Your Book - Do a light edit during the initial writing process and then get someone else to review it before your own final edit.


11. Create/Publish Your eBook/Book - Convert your word processing document to PDF format and ensure the PDF creation software does a proper job.


12. Create Your Sales Mini-Site - Get mini-site hosted, set-up payment processing, develop sales copy, and upload to Web host site.


13. Launch Your Book/eBook - Request testimonials from niche experts and other webmasters, post them, and then make special introductory offers.


14. Announce Your Book/eBook - Get registered in free and pay-per-inclusion search engines and develop and issue a news release.


15. Market Your Book/eBook - Implement any or all of more than half a dozen proven strategies to market and promote your book/ebook.


16. Take Your Book Digital - Select digital fulfillment distributor for your ebook, and then reformat and transfer digital download files.


17. Go POD With Your eBook - Select fulfillment distributor for your POD book, arrange for additional artwork, and reformat and transfer files.

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