Published by Content Director: Khadija Fahad.
When, I first decided to write an e-book, I did what most people would do. I went on Google and searched for how to make an e-book. I read countless blogs and articles, but I often found them lacking in personal advice and real-life experiences.
Most guides were filled with technical steps but didn't really address the emotional journey or the practical challenges I faced. And what I believed was that personal advices provides depth to your talk and relatable which makes easier to follow the steps.
That's why I want to share my own experience with you, giving you a more personal, comprehensive guide.
This way, you’ll not only know the steps but also understand the nuances and tips that come from having been through the process myself.
My Personal Story:
I have always seen ways to earn money online as a part time gig. I never quitted my job and will never do it especially in the start of my business. Many of us do that, thinking that earn money online will pay us bulk just in couple of months. Well, that's not true!
Since we have many dreams to fulfill, we all need to earn money. I am also that sort of a person. Literally, every month I have a long bucket list written. Sometimes inserting new furniture and selling out the old one. Sometimes even changing my apartment looking for a better place. Because, I can't live life without transitions. I mean no one can!
However, let me be explicit here that making money through E-Books is quite possible method but that's not a one day game, so you need to work hard with consistency. So, I'd recommend that come if you know that you're going to stay passionate for a long time, and if writing is your hobby, or if you've already done some online work before. I'll tell you why is it important.
What is an E-Book?
E-Book is an electronic form of traditional books. In today's era, almost everything is going online because of the successes globe has come around due to digitalization. So, that is why E-books are launched. There are multiple benefits of E-Books. One is you don't need to keep a special space while moving out as you would do for printed books.
In traditional books, you would feel super frustrated when you forget your book at home but this had ended with online books. I am person like that who checks her bag 10 times before leaving and to be honest it overwhelms my mood.
So, you can find the E-Book on your phone as well and of course carrying phone is super important so no one forgets that.
Well, E books are on Laptops, tablets, computers and I guess that's the best part.
How can you make E-Book a good way of Earning for you?
For all those people living like me, here’s a suggestion for you - This time what you should know is to put your words into wealth? This idea of making money might seem odd at first, but it could indeed be a life’s game changer. Well, that is for you to decide after reading the entire blog.
Now let’s discuss on how it can lead to your earning potential. You must have seen printed books being sold similarly we as Gen z’s specially know that technology is evolving so much and progressing in its field a lot since years. That’s why things are also turning online and similarly E books are one of them.
- You can write a novel, short story, cookbooks, non-fiction books, children’s books, guides on specific skills which shares deep insights and tips that can help the audience like of graphic designing, content writing, you can also sell comics.
As things have started to rise online in the digital era, people are increasingly looking for an ease, less time consumption, and comfortable solutions. A research done by E-books versus Print Books.
There was a survey done in United States around 3000 participants were called and it was found that whether printing books needs to be stopped or no as they’ve been working for a long time but accepting the reality, that print books are on demand still E-books has occupied most of the book readers lives, interests and choices.
The study also determines based on factors of reading purposes, Reading situations, age, genders, ethics, regions, and specifically internet use has led to adoption of E-books.
There are good earning methods which one could choose:
1) Self Hosted:
Self hosted sales are also called as direct sales which means that you're the owner to everything happening with your E-Books
So, what happens is that you drive sales on your own server rather than adding any third party. The reason is that publisher wants to hold over all the full control on distributions, pricing, and presentation of E-Books.
Full control involves the direct revenue earning from sales like I said no third party is involved in it. So, the whole amount is yours. You have the whole authority on customer's data and analytics. This means that you know the history of sales, revenue trend growth.
Even building an email list of people, is your one of you tasks then. The purpose of Email List is also to have a good sale rate when you can personally mail them rather than posting on social media which is most likely that people won't see to that extent as they would if you email them. The reason is because algorithm changes but if we talk about emailing, then that directly lands to your subscriber's inbox.
I've learned one extra benefit of email is that more conversion rates and this means more rates of purchases. You know that E-Books contain hyperlinks too, and this is how printed books are differing. Hyperlinks means that clickable text which can drag you to another web page. For example to an affiliate product. It is usually coloured and underlined to define that it’s different than other rest of the words, in some cases its a entire sentence or just a phrase as well.
So, this is the reason, one can choose self hosted
What is E Books?
How to Start An E-Book?
When I began with my online work journey. I was very confused and didn't know what step shall I take to be a successful digital earner but with time, I understood things and wanted to help you all too. I've learned that during this journey, what you need to do is being organized and working with steps.
If you jumble up things, then you can't find success and this is actually called as working in wrong direction but I'll define a right direction to you today.
One of my mistake, was that whenever I used to here anything regarding digital work wether it could be an E-Book, blog startup or affiliate marketing. I used to immediately jump into it for example writing blogs and publishing them but then when realized about the traffic I didn't have much people to call.
Well, now what I want you to do is first built some social media followers and then start your business. One thing which I've done is and I am sure that will work for you as well. If you have valuable skills to show them through Instagram, or YouTube Channel then start a account and upload reels, shorts and videos. If your work is helping audience then of course they'll like it and subscribe and follow your account.
This will lead to more curiosity and interest towards who you are and how have you done all this and the whole purpose is to tell people that you're experienced in your field and whatever you'll tell them is beneficial.
These are called as loyal audience, they are coming because they're inspired of your skills and want to learn them. Now you can encourage them to buy your e books so that they can learn good tips and tricks to enhance their work.
The niche I've worked on is called as "Graphic Designing" people trust me because they find my design as professional and that's because they are professional. In a very minimal amount of time I've gained followers on social media too and that's exactly why they want to interact with me as much as they can.
We have Q&A Sessions, they Dm me and ask their queries and this is how I collect people's point of you. Because solely relying on my experience won't help me. Instead, If I collect multiple queries and anylasis them, then I can create a versatile and unique e-book.
Now, while creating your E-books, you should be thoughtful enough to create a high-quality content, which is able to be purchased. One trick, you could do is that post half of the information which is also high-quality but then convinces the person to buy your book for next steps.
For this, you need to focus on your writing styles. This should be captivating means when a person reads it, they find it relatable and even if they read the question they want to read the answer too. This can happen when you stick to the point you're describing while making it in easy words.
What Niches Could you work on and Why?
This is how you’ll need to start up your niche:-
My favorite ones:-
Eight Most Trendy Niches On Books:-
1. Children's Books.
2. Self-Help And Personal Development.
3. Business And Money-Making Guides.
4. Kindle Singles Short Stories & Essays.
5. Mystery, Suspense, Thriller & Horror Novels.
6. Cooking And Food Books.
7. Health, Fitness & Dieting Books.
8. Science Fiction & Psychology.
Choosing the right Platform:
Using What Software You Can Create E-books?
Ebooks are created through various softwares:-
- Canva (My fav) :- You can use it for designing visually appealing cover pages and promotional materials for your books.
- Pages :- Its useful for Mac users, due to the page layout features plus those words processing features, facilitating the creation of well-formatted eBooks.
- Adobe design:- Its a professional tool, used for advanced designs and layouts, its often used for complexed detailed layouts of ebooks formatting.
- Google Docs:- Definitely used for writing your ebook. Editing has been getting easier also Offers collaborative writing and making it easy for multiple contributors to work on an eBook simultaneously.
- Kindle create:- This one is Specifically designed by Amazon for formatting eBooks for Kindle, ensuring compatibility and a seamless reading experience on Kindle devices.
- Microsoft word :- A highly common and Widely used platform for its versatility in document creation and formatting, it is a common choice for writing and initially formatting eBooks before conversion.
How does Chat Gbt help in up your ebooks process?
In my perspective, chat GBT is not merely for copy and paste, but as a platform rather you could use it for ideas and research, which can lead to the creation of outstanding material from Chat Gbt. Discuss what your niche is about and what you can incorporate in your E books for further advancement.
How much are people earning from Ebooks?
What are some important
Third thing Quality Content:-
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