Ruth's e-Book Compiling Service
The Internet has made self-publishing in electronic form wonderfully easy. There is still a
learning curve for many stages, but it is possible to hire out for most of them at a reasonable
cost, if it gets too steep for you.
Right here you can get an attractive, professional-looking eBook edition compiled of that book
you have written and want to publish!
You can still work towards print and CD editions as well, but the eBook edition can open many doors
for you. You can give it away as an advertisment for the print edition, OR you can make
money, if you choose to sell it from a web site.
Fortunately, today's Internet business structure gives you many options, and you can run a lot of
them from a very short shoestring.
Let's say this is your scenario; let's say you have had your eBook compiled here, and
I sent it back to you, or gave you a download link;
Next - you upload this eBook to your web site.
You create a web page to sell it and offer payment options. (That can be as simple as a PayPal buy
button).
You start advertising that sales page.
Each time you get the notice from PayPal that they've paid up, you give the customer a special
URL. They click on it, to download your eBook to their computer.
But the original eBook (file) is still on your web site. All they got was a copy of the file. So you
sell it again and again and AGAIN! No need to stop until you can't persuade people to want it
any more. (That's how the smart Netpreneurs do it - so very simple, once you know!)
Don't forget to schedule a regular time each week or day to download your income from your PayPal
account, or whatever other payment methods you set up.
Did you notice that you didn't have to deal with any shipping or postage charges? No warehouse
employees to pay either... Wow!
eBooks to Give Away
Or, perhaps your book is a labour of love, and your just want to GIVE it away!
Maybe-- for once you want to give unlimited Christmas gifts without having to feel badly
about not having more money. (How well I know that feeling!) Or a very personalized child's book,
or a family history eBook.
Okay, once your eBook is compiled;
you upload it too,
and you provide a bold offer on your web site for people to click on the download link.
All that's left is to notify everyone you want to give your gift to, that they are to download from
that certain link. (You should explain that simple step for the unaware).
After that you use your gifts of imagination and good writing to prepare more and better
eBooks!
Having a conference or family reunion?
Be the generous hostess who gives everyone a free copy of your ebook! Just give them the download
link on a card. (Or put some copies on diskettes for those who can't do downloads).
Getting any ideas of your own now? ~grin~!
You can have links to your web site, or other money-making sites inside your eBook and then,
as your friends give away copies to their friends, you'll get traffic to your site you NEVER would
reach otherwise. Naturally, you'll want to build a really good web site that holds people's interest
and gets them joining your subscriber list, or buying other books from you.
You can also start up an affiliate program, and give commissions to those who are go-getters
and really drive in the buyers to your sales page. Now that's when the Big Bucks start
rolling in, I hear tell! (To be totally truthful, there are things to learn under each step. This is
a simplified list).
How your manuscript is turned into an eBook:
1. You WRITE your book.
If you haven't written your book, you'll need to do that first, obviously. :) By the way, I know
how easy it is to be blind to my own mistakes, when I'm working so closely with my own words, so if
you need a proof-reader or editor, I have
a friend or two I can
recommend who offer that service).
2. You arrange your book on web pages.
(sigh!) I AM a very busy woman with lots to do, but if you don't know how to put your book on web
pages, and can't find anyone else, you may be able to twist my arm to do it for you. But I charge
$20 an hour for this service, ABOVE the Compiling fee. Depending on the size of your book, setting
it up on web pages can take from 5 or 6 hours, to 20 or more. So if you're on a very tight budget,
you might prefer to find your own web master for this stage.
Note: Web pages for eBooks can be very plain, and do not call for the most advanced webmaster
skills. Simplicity is better. But remember, all your graphics for the web pages must be in the same
folder as the web pages of your book, and all the links to them must indicate this.
3. You email me your web pages and graphics (or manuscript)
I put them all in a new folder on my computer, and check them over to make sure everything is in
order. If not, I'll be corresponding with you over a day or two, to get things right.
4. I Compile your eBook with my software, Activ E-Book Compiler.
In my Compiler, I fill in the necessary information about your book, tell it where the pages and
pictures are, and voila, it goes to work. I send you an email to tell you it is ready, with a
reminder for the $20 Compiling fee, and as soon as I receive confirmation of payment,
5. I send it to you as an Attachment, or tell you where to download it from my site
6. You start Your Promotional Campaign!
Exactly what you get with this eBook Compiling Service;
I provide you with an executable file, which means you have an eBook that comes with, and opens its
own browser for reading when you click on the file. You do not need anything else to read it.
However, it is only going to work on PC or Windows based operating systems. People with only a Mac
computer cannot open it.
Happily though, the majority of people have a PC computer, and most will prefer this type of eBook.
There are other kinds of eBooks, the next most popular one can be read on both types of computers.
It is called a PDF eBook. For this the reader needs to have the Acrobat Reader software program on
their computer. Otherwise they cannot read it. The Acrobat Reader is free to download from that
company's site.
I am now ready create eBooks in PDF format - in fact, I prefer it to the html or .exe file
format.
Shall we begin with your eBook?
Click this link to fill out a form to tell me about it, and how far you are towards completing it,
and what kind of services you can see you'll need.
Yes! Let's discuss YOUR eBook and my services!
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