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E-book Post Plan for January

By Jennifer Mattern on 28th December, 2007Filed in E-books

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As mentioned previously today, during the first half of January I’ll be posting a lot on e-book publishing to prepare readers for the 14-day e-book challenge in the second half of the month. I’ve prepared a list of posts that I plan on publishing here. The list is below. Please let me know if you think I’ve missed something that should be included.

  1. Is E-book Publishing Right for You?
  2. Should You Write a Free E-book?
  3. Finding E-book Ideas: Choosing a Niche for Your E-book
  4. Planning and Outlining an E-book
  5. The Best E-book Software for the First-Time Author
  6. Choosing the Best E-book Format
  7. Benefits of PDF E-books
  8. How Long Should an E-book Be?
  9. Should You Offer E-book Resell Rights?
  10. Setting the Price for Your E-book
  11. E-book Delivery Services
  12. E-book Marketing Basics
  13. Should You Use Affiliate Marketing to Sell Your E-book?
  14. How to Design an E-book Cover
  15. How to Sell E-books Online
  16. Writing an E-book Sales Page
  17. How Testimonials Can Help Sell an E-book
  18. You CAN Write an E-book! (the official challenge launch post)

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  5. 14 Day E-book Writing Challenge – Day Nine

About the Author: Jennifer Mattern

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Jenn Mattern is a professional blogger and freelance business writer. She owns All Freelance Writing as well as several other sites and blogs covering PR, small business, and related topic areas. She is also currently writing a nonfiction book for freelance writers called The Query-Free Freelancer, and is the author of the Web Writer's Guide e-book series.

11 Responses to “E-book Post Plan for January”

  1. Jessica Mousseau

Speaking of e-books, my goal to double the size of my ebook is in the workings, I have already edited the entire thing on paper and now am implementing those edits and adding more within — should be done ASAP – then have to brainstorm ways to promote it

  • Diana

    • How about a post on outlining/organizing your e-book before you write it? I tend to get overwhelmed in that aspect and that’s when I abandon projects. As for the other posts, #15 is key for me, as I have no experience with that and really need all the help I can get with marketing and distribution. Looking forward to the challenge!

  • Melissa Donovan

    • I’m really looking forward to this upcoming series on e-books, since it’s something I was planning on learning more about in 2008. Thanks in advance!

    Melissa Donovan
    Writing Forward

  • Jennifer Mattern

    I’m a bit of an outlining junkie. That’s a great idea Diana.

  • Diana

    Yeah, organization is essential for me. I need to go where my projects are going to make sure I get there. Outlining the e-book would certainly help (not only me, but I’m thinking it’s essential to those trying their hand at this for the first time).

  • Jessica Mousseau

    MY EBOOK IS DONE – I’m adding final touches now and then will be brainstorming marketing ideas and will be re-publishing it with LULU (hope to send off before I return to Jersey Jan 14). I’m proud I got one major project done.

  • Diana

    @ Jessica. Any particular reason you decided to sell the e-books through Lulu? I understand for the print editions, but I’m wondering if there is any benefit to selling electronic work there. With my e-books, I always figured I would simply put a link on my website and sell from there.

  • Kristi Holl

    Thank you so much for being willing to share your expertise this way! I had hoped to write an e-book this spring, but I knew I needed to learn a lot more first. My experience is in print publishing, and I’m sure there are MANY differences when publishing an e-book. You are making it very easy to learn!

    http://www.Writers-First-Aid.blogspot.com

  • Jennifer Mattern

    I’d considered Lulu in the past, but my issue with them for e-books is that you basically sell through their pages and lose a lot of control. What I’m liking about e-junkie is that I can sell it in any way I want to, have full control over the final sales page, and just use them for payment processing.

  • Diana

    Doesn’t Lulu also take a percentage per sale? I haven’t compared all the different platforms, but I don’t think they have a competitive pricing. Their print books are great (look, quality), but they don’t come out great in pricing if you think quantity. Not sure if that’s the same case with their ebooks. Also, I agree with Jenn –When you sell through Lulu, you’re given up some of the control. I think e-junkie, clickbank and even payloadz let you stay on top of everything.

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