Challenge Details

The 14-Day E-book Writing Challenge will begin on Friday, January 18, 2008, and run through January 31st.

You don’t have to have experience writing e-books to take part in the challenge. It’s meant to be a (hopefully enjoyable) networking opportunity, where e-book writers (old and new) can offer their advice, encouragement, and support to each other.

There aren’t any prizes. This is a challenge; not a competition. By completing the challenge, your reward is the fact that you’ve created either a new income stream or a new marketing tool in just two weeks, and hopefully made a few new friends or professional contacts along the way.

During the 14 days of the challenge, I’ll be offering tips to guide you through the e-book writing, publishing, and marketing process step-by-step.

Pre-Challenge Reading

Prior to the challenge, I’m publishing several articles aimed at e-book publishers (especially first-time e-book writers). You can find the running list below (I’ll add to it as more articles are published). These articles are designed to get you thinking about various aspects of the e-book writing and publishing process.

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. Choosing the Best E-book Format
6. Benefits of PDF E-books
7. The Best E-book Software for the First Time Author
8. How Long Should an E-book Be?
9. Should You Offer E-book Resell Rights?
10. 5 Factors to Consider in Pricing Your E-book
11. E-book Delivery Options
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. Using Testimonials to Sell an E-book

Join the 14-Day E-book Writing Challenge

If you think you have it in you to write an e-book in just 14 days (or if you’d like to simply give it a try), leave a comment on this post. Let us know why you want to write an e-book during the challenge (are you hoping to sell it, create a free e-book to give away, etc.?), and whether or not you’ve written e-books in the past.

I hope at least a few of the regular readers here will jump on board and help each other out in writing our next e-books.

I’ll be taking part in the challenge myself… not only writing here about the e-book writing process, but putting together a new e-book of my own! :)

Challenge Post Archive

Here you can find links to all of the 14 days in the e-book writing challenge (they’ll be added as they occur). These are being listed to help you better follow along with the challenge, or to refer back to later if you plan to challenge yourself independently at a later time:

Day One
Day Two
Day Three
Day Four
Day Five
Day Six
Day Seven
Day Eight
Day Nine
Day Ten
Day Eleven
Day Twelve
Day Thirteen
Day Fourteen

If you would like a more compact version of the 14 day e-book challenge material, you can download a free copy of How to Write an E-book in Just 14 Days – based on these posts.