I want to write ebooks

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Many great people on this forum who can help you out. Check out the Warriors for hire section.

could you tell me some examples?

don't worry with that... i am just collecting info right now! any examples?

All the more reason then to simply use a spellchecker.

It doesn't get any easier, for example you can very easily copy and paste all of the text into Gmail as though you're writing out a new message to someone. Done? Click on Check Spelling, top right of the email message box and automatically each spelling error will be highlighted in yellow below.

Right click on each misspelled word in turn, choose from the options the best spelling which fits your chosen word, if in doubt, simply type it into Google which will also very quickly give you the correct spelling and away you go.

When you're done, completed in Gmail correcting the spelling, click on Done (top right again.) Voila! Dead easy. And a massive improvement on your own efforts.

Best,


Mark Andrews...

There's your niche. Write for the Portuguese market.

The Portuguese market is small, but still, any market deserves to be explored, and kindle doesn't have eBooks in Portuguese, not many at least... Maybe it's not a bad idea. I should write for of specific niche or go to the translation and publish translated eBooks on kindle?

Even if I correct every sentence with a spell checker in the end it won't be totally correct.

Nothing wrong with niche markets in fact - you can make a lot of money in what might appear on the surface to be very small niches.

I know of one guy recently who created an eBook on edible mushroom collecting and natural woodland foraging, not a large niche by any stretch of the imagination or so you might think...

...yet he launched the product and in less than a month of launching netted himself $30,000 in profit.

It's often these much smaller niches where you have the biggest successes. It's not about the next million dollar niche launch for many small time marketers. What it is about is creating a $5k launch here, a $10k launch there, a $25k launch here, a $30k launch there - rinse and repeat. Simple.

It's these smaller niches at times which can pack a real personal financial punch not your latest weight loss, Facebook or whatever other mainstream Internet marketing product which has been flogged to death and saturated into the marketplace.

These smaller in-demand niches can command just as much interest if marketed and positioned correctly. And chances are, with good sales copy, you can reach a lot easier into the subconscious mind of your target market than you can for example selling an online marketing product where so many people are immune to the sales persuasion language used.

Best,


Mark Andrews

For example...

For stealth camper vans or people with motorhomes.

I've actually done something very similar to this myself where I live since I know of some 50 plus places at least where you can park overnight amidst stunning scenery and not a parking charge or a wheel clamper in sight.

Small niche, big demand. People WANT this kind of information. You're giving them something highly valuable in exchange for your insider knowledge. Knowledge which they can put to very good use, costs them very little financially but the emotional reward is massive and definitely worth investing in.

Do you mean for foreigners that want to learn of the own natives? The natives do not care about the language. The idea from Mark Andrews about the Van is viable, for all countries. Talking with you, is amazing, the ideas are coming up, thanks

Now that the cost of publishing has been significantly lessened (Print on Demand etc) or removed (eBooks, Kindle etc) everyone thinks they can ''just write a quick book'.

I am a published non-fiction author, both of books and magazine articles. Let me just clarify the process of writing a non-fiction book - like a biography.

First you need a plan, what are you going to include. From this you can create a research plan, deciding who you will need to contact for information, and where you will be researching your subject. Copy/pasting from Wikipedia is NOT writing a book, by the way. Even if you spin it.

Next the research stage begins in earnest. Your book needs to be different to any existing books on the subject, or else there is no real point in your writing it, and no point in anyone paying to read it.

So you will need at least one exclusive source (like if you had access to interviews with the subjects hermit brother) or a unique angle so you can perhaps include material that has not been included in previous biographies. For example, a link between the subject and something or someone else (like when people write about Kennedy and Monroe or a book on a famous actor's war service). Obviously you need grounds to make this link.

You wil need to include references to your various sources to give your book credibility, so must sort out a filing system for organising this as soon as possible.

Then you will write the actual book. I am not going to go into this bit as clearly is is a massive subject in its own right. I am going to assume that if you are considering writing a book then you have already written shorter pieces in the past and feel you are experienced and confident enough to undertake a longer project.

Now the biggie. You MUST have your book edited and proofread - especially as English is not your first language. Ideally by a professional, but if funds are short then at least get a friend with strong English skills to read through it for you. I would personally say that if you feel you have a great idea for a book, and can handle the writing, then you should also feel it is worth investing in professional editing/proofreading to make sure it is the quality product you want it to be.

I am an experienced editor and proofreader but I still make mistakes in my own writing, all the time. I therefore still have someone else read through my articles and such as I know that is far more reliable than trying to spot them myself. It is very, very hard to proofread your own work, and practically impossible to fully edit it. Trust me, any experienced writer will tell you this.

Next you will need to prepare your manuscript to be published in Kindle format. You will need to either outsource this or learn how to do it yourself (you may of course already know how).

You will need to add a table of contents (usually required in a book), especially as it is not possible to have an index. You will need to ensure that the book has the relevant required information in the front (yes, there are certain rules) and that it is correctly justified. Kindle handles font size and pagination so those are not required unless you want to make another eBook format version. You also need a GOOD cover. Books on Amazon are indeed judged by their covers, I assure you. A crappy one will doom your book before you start.

Finally you publish it on Amazon and start the process of marketing ...

I wish you the best of luck in your venture, and if I can be of any help, please PM me.

(I give it twenty minutes before someone points out an error in this post - such is the nature of writing and proofreading, heh)

I am reading every info that I find about it.. but thanks for the advice

@Azarna,

Thank you for an excellent explanation. Maybe you have an ebook there.


@Drakedestroier
I would like to add that if you plan on doing anything with Kindle and Nook through which to sell your ebook, check their distribution in your country and your own language. See what is selling and maybe get some ideas that might interest you.

Lol don't worry with that... Álvaro Cunhal as an amazing history, although no one remembers him anymore, at least the teenagers don't know him, and don't even want to know who he was... It is sad. Thanks for the advice until now