E-book Production Part IV
How to produce that e-book in order to sell it
After you’ve written the text for your e-book and gathered all of the resources you want to include, you have to put it all together into a final product. There are several ways to go about creating an e-book for distribution, depending on your skill level and budgetary limits.
Do-it-yourself: You can format an e-book in a word processing program such as Microsoft Word, and then create a PDF from the document that will become your final product. PDFs, or Portable Document Files, are the most common file format for e-books; they are viewed using the free Adobe reader, and their contents are difficult to tamper with. If you have or plan to buy the full Adobe Acrobat software (which costs around $300), you can create as many PDFs as you’d like and edit the contents as often as needed.
You can also create a PDF using a free online converter program. If you use a converter, you won’t be able to edit the file after creation, so you will have to make sure your document appears exactly the way you want it to in your word processing program. You can find free online PDF conversion programs in several places. Here are just a few:
PDF Online
Cute PDF
PDF4Free
Click to Convert
PDF995
Use an e-book creator program: There are several desktop publishing programs you can use to automatically format and create your e-book, either in PDF or HTML (web page) format. Most desktop publishing programs and e-book creation software are simple drag-and-drop interfaces (as opposed to HTML programming), and quite easy to use. Some programs are free; many require a minimal investment, but you’ll be able to create as many e-books and new versions as you’d like with them.
Here’s a sampling of available desktop publishing and e-book creators:
Easy Ebook
Creator
Ebooks Writer
Ebook Compiler
Microsoft
Publisher (note: Microsoft Publisher comes bundled with some version
of the Microsoft Office software suite; you may already have this program
on your computer!)
Of course, if you choose a reseller program, the e-book is already created
for you. You would therefore put more effort into marketing a reseller
program because the competition is stiffer.
Create Your Product
E-book Creation Part I
E-book Creation Part II
E-books Creation Part III
E-course Creation
Audio Products Creation Part I
Audio Products Creation Part II
Video Products Creation Part I
Video Products Creation Part II
Video Products Creation Part III
Services and Consulting
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