Creating an eBook without any writing experience

eBooks have been selling like hot cakes. Interestingly, if you study the eBook market, you would realize that a majority of websites or even individuals who sell eBooks may not be great writers themselves. Professional Writers can be hired at very reasonable costs to write the book. There are writing mentors or coaches out there that will assist you in that part of the process if need be. What's important is for you to bring in a knowledge, passion, or belief in your subject. That's what makes writing sell in the first place. Anyone can be taught how to put the words down; it's what is being said that is important.

Alternatively, writing the book yourself, even without prior experience is certainly an option. We would discuss several guidelines and tips for writing an eBook in the next section.

Getting Started – The first few steps

eBooks deliver complete, instantly available, expert knowledge in a single, easily handled package. Creating an eBook may not require prior experience, but it certainly requires careful planning and considerable groundwork. You create eBooks wanting ongoing, lifelong multiple streams of income. eBooks should be created with the aim of raising your credibility and trust ratings with clients or customers.

Selling eBooks comprises of three phases. The first phase involves researching and developing an idea for the book, the second phase involves writing the eBook, and the third phase involves marketing the eBook. Let us try to understand each of these phases in detail.

What Works and What Doesn't – Researching Topics

The Internet is primarily used to communicate, entertain, educate and research. It is thus no wonder that information-intensive eBooks are the most popular online products at present. How do you decide on a subject for your eBook? The simple answer is research, research, and more research.

Your main objective is to write on a subject that has long term appeal. After all, you would like to derive as much profit out of your eBook as possible. It is thus necessary that your subject does not get outdated in a couple of months. The best way to choose a topic is to figure out what people look for. This can be done by analyzing top searches at Search Engines. Many search engines as well as other popular portals such as Search Terms keep a track of the most popular searches over a period. Besides, there are many other tools such the Keyword Live Software from Analog X that monitors top search terms at major Search Engines. You could use these lists to figure out the most popular subjects.

The next step is to carefully analyze some of the most popular subjects. You can use popular keyword search tools such as WordTracker to determine popular search terms similar or relevant to the one’s you have listed. This will give you a much more specific and focused list to work from. However, deciding to write an eBook based on a popular search term may not be a very smart idea. The key is to establish the exact need of people. There may be many eBooks that target the same subject. However, most of them would probably be devoid of some aspect of the subject. Unless your eBook fills this void, it would not be a success.

Creating the eBook without any writing experience is not difficult. With a little bit of research and learning you can create an eBook that is workable. The toughest part is to get hold of a killer idea. After all, eBooks are all about ideas – the better your idea, the higher your sales.

Let us now look at some of the other strategies to generate ideas.

Best Selling Books to write and sell

Print books can be written into eBooks. This certainly does not mean that you copy the print book and write it into an eBook. However, popular print books can often provide good ideas for an eBook. Browsing through your local book store or library may help. It may also be a good idea to check out the best-selling non fiction books every week.

Go to Amazon.com and see what books are available on various topics. See how they rank - the higher the rank, the more demand there is for that type of information. Then go to Google.com and see how many web sites there are with free information about that topic. Don't get discouraged if there are a great many -- often people would prefer an eBook they can read off-line, even if it costs a few dollars, rather then spending hours reading on-line.

Cashing in on other people’s ideas

We touched this issue in the earlier section. You should always research the Internet to determine what eBooks sell the most. A particular topic may cater to a huge audience. There may be instances when you stumble upon an eBook that seems to be very interesting but has not sold enough due to poor marketing. Cashing in on such eBooks can skyrocket your income.

Message Boards and Discussion Forums

Online Message Boards and Discussion Forums are places people generally visit when they have a problem and need solutions. This is exactly what you want your eBook to address. Join public discussion forums and message boards and note various kinds of issues people have. This would give you a better idea of what kind of information people want. List out all the problems and try to develop a broad idea that addresses most of the concerns. Also, newsgroups as well as ezines may be a good source for ideas.

Brainstorm

Take your general topic and brainstorm around it. Turn off the critical part of you mind for a moment, and just note down everything that comes to mind in association with that topic. Don't judge these initial ideas yet, but let them flow freely. No one will see these but you; they are fodder for further research, not refined search proposals. Take this list of general ideas and go through them one by one with a critical eye. Evaluate their merit as possible subjects for your book. Consider related ideas or concepts. Develop three or four ideas that hold potential as eBook topics.

Brainstorming is the activity that's going to yank that eBook idea right out of you so respect this step and do it right. A good brainstorming session can literally produce hundreds of good ideas.

Writing Instructional eBooks

One of the most popular formats for eBooks are instructional formats. These are eBooks that give readers a step-by-step logical approach to accomplish a task. With so much information available on the Internet, organizing this information to solve a problem has become a major issue. People have started paying for books that tell them exactly how to go about achieving a certain task. For instance, an eBook that lists a logical roadmap on how to buy or rent a home would sell much more than an eBook that simply lists a few tips for buying a home.

People look for a quick solution. Instructional eBooks provide just that!

List all your ideas

You do not need a long list of ideas to start writing eBooks. A simple list of around 5 to 10 ideas would suffice. Mark out each of the topics that you feel passionate about or have some knowledge in. Shortlist a few ideas and research the web for any resources you may find on these subjects. Weigh the competition you may have for each of these ideas. Combine all of the above mentioned factors and single out ideas that you feel are most likely to succeed.

A few ideas to start with

Here are some ideas that can serve as good eBook topics

Internet Marketing
Successful Search Engine Tactics
How to become a successful Real Estate Investor
Raising healthy children
Crafts for kids
Lifestyles for a healthy heart
Complete guide to setting up a home office
Mastering the Stock Market
Landscaping made easy
How to write a Novel
Building your own home fitness gym

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