How to Self Publish an Ebook

In addition to publishing your own books in paperback form you'll want to self publish an ebook as well. When you self publish an ebook you open yourself up to a global economy and position yourself to make residual/passive income (money while you sleep).

Here are some basic things to consider on how to self publish an ebook.

• You'll need a way to securely deliver your ebook to readers.
• You'll need an automated system for delivering your ebook to readers.
• You'll need a secure method for accepting money on the Internet.
• You'll want to register your own domain name & build your own website
  
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How to Self Publish Your Own Book, Make Money Online,

Self Publishing Video

Self publishing video is a great way for any writer, author or book publisher to brand, market and sell more books. You'll also want to read How to Self-Publish for Profit to get details on self-publishing your own book.

Self publishing video doesn't require a great deal of technical know how, but it may require a passion to succeed and patience. You'll need to have access to the following:

• A video camera -consumer camera will typically work
• A computer -to edit your video
• Video editing software -to edit your video
  
• Internet access -to share your video with the world online

Video Camera
I've used both a JVC mini-dv camera and a JVC hard disc video camera to record my videos. If you can afford it get a hard disc camera, tapes are being phased out of the marketplace.

Computer
As of this post I use both a Toshiba and Sony Laptop Computers. Both were bought in late 2007.

Video editing software
I've tried various video editing software and decided I'd use the software that comes with Windows Vista pre-installed on my laptops, it's called Windows Media Maker. To date this has worked fine for me. Keep in mind I'm not attempting to make a feature film either, I'm simply needing something that is fairly simple to use that I could edit and upload to the Internet and brand, market and sell my books.

Internet access
You'll obviously need to be able to get online if you want to upload your videos and actively promote them to your target market.

Make Money Self Publishing, Publishing Your Own Books

Do You Self-Publish to Sell?

A friend and I were talking and he mentioned that he participated in a teleseminar and the host was sharing information he gathered from a self-publishing printer. The host asked the printer what is the average number of books sold by self-published authors. The printer replied 200 books. Many books retail between $10 and $20.

If you sell 200 books at $20/book you'll generate $4,000 U.S. Dollars. If you were generating $4,000 per month, was single with no dependents and not living in a major U.S. City you could make a decent living for yourself, but to only sell 200 books and earn $4,000 over the life of your book is a bit depressing from a business model standpoint. However if you've written and published your book for some other sentimental reason congrats you've hit the jackpot my friend.

For writers and self-published authors seeking to sell more books and make more money we need to focus on branding, marketing, promoting, publicizing and advertising ourselves and our books. One of the main reasons that your books may not be selling is because you've not properly identified your target market (book buyers).

If I wrote novels I'd seek out book clubs to pitch my book to. I'd come up with some qualifiers as not to waste my time or theirs (the book club). I'd forward one to three review copies of my books to the books club with a cover letter and order form should the club decide to order books. Any promotional material and marketing collateral I had would be included with the package. All you'd need is a few book clubs to bite (buy) and you're off and going.

In the absence of something you should create something. If there are no book clubs near your city you could start one. The local coffee shop, public library or civic center may be used as a neutral meeting location. In addition, to self-publishing your paperback or softcover book you'll want to resell your product as an ebook. Since, you're book is already in electronic form it wouldn't take much for you to get up an running. On make money self-publishing you'll find full details on self-publishing your own ebook.

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