How To Create and Sell Information Products & E-Books
| Category: E-books | Date: 2001-08-28 |
The Internet has given even the smallest home-based business the ability to reach a huge audience: 288,000,000 people are online. Thousands more get online every day.
Over 9 million information products were sold over the Internet in 1999.
Selling information products in electronic e-book format accounted for over 20% of all Internet sales this year, and its growing. Information products are almost 100% profit. The key is to offer valuable hard to find information in your special expertise at a reasonable price.
Authors are offering every type of subject matter on-line in the form of electronic books.
Almost anyone can create, publish and sell or give away information products. You can deliver information in e-books at no cost via e-mail or web site download.
You can also use free information products to promote your business driving thousands of visitors to your web site at little or no cost.
Finding Subject Matter For E-Books
We ALL have special expertise at something. Your special expertise combined with a passion for the subject make e-books the most profitable Internet Products. You can write an e-book about anything in which you have a special interest or expertise.
In short you can publish an e-book about any subject that a conventional book could be written about. The best selling e-books deal with some form of hard to find specialty or niche subject matter.
Here are a just a few examples; you can come up with more on your own.
How-To E-Books On Any Subject
Cook Books & Recipes
Buying A Used Car or RV
Automotive Specialties
Exercise & Fitness
Weight Loss E-Books
Buying Real Estate & No Money Down E-books
Pet & Training Information
Wildlife And The Outdoors
Recreational And Travel
Internet Marketing
E-Book Formats
During the last few months I have tested several of the many e-book creation software tools on the market.
There are two common e-book creation formats being used to produce and distribute electronic e-books. Both formats offer a secure way to sell & distribute your information products.
Adobe Acrobat
Acrobat is a popular program for creating e-books. The Acrobat format is not my first choice for three reasons:
In order to view e-books produced in Acrobat format you must download and install free reader software to view e-books
The software required to produce e-books is expensive to purchase
The learning curve for the Acrobat is difficult to master for the graphically challenged.
Visit Adobe.com to learn more about authoring in Acrobat .pdf format.
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/
HTML Compilers
E-book compiler software programs use standard HTML files to produce e-books. The HTML compiler software compresses normal HTML files into a self-extracting executable file (.exe).
If you are on-line you already have a HTML browser installed. Windows comes with Microsofts Internet Explorer. Anyone can download and view e-books produced with any compiler software using any Internet browser.
You can see a comprehensive review of most of the e-book software available at the following URL. But read on first, I can save you the time and effort I spent testing the software.
http://www.ebookcompilers.com/
Free E-Book Viewers
Microsoft offers "Front Page Light" a free web design program. Netscape also offers a free web site design tool titled "Netscape Composer". If Netscape is already installed you can use the FILE OPEN PAGE command to create or open HTML files in Netscapes Composer program, which is included with Netscape. AOL offers "AOL Press" a free web site design tool.
No matter which browser you presently use you can already download, install and view HTML compiled e-books with no special knowledge or additional software.
Security Issues
If you are selling your information products you dont want to make it easy for people to copy your source files. Most compilers make it difficult if not impossible for scammers to copy and resell your information without your permission. You can make it impossible to copy and/or print the information and the best programs use multiple passwords keyed to your computer to protect their e-books from theft.
Selling E-Books On-Line
The cheapest way to accept credit cards on-line and create your own affiliate program is to use a service like clickbank ClickBank.com has a one-time $49.95 activation fee, and a $1 + 7.5% fee per sale. There are no monthly fees.
You can earn up to 50% commissions re-selling hundreds of other peoples products on-line through Click Banks affiliate programs. If you are not ready to purchase a full-blown merchants account try using ClickBank.com.
http://hop.clickbank.net/?smithfam
If you need your own Merchants Account visit the following page.
http://www.smithfam.com/special.html
The Best E-Book Software Programs Reviewed
I have tested several compilers. I considered ease of use, product cost, and functionality. A good compiler runs in a browser generated on the fly. I found that the price had very little to do with the quality of the software.
1) The Active HTML Compiler - Free Demo & $29
Full Review
http://www.ebookcompilers.com/activebook.html
Download Free Demo Here
http://www.smithfam.com/ebook.html
2) E-book Edit Pro - Free Demo & $64.95
Full Review
http://www.ebookcompilers.com/ebookedit.html
Download Free Demo Here
http://refer.ebookedit.com/click.cgi?id=smithfam
3) E-Book HTML Compiler Pro and Pro Plus $69.95/$89.95
Full Review + Other HTML Compilers
http://www.ebooksnbytes.com/compiler_review.html
Download Free Demo Here
http://new-projects.com/booksoft/
The Best HTML Software Compiler Reviewed
Overall the best HTML Compiler I tested at any price is the "Active E-Book Compiler" written by Sunil Tanna. Its also one of the cheapest products I tested. Not only is the software great and easy to learn, the security, documentation and support is the best I found anywhere at any price. This is the program I purchased.
"Active E-Book Compiler" comes with a unique feature that assigns an ESBN number to each e-book compiled. The newest version adds many additional features making this one of the most customizable and flexible compilers on the market
The free demo is fully functional; you can create and distribute unlimited e-books with the free demo. However if you want to sell your information products you can register the software for only $29.95.
Customers can become affiliates free and earn afull $50% commission on each sale. You can compile an affiliate link into your e-books.
Get More Information & Download The Active HTML Compiler Here
http://www.smithfam.com/ebook.html
I created a demo e-book compiling my Traffic Seeker submission software web site. It only required a couple of hours to produce an e-book using pages I already created earlier. I followed the step-by-step instructions from the USERS GUIDE on the HELP menu.
Download A Free Demo E-Book For The Traffic Seeker Submission Software
http://members.xoom.com/autoresponse/ts_e-book.exe
"Active E-Book Compiler" Full Review
http://www.ebookcompilers.com/activebook.html
Best Wishes
Bob
About the Author
ROBERT SMITH
:To contact see details below.
bob@smithfam.com
http://www.smithfam.com/
Over 9 million information products were sold over the Internet in 1999.
Selling information products in electronic e-book format accounted for over 20% of all Internet sales this year, and its growing. Information products are almost 100% profit. The key is to offer valuable hard to find information in your special expertise at a reasonable price.
Authors are offering every type of subject matter on-line in the form of electronic books.
Almost anyone can create, publish and sell or give away information products. You can deliver information in e-books at no cost via e-mail or web site download.
You can also use free information products to promote your business driving thousands of visitors to your web site at little or no cost.
Finding Subject Matter For E-Books
We ALL have special expertise at something. Your special expertise combined with a passion for the subject make e-books the most profitable Internet Products. You can write an e-book about anything in which you have a special interest or expertise.
In short you can publish an e-book about any subject that a conventional book could be written about. The best selling e-books deal with some form of hard to find specialty or niche subject matter.
Here are a just a few examples; you can come up with more on your own.
How-To E-Books On Any Subject
Cook Books & Recipes
Buying A Used Car or RV
Automotive Specialties
Exercise & Fitness
Weight Loss E-Books
Buying Real Estate & No Money Down E-books
Pet & Training Information
Wildlife And The Outdoors
Recreational And Travel
Internet Marketing
E-Book Formats
During the last few months I have tested several of the many e-book creation software tools on the market.
There are two common e-book creation formats being used to produce and distribute electronic e-books. Both formats offer a secure way to sell & distribute your information products.
Adobe Acrobat
Acrobat is a popular program for creating e-books. The Acrobat format is not my first choice for three reasons:
In order to view e-books produced in Acrobat format you must download and install free reader software to view e-books
The software required to produce e-books is expensive to purchase
The learning curve for the Acrobat is difficult to master for the graphically challenged.
Visit Adobe.com to learn more about authoring in Acrobat .pdf format.
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/
HTML Compilers
E-book compiler software programs use standard HTML files to produce e-books. The HTML compiler software compresses normal HTML files into a self-extracting executable file (.exe).
If you are on-line you already have a HTML browser installed. Windows comes with Microsofts Internet Explorer. Anyone can download and view e-books produced with any compiler software using any Internet browser.
You can see a comprehensive review of most of the e-book software available at the following URL. But read on first, I can save you the time and effort I spent testing the software.
http://www.ebookcompilers.com/
Free E-Book Viewers
Microsoft offers "Front Page Light" a free web design program. Netscape also offers a free web site design tool titled "Netscape Composer". If Netscape is already installed you can use the FILE OPEN PAGE command to create or open HTML files in Netscapes Composer program, which is included with Netscape. AOL offers "AOL Press" a free web site design tool.
No matter which browser you presently use you can already download, install and view HTML compiled e-books with no special knowledge or additional software.
Security Issues
If you are selling your information products you dont want to make it easy for people to copy your source files. Most compilers make it difficult if not impossible for scammers to copy and resell your information without your permission. You can make it impossible to copy and/or print the information and the best programs use multiple passwords keyed to your computer to protect their e-books from theft.
Selling E-Books On-Line
The cheapest way to accept credit cards on-line and create your own affiliate program is to use a service like clickbank ClickBank.com has a one-time $49.95 activation fee, and a $1 + 7.5% fee per sale. There are no monthly fees.
You can earn up to 50% commissions re-selling hundreds of other peoples products on-line through Click Banks affiliate programs. If you are not ready to purchase a full-blown merchants account try using ClickBank.com.
http://hop.clickbank.net/?smithfam
If you need your own Merchants Account visit the following page.
http://www.smithfam.com/special.html
The Best E-Book Software Programs Reviewed
I have tested several compilers. I considered ease of use, product cost, and functionality. A good compiler runs in a browser generated on the fly. I found that the price had very little to do with the quality of the software.
1) The Active HTML Compiler - Free Demo & $29
Full Review
http://www.ebookcompilers.com/activebook.html
Download Free Demo Here
http://www.smithfam.com/ebook.html
2) E-book Edit Pro - Free Demo & $64.95
Full Review
http://www.ebookcompilers.com/ebookedit.html
Download Free Demo Here
http://refer.ebookedit.com/click.cgi?id=smithfam
3) E-Book HTML Compiler Pro and Pro Plus $69.95/$89.95
Full Review + Other HTML Compilers
http://www.ebooksnbytes.com/compiler_review.html
Download Free Demo Here
http://new-projects.com/booksoft/
The Best HTML Software Compiler Reviewed
Overall the best HTML Compiler I tested at any price is the "Active E-Book Compiler" written by Sunil Tanna. Its also one of the cheapest products I tested. Not only is the software great and easy to learn, the security, documentation and support is the best I found anywhere at any price. This is the program I purchased.
"Active E-Book Compiler" comes with a unique feature that assigns an ESBN number to each e-book compiled. The newest version adds many additional features making this one of the most customizable and flexible compilers on the market
The free demo is fully functional; you can create and distribute unlimited e-books with the free demo. However if you want to sell your information products you can register the software for only $29.95.
Customers can become affiliates free and earn afull $50% commission on each sale. You can compile an affiliate link into your e-books.
Get More Information & Download The Active HTML Compiler Here
http://www.smithfam.com/ebook.html
I created a demo e-book compiling my Traffic Seeker submission software web site. It only required a couple of hours to produce an e-book using pages I already created earlier. I followed the step-by-step instructions from the USERS GUIDE on the HELP menu.
Download A Free Demo E-Book For The Traffic Seeker Submission Software
http://members.xoom.com/autoresponse/ts_e-book.exe
"Active E-Book Compiler" Full Review
http://www.ebookcompilers.com/activebook.html
Best Wishes
Bob
About the Author
ROBERT SMITH
:To contact see details below.
bob@smithfam.com
http://www.smithfam.com/
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