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What is an Ebook?: Best tips for making your digital book

Transformed by the digital age.

Did you know that every day there are thousands of ebooks that can be marketed. The digital business has spaces for everyone, and ebooks are an interesting tool to sell courses, advice, stories, stories and much more.

You can see how some web pages give you ebooks in exchange for a small and easy registration, since it is a tool that seeks to connect the audience with the web portal.

What is an ebook?

You may not know it by this exact name, for many it is a digital magazine that they can access through a subscription. It has become a practical and very useful tool when it comes to imparting knowledge.

What is an ebook and what is it for?

Knowing what an ebook is and how it works is very important. In the first place, we speak of an ebook as the digital publication of a book, also known as an electronic book, cyberbook or digital book. A book made to enjoy through any computer or mobile device.

If you have talent, offer a service or manufacture a product, an ebook can help you as a marketing tool for your advertising. It focuses on everything that is important and refers to what you offer in a practical and creative way.

8 practical tips to create your ebook

  1. Define the main objective of your ebook : it can be informative, learning or entertaining. Here you can define the topic more concisely, the audience and the market to which it will be directed.

  2. Starter scheme and format of the ebook : it is relevant to know the main objective of the ebook to define its format. There are formats depending on the type of ebook you want to make, even if they are short or very long ebooks (initial or preliminary pages-Main body-Recommendations or annexes)

  3. Time control : there are two factors that influence this step, you can't do it in a hurry because something can certainly go wrong, but if it's a first ebook, it can't be that long either because you're just getting started. Define an average time and a good outline of it.

  4. Importance of research : one of the main mistakes with ebooks is to write for writing's sake, really look for what you want to present in your ebook and classify the most valuable details that you want to incorporate, without fillers, without turns, as direct as possible.

  5. Start writing : dedicate this moment without distractions, or without contracts, to an editor, try to follow what you want to incorporate to the letter. Make all possible corrections so that it is a clean and pure content that has to be presented.

  6. The design of your ebook is important, some people also consider hiring a designer to make the digital book more interesting, the incorporation of images or creative designs of the cover and pages are also essential.

  7. At the end of your ebook, it was time to ask for some opinions. This is always done before publishing it where you want. Valid with some trusted professionals that such is left and that they will change it if necessary.

  8. Get platforms to sell your ebook. Finally, today we can find incredible platforms to sell our ebook if we want. To generate profits you can publish it on Kindle Direct Publishing, Hotmart (web portal), Lulu, Blurb, among others.

Follow the tips and create your own ebook.

What are ebooks for?

There are many functionalities of ebooks, especially now that we are immersed in the digital age. Many great literary works today are marketed as digital books, a more practical version of them.

Another interesting fact is that many have considered this tool as an income generator, since they continuously generate ebooks that in turn are sold through different platforms, others promote courses, advice and mentoring through them.

Finally, there are some that produce them as essential entertainment tools.

Generate income with your ebook.

We are sure that at some point an ebook has passed through your hands, but now you know that you can get a lot out of them, depending on the purpose for which you create or use them.

Some extra tips that can help you promote your ebook

Depending on what you want to do with your ebook, there are marketing strategies you can use to promote it.

An example of them is the reach of social networks, you can interact with your audience by creating a Facebook page or an Instagram account where you start posting small tips about your ebook to make it known.

Social networks to effectively promote your ebook.

Some focus on email marketing, consider capturing as many emails as possible and sending interesting content about the ebook in order to get potential customers to purchase.

On the other hand, in both options you can choose to consider an introductory offer. Dedicate promotions to followers or customers who meet expectations that you consider.

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Soy productora audiovisual, amante de la fotografía y creadora de contenidos. Me especializo en criptomonedas, negocios y marketing digital.

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