Overcoming Writer’s Block
November 11, 2007 – 10:41 pmWhat is writer's block? Well, I just can't think of a single darn thing to say. Oh well, I'm outta here! Sound familiar? No! Oh, get real! We've all experienced this phenomenon when we absolutely have to write something, particularly on deadline. I'm talking about. . . . .uh, I can't think of what the word is . . . oh, yes, it's on the tip of my tongue . . . it's: WRITER'S BLOCK!!!! Whew! I feel better just getting that out of my head and onto the page! Writer's block is the patron demon of the blank page. You may think you know EXACTLY what you're going to write, but as soon as that evil white screen appears before you, your mind suddenly goes completely blank. I'm not talking about Zen meditation stare-at-the-wall-until-enlightenment-hits kind of blank. I'm talking about sweat trickling down the back of your neck, anguish and panic and suffering kind of ...
How to Price Your eBook
November 11, 2007 – 10:32 pmYou've written and compiled an ebook. Now you have to decide how much to charge for it. Finding the right price is essential to the success of your product. If you charge too little, people will think it's of little value, and they won't purchase it, or even it they do buy your book, you will have to sell thousands of copies to get to the point where you can begin to see a profit. If you price it too high when compared with your competition, you will find yourself steadily lowering the price, which will cause you all kinds of new problems in the future. For example, if you sell your ebook at first for $39.99, and later reduce it to $24.95, don't you think the people who bought it for $39.99 are going to be PISSED? Choosing the right price for your ebook is one of the most critical ...
Ebooks are Promotional Powerhouses
November 11, 2007 – 10:27 pmEbooks are part of the new frontier of cyberspace. They are an entirely new medium for sharing marketing information, ideas, techniques, and expert knowledge. Each day the number of people accessing the Internet grows, causing the exposure of your ebook to increase incrementally. It's obvious why electronic self-publishing has become so popular so quickly. The publishing industry, I hope, does not intend to forever banish the printed word to the dustbin of history. Books in print have their own special qualities and merits, and the world would be diminished by their disappearance. Having said that, let's look at what makes ebooks so important and so unique. Ebooks have certain abilities and qualities that other mediums do not possess. For example, ebooks are fairly easy to produce, and their production cost is inexpensive. Just think about it: you don't need a publisher, an agent, a printing press, offset film, ink, paper, or ...
Private Label Rights: Pros and Cons
June 23, 2007 – 7:23 pmResale rights works in such a way that when an owner of an article or a book sells one the authority to sell that book to others then keep the profits. Private label rights however goes much further, efficiently granting the private label rights buyer to do what he wants with the articles or text materials. PLR makes available to you the benefits wherein you have your very own product and without the effort of making it by yourself. Having ownership rights to articles, you are allowed to do all the revisions or editing that you want. Likewise, you can incorporate any link that you desire, any illustrations or images and add in any additional content and include your byline after revising the article. Private label materials include information products, graphical files, software, and more. Ebooks, reports and articles are the easiest to work on. PLR Disadvantage The only downside of PLR articles ...