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How do You Write and Publish eBooks?

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I became a writer by accident, and now I write and publish eBooks. So, I know what it’s like to have little writing experience and to grow to write a lot. I’ll start off by saying that most people have false beliefs about how a book gets written. I used to think that to write a book, you would just sit down and write a book straight through. This is probably why I hated writing until I was deep into my twenties! The steps I recommend to write and publish eBooks are designed to break down what can be a painful process into smaller, less-painful steps.  You may be interested to read:  Why My eBooks Aren’t Bestsellers?   Step 1: Build a Tiny Writing Habit If you want to write and publish eBooks the first thing you need to do is to build a habit of writing. Many people will tell you to build a habit of 1,000 words, but that’s just insane. You might meet that goal the first day, and maybe even the second, but then what happens? You oversleep your alarm clock a fe...

Why is it so Hard to Earn Money from Publishing eBooks’?

Why is it so Hard to Earn Money from Publishing eBooks’? The key to making sales with  Kindle Publishing , is you have to first do the basics – write an awesome book, have an eye-catching cover, create a blurb that encourages readers to want to read your book and make sure that same book is well-edited and formatted. Those basics are essential if you want to build and keep your audience of readers. And that’s only part one. In part two you have to drive potential readers to your sales pages on  Amazon . Just because Amazon has millions of site views every day does not mean your book page will get any. You have to assume that nobody is going to “fall over” your book while they are searching for their next buy on the site. You have to encourage people to click on the links you provide on other promotional platforms, so they will buy. Saying that you can’t just plaster “buy my book” adverts on social media groups. That doesn’t work either. Facebook advertising has a low r...