It has been a month since i have posted on this blog. My apology as i am very busy with my offline supply and trading business.

On the subject of ebook creation, it is important that we think in term as a businessman.

Businessman always think leverage, whether it is time or money.

In creating ebook, we should leverage on the existing pool of professional ghost writers to do the job for us while we focus on the business and marketing. The problem here is ‘How and where can we find great writers?’

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When you hire for a writer for your ebook, what you are doing is enlisting the services of a ghostwriter. A ghostwriter is a writer who publishes under someone else’s name, with the consent of both parties.

Traditionally, ghostwriters have been and are still today hired by celebrities to write autobiographies when the celebrities are not talented writers. Ghostwriters also sometimes create works for well-known authors, such as Tom Clancy. This practice is done for business reasons, because the author’s name alone will sell the books, no matter who actually wrote them.

Ghostwriters may also write for book series’ that don’t actually have a real-person author. An example of a series written this way is the Hardy Boys series you may remember from your youth. The Hardy Boys cover author, Franklin W. Dixon, does not actually exist. Many romance novel series’ have also been created in this way, where the author name on the cover represents any number or variety of commissioned writers.

With the advent of the Internet and ebooks, today, ghostwriters also write ebooks. When you outsource your ebook to a ghostwriter, you are giving them the job of creating the words in your ebook in exchange for a fee. You still get to put your own author name on the finished product. Ultimately you will own the copyright, and you can sell the ebook as many times as you like. If it sounds like a pretty nice arrangement, it is. It’s all completely legal and commonly done. And you do not have to be a celebrity or Tom Clancy to hire one.

Just because a ghostwriter does the writing does not mean that you do not deserve to be the credited author. You will be the originator of the idea, and provide direction to the ghostwriter, so that the written material reflects what you want it to say. You may also create a pen name for yourself if you wish your real name to remain anonymous to casual readers.

Once you hand off the reins to a ghostwriter to prepare an ebook for you, you may never go back and try to write one yourself ever again. A ghostwriter can do so many things for you, from researching to editing. And any writer knows that the process of writing and polishing a book or an ebook takes a significant amount of time. Much more than most readers will ever know. Start-to-finish writing is a large task best left to those who love their jobs, who are willing to spend the time writing and re-writing incessantly until things are just right, and who has talent and experience in the craft.
 
You can outsource more than just rote writing to a ghostwriter. In fact, ghostwriters can be hired to research your topic fully on the Internet or elsewhere. They can then translate your or their research into organized sections and create palatable, conversational paragraphs for your readers. They can interview people that you designate or that they seek out for the ebook.

They can separate the ebook-worthy material from non-ebook-worthy material for inclusion with an eye on what readers are interested in and what you have hired them to write about. In other words, good ghostwriters will stay on the topic as they write and not veer off into irrelevant tangents. It’s actually an art form in itself to be able to insert quips and images that are designed to hold a reader’s interest while quickly and smoothly getting back on track to deliver the information promised by the title and table of contents.

Speaking of the table of contents, an experienced ghostwriter can review rough notes from you and propose a title and table of contents. Ghostwriters can start from notes, organize the material into an outline, generate a table of contents, research and add filling text, make boring information flow like an entertaining conversation, and more. They can basically start with whatever you’ve got to start with and get you from there to a completed ebook.

If you have already tried your hand at preparing an ebook, a ghostwriter can whip your existing draft ebook into sell-able shape. She can review the content, make suggestions, do necessary research, add new sections, repair grammar, or revise any not-quite-perfect portions of the ebook.

In fact, it has been known to happen sometimes that one ghostwriter will be hired to edit another ghostwriter’s work. This may be done in a case where you are not satisfied with the result from the first ghostwriter, or can also be done if you just want to polish your product - going on the two heads are better than one philosophy.

She can use a writing style and language that is appropriate for the book. Should it be in first person like this ebook is? Or perhaps it would work better in third person like many reference books are written.

Should it be written from a female or male perspective? Ghostwriters will accommodate your preferences, and if you don’t know your preferences, ghostwriters can help you make those decisions. Read more »

I have done a survey with my list and many have problems with ebook creation.  They find it hard to create an ebook to sell online. 

Well… it is not that difficult as you may think.  If you would like to find out how you can easily create a ebook from scratch, i would suggest that you check out Internet marketing guru Ewen Chia’ Ebook Money Machine at http://www.ewenchia-ebookmoneymachine.com. 

 Before you create any ebook, you need to select a great and profitable topic to write on.

Don’t not be alarm if you think that you need to write it all yourself.  In the next posting, i will share with you how to hire a good writer to write it for you.

In the meantime, let dig in to find out how we can find a great topic to your ebook.

It couldn’t be easier to select a topic for an ebook.  People are hungry for information, and people are looking to the Internet to feed their hunger.

After you’ve read this post, you will feel confident enough to choose your own topic, or you can literally pull your ebook topic directly from this posting and use it!   How’s that for a deal? Observe what’s going on around you If you’re smart enough to read this post, you’re smart enough to look around you and determine what interests you and those around you.

Think of what problems you’ve recently solved, and what kinds of problems others have had and solved. Any problem that has been solved in your world could easily be the subject of your next book.   People love to read how other have solved a problem that they currently have.

So, brainstorm a list of problems in your life and in the lives of those around you.  Your friend Bob lost his job? Your sister’s child had chicken pox?    How did they cope or find solutions? While you’re at it, start another list of unsolved problems evident in your corner of the world. Write down problems you wish you had solved.

Aha! These are subjects that people will really be interested in! How to lose the last ten pounds. The truth about UFOs. The straightest path to becoming a millionaire.  From your personal corner, your step-granddaughter is pregnant at age 14?   Your grocery bill is double what it used to be?   Your roof leaks?

These are problems waiting for ebook solutions! These unsolved problems would also be great ebook topics. Remember, you don’t have to know the solution, just the topic.  

You’re going to get someone else to do the research and write the book for you.

You will not actually be writing one word. Spend a few minutes Googling The Internet is a great way to find out what people are looking for at any given moment.   You can search for almost anything.    Google™ is a popular search engine you can use, or you can try any of the others like Yahoo!® or Mamma.com.

Type in phrases like “top concerns of Americans,” “best-selling nonfiction topics,” or “popular how-to manuals.” Common worries of 2005.    And while you’re on the Internet… Find out the most popular nonfiction books from the New York Times bestseller list, Amazon, and a Google search for ebooks.

Your findings will tell you exactly what book subjects people are buying right now.   Try this.   Go to www.amazon.com. From the tabbed menu running along the top of the Amazon home page, click “Top Sellers.”

I did this one day in September 2009 and found a Harry Potter book, several other fiction books, and titles such as Natural cures “they” won’t tell you about, How what you wear can change your life, How to profit from the demise of the dollar, and The official SAT study guide.

I’ve paraphrased to some degree, but you get the idea.   Here’s what I learned just from spending a few minutes on Amazon that day.    People are reading good fiction from already-best selling authors (Da Vinci Code, the Harry Potter series, and others).

Secondly, Amazon buyers, buying over the Internet, are interested in nonfiction topics such as improving their lives and making more money.    For these books, just about any author will do, even virtual unknowns or people who went to prison for lying to the American public.

And that quick visit only confirmed that the straightest route to ebook profits is in the nonfiction ebook market.  This is for a number of reasons. 

Fiction readers tend to like to curl up in a chair with an actual book.  Some of them attend book clubs where the physical books are brought around someone’s kitchen table with wine and cheese.  Fiction readers tend to purchase from authors they’re already familiar with. Fiction can be more difficult to write and deliver well.

Also, many of the classics in fiction are available as free ebooks. A reader interested in fiction could just download those. So stick with nonfiction unless you’re feeling particularly bold and experimental.

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