E-Book DIY - How to Write an E-book in 5 Hours!
Well, yesterday I wrote a 300+ page E-book for my tech blog, Zedomax.com in just 5 hours!
How did I do it?
Well, I had about 29+ original content DIY blog posts (hiding somewhere in my blog). I simply opened up my Word, copy and pasted those blog articles, then converted to PDF via Adobe Acrobat with interactive bookmarks and hyperlinks so people can also click an image to see the larger version online.
That’s right! You don’t need to write a new E-book from scratch, you may already have tons of content right there on your blog. You simply need to organize it, add Table of Contents, Intro, etc…etc…
Why did I make an E-book?
A lot of bloggers have been reaping tons of more new readers and benefits, simply by offering a free E-book in return for subscribing to the blog via E-mail.
John Chow also has a great article, I can’t find the original article but here’s something close to it.
I’ve seen bloggers go from zero to like 8,000 RSS subscribers in couple months using this method.
If you have a lot of original content you can stich up into an E-book, it can be very valuable for the readers since they don’t have to be online via internet to read your book.
On top of it, the E-book can spread virally like a wildfire if people do like it.
One more thing, with addition of new E-book reader such as the Amazon Kindle, E-books can also now be downloaded in many forms to even PDAs, cellphones, etc…etc…
Well, since is my very first E-book, I don’t know how the results are going to be but I am already now working on an E-book for this blog, so watch out for that.
I will also have a HOW-TO article on how to get your Feedburner to show the E-book download link next. You will need that gimick in order for the E-book marketing to work effectively while gaining more RSS readers.
Tags: adobe acrobat, blog, bloggers, book marketing, e book, e mail, feedburner, gimick, hyperlinks, interactive bookmarks, john-chow, mail john, original article, subscribers, wildfire, word copy
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October 21st, 2008 at 2:47 am
Very interesting article you have written. Yes, I think giving away free ebook can help to increase subscribers for blogs. Maybe I should try that to get subscribers for my wife and daughter’s blog - Passion Of Life as they are just starting to write on this newly setup blog. I am thinking of ways to help them to draw more readers. This should be an interesting way to get viewers for them. Will have to see if I have content in my harddisk.
October 21st, 2008 at 6:31 pm
Doing this has become a practice for a lot of bloggers that have something to teach others. I welcome this, because I find it easier to read an Ebook then to go through entire site. Somehow I am more focused with a book.
October 21st, 2008 at 6:44 pm
Yes, I agree, I will have a blog post later down the road on the results, let’s hope it’s good.
October 21st, 2008 at 6:44 pm
Yes, make use of any content that’s sitting somewhere in your blog, harddisk, etc…etc…
October 21st, 2008 at 6:56 pm
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