Need to find out how to write an ebook or how to write your e-book (digital book) like a writing pro?

Now that you are convinced thatwriting an ebook is a good idea, who You have chosen a profitable topic and you are prepared to write your book, I believe it is time to take action. In other words, it's finally time to write your e-book. Or let's say learn how to do it.

Here are some crucial steps that will help you do it right.

1. Break down your work into manageable tasks

The first step is to write several possible titles, the first sentence and the conclusion. Do not worry about the spelling or grammar or the deep meaning of your sentences.

The most important thing at this stage is to write down everything that comes to mind. You can then eliminate all the bad ideas and correct the mistakes and typos.

At first you will feel that this is an impossible task for you. For this reason, let me reassure you by saying that "It's just an impression". It's just a challenge that will have to be addressed. In addition, the only way to find out is to take action. Do not succumb to procrastination.

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Do not be discouraged and avoid finding excuses to justify your laziness and especially, your discouragement. If others have, then you too can do it. In addition, the fear of starting the writing of his e-book is somewhere the sign that one wants to do well.

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Tell yourself that writing an e-book is like climbing a mountain, at first it's a little scary but as soon as you start climbing, everything becomes less and less scary.

2. Organize your ideas

Group all your ideas together and organize them into chapters and subchapters. Again, the order of ideas for each chapter or sub-chapter is of little importance at this stage. You will have plenty of time to do it afterwards.

3. Titrate your e-book

Write down a dozen different titles and choose the one that is both the most catchy and best suited to the content of your e-book. This title should keep you focused on the subject of your e-book.

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Do the same job to name the chapters and subtitles of your book. Once again, titles and subtitles are here to guide you. And if the content subsequently does not reflect one of your titles or subtitles, change it!

4. Write a thesis statement for your e-book

Write a sentence or two that explains exactly what problem you are about to solve and how your e-book intends to solve it. Writing a thesis should allow you to stay focused on the subject of your e-book.

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Once you have stated the thesis, you have the foundation for your book. And it is this foundation that will keep your e-book moving forward chapter after chapter.

5. Check the potential of your e-book

Once you have clearly stated the thesis of your book, you must once again check that you have a good reason to write your e-book.

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To help you do this correctly, here are some questions you need to answer:

• How is the information in your book relevant and useful?
• What problem (s) will it solve?
• Will your e-book positively influence the lives of your readers?
• Do you just write to expose and / or sell your knowledge or to actually help your readers?
• In your opinion, how will your e-book be different from existing books on the same subject?
• How will the proposed solution be different and more effective?

I must say that you must answer all these questions before you start writing your e-book.

6. Determine your target audience

This is the group of people for whom you are writing, the one for which the content of your book will be a solution to one or more problems that it encounters. In fact it is their needs that must dictate the content and style of your e-book (the tone, the style, the diction and even the length).

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The better you know these people, the easier it becomes to write a book adapted to their real needs.

Here are some more questions you need to answer:

• What is the age range of your potential readers?
• What is the predominant gender (male or female)?
• What is their social class?
• What problems do they want to solve?
• What problem should they solve first?
• Why does the problem persist?
• What are the main mistakes they make?
• Where will they usually look for solutions to their problems?
• What are the existing solutions they have procured?
• Where should they start?
• What is the best way to offer them your solution?
• Etc. ...

For this, a mini-survey is required. Sorry to impose it on you, but you write to solve problems no? But before, you must first identify them, understand them and understand those who have them.

7. Make a list of why you write your e-book

You now know who you're writing for, but do you know why you're doing it?

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Clearly define the reasons why you want to write your digital book.

• Is it for promote your company ?
• Is it to create a viral marketing around a specific product?
• Is it to generate free traffic to your blog?
• Is it to improve your reputation?
• Is it only to make money?

It's really up to you to determine why you're writing an e-book.

8. Define your goals in terms of editing

The more you know in advance, the better your writing and the publication of your e-book are oriented.

• Would you like to sell it on your blog?
• Do you want to offer it for free to your subscribers?
• Do you want to use it to create an online course?
• Do you want to use it to attract more affiliates to your affiliate program?

This point is closely related to the previous one, I just wanted to separate them for clarity.

9. Decide on the format of your chapters

All chapters in your book should have a fairly uniform format. You can for example decide to put a quote at the beginning or the end of each chapter, or divide them into 5 paragraphs with an image on the left ...

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Whatever your choice, give a "mind" to your e-book. A particular style that will give it a certain originality on the form.

Just avoid too dense paragraphs or worse yet, an e-book filled with anecdotes, testimonials, photos or other adornments. It doesn't take much to discourage your reader.

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So here are 12 tips to consider in writing your e-book.

a- Start by downloading the software OpenOffice.org. it's the one I use to create my e-books. In just one click, you will transform your text into a PDF document.

b- Copy and paste - Copy all (or almost) articles of a particular theme on your blog and paste them in an order that will make sense to your reader.

c- Eliminate the redundancies that appear in articles. Yes, some of our articles on a given subject often include examples and similar sentences ...

Eliminate them!

d- Create logical content - Find ways to connect the first article to the second, the second to the third, and so on.

e- Air your e-book - From left to right, from bottom to top, leave a few blank spaces on each page.

f- Choose the right writing font - your font size should be between 11 and 12 points. Many people use Ariel or Verdana for their e-books because they are more presentable than Time New Roman.

g- Illustrate your document - use beautiful images to illustrate your e-book. Avoid using clip art on your computer if you do not want to be the last fan. There are cheap pictures that you can buy on the internet.

Otherwise you can still use Flickr. Be careful not to make a photo album instead of a book. Personally, I never use more than two images in my e-books.

h- Take care of the presentation - For titles and subtitles, use a much larger font than for normal text. Do not underline titles to avoid confusion.

An underlined title very often gives the impression that it is a link. Use bold, color, or italic to differentiate them. You can also use special fonts like Tahoma for your titles.

i- Create a nice looking cover page - Your cover should resemble that of a physical book. Okay, so I'm not asking you to complicate things either.

j- Create a table of material that you will place just after the title of your e-book - The ideal for a free report would be a maximum of 30 pages and 70 (maximum) for an e-book that you plan to sell.

k- Add your blog link to the bottom of each page – Whether paying or free, it must contribute to promote your blog.

l- Promote a few products - you can always offer resources to your readers. Resources that are nothing else than your own products or those that you offer in affiliation.

10. Choose the format of your e-book

Once you have written the content of your e-book, you are finally ready for the next step: define the format of your book. For example, you can choose PDF or Word format. Personally, I recommend you convert your e-books to PDF.

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This is the most common format. Make sure all links are clickable. With OpenOffice.org, everything is done automatically.

However, I still want to tell you that it is also at this stage that you expose yourself to a problem common to all digital products: Piracy. We'll talk about it again.

Little advice

Accept the remarks and advice of your friends and those of your readers, but never let anyone believe that you can not write an e-book. Everything is learned and the skill is acquired through experience.

Everyone has their own style and way of sharing their experience in solving problems.

All the famous authors of today were ignorant yesterday. The ignorant that you are today may be the famous author of tomorrow.

So what do you think of this article?

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Conclusion

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