I Earn More Than You

A lot of people overlook how much money an ebook tailored to a small audience can make with very little effort on your part to market it.

It probably wont make you rich, (although it has the potential to,) but if you write well and create a good product, then sell it for a reasonable price, you can definitely make $100 or so a month with it.

Take these ebooks for example;

- http://www.gamestomoney.com

- http://www.gamestomoney.com/neopets

- http://www.gamestomoney.com/social_networking

They also have a guide on treating thrush and another on using eBay to earn money online; but all the ebooks listed above have some things in common. Let’s assess those now;

1. They all cost a reasonable amount (in this case between $5 and $10); you aren’t being charged $90 for something that only took someone a day to write.

2. None of them offer impossible things, such as $5000 a day, a way to hack the popular site Neopets, etc.

3. They all give you very clear, honest descriptions about who they were written for and how they can help.

4. The price is not hidden away, there is no pretend discount.

The basic contents of the page should flow like this:

- A greeting.

(Would you like it if a shopkeeper completely ignored you?)

- A description.

(Who would find your product most useful and what does it offer them?)

- A price.

(How much would you pay for your own book? Half that, and you know you are on the right track.)

To promote your ebook Yahoo Answers, forums related to the subject and blog comments are all good and free. Just remember; never spam, never copy and paste – you only want to put your link where it is appropriate and useful.

If this sounds good to you, check out my post on how to write a successful ebook.