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by Ann Rusnak January 06, 2003

The Net is knowledge...and knowledge is something we all have. The web has been and will be a sanctuary for the distribution of Knowledge. They don't call this the information age for nothing.

Right now, Electronic Books are Hot. People do pay for information especially How-To information.

What makes eBook Publishing the most profitable online business?

Extra?low startup costs

1. The cost of publishing electronic books is virtually none when compared to its real world counterpart. Once you have the tools, creating an unlimited number of e?books costs you absolutely nothing... it is all pure profit!

2. There are no delivery costs either. There are no mailing hassles, no postage, no handling, no printing costs, etc... Great, isn't it?

3. Delivery is immediate. In this fast paced electronic world, people want things and they want them right now! And if you sell e?books, you can deliver faster than they thought. This increases impulse purchases...

4. E?books are great products, they are great lead generators and they are great back?end products... What else could you ask for?

5. If you let people download free e?books from your website, these e?books become viral traffic generators. Why? Well, people who download them will give the books to their friends, and they will pass it on . Increasing traffic to your website exponentially! Increased traffic traduces to increased sales. Need I say more? Once you start your own e?book business, you won't be able to stop the profits from rolling in!

6. There is no business that comes close to giving you the powerful feelings of confidence, control and inner satisfaction that comes with making money from products that you alone have created or co-created; Products that directly benefit or entertain others. It fills that deep inner gap that money - for the sake of it - cannot fill - no matter how much.

What is the biggest roadblock to writing and publishing an eBook?

YOU!!! That's right. I'll bet you've saying to yourself. "I don't have any knowledge someone would pay money for?"

"Why would somebody pay me? I'm no expert." "I don't know the first thing about writing?" Do you know how I know those thoughts are going through your mind? Because they went through mine.

Then I started thinking. Did some brainstorming. Asked myself, what are people always asking me? Then I went duh! People were already paying me for my knowledge. It's called consulting. So know I have the outline for my eBook.

Do your own brainstorming. What hobby are you good at? What do you love to do? Did you have to deal with something difficult? Did you just sell your home yourself? How about a book on How to do that?

The best business is a business that is your product. You then have total control over your business.

Start braining storming. Just write down the ideas, don't worry details. Pick a topic from those ideas. Create an outline with your topic being the head and begin listing sub-topic. Start writing about each of those sub-topics. Write a page or two a day.

You can also begin small. Start with an eBooklet. The Infoproduct Master Course is a FREE email course that shows you how to create, publish and market an eBooklet in 10 days. It actually took me than 10 days to put my eBooklet together. It's also a great course to get you started on an eBook. Talk about boosting your confidence.

You can get the Master Course by sending a blank email to timsmarketplace@sitesell.com

Once it's created you'll need to choose a publishing format. PDF is the standard in eBook publishing. It stands for Portable Document File. Why use PDF? It preserves the document across any computer platform and printers. Your document will look just the way you created it. Acrobat reader is required to read PDF and more than 110 million computers have already downloaded it. In fact, most come with it installed. Acrobat is an Adobe product. It runs about $200-$250. If you're on a tight budget. Adobe offers several solutions. You can create three PDF documents for free. You can purchase the service for 9.99 a month or $99 for the year. Making it affordable for any one to publish their eBooks. http://www.adobe.com