Thursday, January 8, 2009

A Review of How to Write and Publish Your Own Ebook in 7 Days

By Brian Garvin

Have you ever wanted to publish your own book? Self publishing can be a time consuming and expensive (not to say stressful) experience. However, there is a guide that tells you how to publish your own book. Before anything,we would like to state that here we are talking about eBooks. But then why not? Think of the advantages. Almost zero cost to set up.



Electronic downloads mean you don't have to pay for printed copies, or send out physical goods. Use a credit card processor like Clickbank and they will take care of credit card orders, and not to mention perhaps the biggest benefit of clickbank - affiliates. When you sign up with Clickbank, you open up your product to the world of affiliate marketing. Here, other people try to sell your work for you. You in return provide them with a percentage of the sale price (all done automatically by Clickbank).



eBooks are information products - and these are perhaps one of the hottest selling products on the internet today. People want information. If you want to publish your own book, an eBook is perhaps the best way to start. Once it becomes established, you can always approach publishers. If it is a great seller as an eBook, there will not be any need to self publish - the publishers will be queueing up to publish you book.



So how do you write an Ebook?



There is an eBook called "How to Write and Publish your own eBook in as little as 7 days", written by Jim Edwards & Joe Vitale. Both of these authors are bigger than life personalities with a huge amount of experience in writing eBooks and marketing them.



"How to write and publish your own eBook" begins by telling you why eBooks are such a great idea. Jim & Joe then show you how to identify a niche market that people are interested in - in other words a profitable one! After a great deal of inspirational discussion, the Ebook moves onto the 7 Day eBook Writing Method. This method takes up just 23 pages of the 200+ page manual.



However, there really is no need for any more. You might be thinking that the rest of the eBook is just the typical type of padding to fill out an otherwise "short report" into a larger eBook. Not so. The book goes on to tell you how to turn your text document into an eBook - the options for publishing as you like. This does not have to cost you money - there are free ways.



How to write an eBook in as little as 7 days, will take you from the very initial brainstorming, right through to writing and keeping you motivated. Once the final draft is done, Jim & Joe tell you how to format, publish and market your efforts. On page 96, the main eBook finishes.



The rest of the book (over 100 pages) could be described as padding. However, it is very interesting padding. Several well known authors are interviewed. This is extremely enlightening as the interviews are designed to give you an insight into how successful authors get ideas, market their eBooks, and whole stack of other information that is priceless to the wanabee author.



Featured authors interviewed include Yanik Silver & Neil Shearing - two very famous entities.



If you want to self publish your own book, then Jim Edwards & Joe Vitales' awesome "How to write and Publish your own eBook in as little as 7 days" is a goldmine of useful information, and motivational reference. You will not regret buying this eBook, just make sure you use it and stop dithering. Who knows, next week we could see your name in print or all over the Internet for your new eBook.



About the Author: Let Ebook Marketing Review Kings Brian Garvin and Jeff West teach you more about How to Publish Your Own Ebook. Feel free to use this article but please leave all links and author bio intact.



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Punctuation Help: 3 Common Mistakes and the Ultimate Solution!

By Jane Sumerset

You can consult a good punctuation guide for your writing tasks, but it's still easy to get confused about certain things. Learning good punctuation skills can go a long way to making you a better and more persuasive writer. Many people barely learn them in school and quickly forget. Yet writing is not one of those skills that you learn in school and never use in real life. Most of us have to write every day, for work, our business or social reasons. See if you make any of these common punctuation mistakes:



1. Incorrect Use of Quotation Marks



Many people use quotation marks when they mean to highlight something. This is not correct. Quotation marks are meant to indicate dialogue in fiction, as in, "Let's go to the movies," Joe said to Mary.



Another use of quotation marks is to indicate the title of a book or film. However, this is going out of style and is not necessary. You can use italics, as well as capitalizing the words, as in Star Wars, The Simpsons, or Romeo And Juliet.



Quotations are not meant to be used to stress or highlight something, as in "On Sale Today!" Use bold text, italics or larger print for this.



2. Extra Apostrophes



Apostrophes are used to indicate possession, as in John's house or Susan's car.



They also indicate contractions, as in "can't" for "cannot," or "they've" for "they have."



There is no need to use apostrophes to indicate plural, as in "Car's For Sale."



This is incorrect, though commonly done.



3. Run On Sentences



Commas, and the word "and" help to clarify sentences and break up long sentences. Long sentences can also be separated into two or more sentences.



Consider this:



"I woke up late this morning was late for the bus and got to work late and missed an important meeting."



Without commas, this sentence is awkward. It can be rewritten to read:



"I woke up late this morning, and was late for the bus. I got there late and missed an important meeting."



Remember to consult with a punctuation guide if you are unsure about something.



After getting to know the three most typical mistakes. How familiar are you with English punctuation rules? If you still think it's way to complicated, consider getting an automated checking -a software that automatically corrects your spelling, grammar and punctuation as you write.



Automatically "Enforces" Punctuation Rules



This software uses a sophisticated system called Natural Language Processing (NLP), which reads your sentences and compares them to a stored database of correctly written English texts. This enables it to correct your spelling. grammar and punctuation mistakes in a way much more sophisticated than a simple spell checker, which only reads single words.



Suggests New Words



In addition to making sure your writing is in accord with grammar and punctuation rules, and correcting your spelling, NLP software also suggests better words for you to use. If you have ever used a thesaurus, a book that lists synonyms, you can appreciate how easy it would be to have a software program to perform this function for you. In essence, you are expanding your vocabulary when you use it, as you have instant access to new words.



Improves Your Writing and Saves You Time



This software can instantly improve the quality of your writing, and make you more efficient. You can write faster and not worry about making mistakes or having to go back and proofread for grammar, spelling or punctuation errors. This will enable you to get more done, and make the work, emails, reports or term papers you send out more clear and precise.



So, if you don't want to worry about all those grammar and punctuation rules, you may want to consider this automated solution to your writing needs!



About the Author: Watch how innovative English punctuation software instantly can improve your writings on a daily basis and learn how advanced NLP technology can help you to write even better English than your English teacher. Visit: http://www.englishsoftware.org



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