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How to Get Started Guides >> Be an Infopreneur

Are you an infopreneur?

EBooks are ways to express yourself, and to inform others in matters of which you are expert--or at least quite likely more knowledgeable than someone else. With self-publishing online you can pass on what you know in a relatively inexpensive manner. There's always the chance that you can make a bit of money with it, too! That, in a nutshell is what makes one an infopreneur.

This article is the second written by a lady that authored an ebook-writer software. Here she writes about the benefits of marketing an ebook as opposed to other products. She also tells about her eBook Starter software, educating aspiring ebook authors along the way. Learn more about how to write an ebook.

The article and title are the words of S. Lowery. Emphasis and headings are mine. As always, images, eccept for the ads, are ©VCCTI. Read and enjoy!--Val

Information -- The 'Perfect' Online Product

By Shelley Lowery

eBooks: a Great First Product for Internet Marketing

Explore the ebook possibilities at the Dirt Poor Book Shop, where a wide variety of merchants, uh-- markets, exist for sites to post your ebook. Learn about the nook™, the Kindle™ and other ebook readers. Learn more about the markets and self-publishing in the articles on Writing eBooks in this How to Guides series.

If you're looking for a great way to get started in Internet marketing, selling information may be your answer.

The Internet has literally become the information super highway, as millions upon millions of people logon each day in search of the information they desire -- not just any type of information -- they're searching for solutions! They want to improve their health, improve their love life, improve their finances -- the list goes on and on...

Why Write an eBook?

That's what makes information products, such as ebooks, reports, etc., so appealing. They provide people with the information they desire, almost instantly, as they can be purchased and downloaded within a matter of minutes.

Sidney Offits Memoir Writing Secrets. Write Your Life Story Now!
This Audio-ebook Info Pak Featuring Writer-professor Sidney Offit Is Filled With Tips And Tools That Will Put You On The Right Road To Producing A Successful Memoir. Another example of a self-published product from Clickbank.com -- Val

Not only do information products provide your readers with instant gratification, but they are also the 'perfect' product for you, as they are one of the cheapest and easiest products you can create. What's more, the profit margin is phenomenal -- once you purchase a packaging software, you can sell your product an unlimited number of times with...

Discover the World's largest E-Book Store! Save big on bestsellers!

Mystery Sale - Buy 1 Mystery Paperback, Get a 2nd 50% Off!

No additional development costs
No inventory
No packaging charges
No shipping charges
No hassle!

Information is the number one best-selling product on the Internet. There are literally hundreds of Internet entrepreneurs quietly making a fortune simply by selling information. How? By developing in-demand information products and delivering them instantly and automatically over the Internet.

What is an eBook?

Get Shelly Lowery's eBook Starter

If you're not confident in your ability to create a professional looking ebook, I highly recommend eBook Starter. It is the first and only ebook software that is an actual WYSIWYG ebook editor. It will enable you to give your ebooks the look and feel of a real book, notebook, manual or report. If you can use a simple word processing program, you can create ebooks with eBook Starter -- it's that simple.

Although there are several ebook format options, we will be focusing on HTML compiled ebooks.

Ebooks, electronic books, are self-contained files of HTML. This HTML may be a web site you've created or HTML you've specifically prepared to be compiled into a downloadable EXE file for distribution. When downloaded, the file will self-install on your customers' desktop.

This EXE file requires no installation and will open on your customers' computer simply by double clicking on the file. In addition, it doesn't require any special plug-ins or viewers, as it relies on your readers' browser.

Ebooks are completely interactive with the Internet and can contain live links, graphics, forms, JavaScript, embedded video, protection via password/userid, search capabilities and more.

This self-contained executable file can be distributed in a number of ways, including CD, floppy disk, and Internet download.

How is an Ebook Created?

In order to create your ebook, you will need to invest in an HTML compiler. An HTML compiler is a software program that will compress all of your files, including HTML and images, into one file that is in EXE format.

Although HTML compilers have provided Internet marketers with an easy way to distribute their files, they don't provide any additional assistance in creating your ebook.

What this means is that in order to use an HTML compiler, you must first create your ebook files within another program and then import the files into the compiler. This option may not be an issue for veteran marketers. However, for those new to the Internet there is a better option.

There is only one software program that will enable you to create your entire ebook -- from start to finish within a WYSIWYG ebook editor:
--claim made by author S. Lowery at the time of the original writing of the article. Now there are others.-Val

eBook Starter

Creating your own ebook is a great way to get started marketing online. Not only are they highly popular, but they're cheap and easy to create; and can be very profitable. Isn't it time to take the first step toward securing your future? Don't put it off another day!

About the Author:

Shelley Lowery is the author of eBook Starter. Create your ebooks quickly and easily with the first and only ebook software that is an actual WYSIWYG ebook editor. Give your ebooks the look and feel of a real book, notebook, manual or report in just a few simple steps.

Visit eBook Starter to download your free demo today...

Let me know if you try the product and whether you liked it. I personally found the information about writing ebooks to be informative. There is another article by S. Lowery. Also, you can get lots of books from the Clickbank.com authors at the eBook Library. --Valerie

This page first posted 10/28/09.