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A Guide To eBook Compilers
E-ditor
This software has a demo version that you can download to try out before purchasing. You can’t actually use the demo to create an eBook, but you can run the software and test it out thoroughly to see if it does what you need it to do for your particular eBook.
This eBook compiler is one of the easiest to use. The software has a very user-friendly help menu that provides instructions for and explanations of every field on every screen. The program also includes video tutorials demonstrating every step of this compiler with clear explanations of all fields that need to be filled out. There are 7 screens that you use to choose your eBook options.
This compiler requires your files to be in HTML format. You follow simple directions, and the compiler loads your files. If you decide to edit your eBook after it has been compiled, make any changes in your original files and click on “Compile you eBook” and your changes will appear in your compiled eBook.
E-editor allows for some customization of your eBook. You can create a special page that appears when the eBook is opened; create customized icons that appear on the desktop after downloading; use your own logo on the task bar of your eBook; customize the task bar’s buttons, where the task bar appears in your eBook, and
choose the task bar’s colours. Additionally, you can choose to have the eBook open to the last page read, which many of your buyers will appreciate.
An excellent and unique feature of E-ditor is the capability to choose a standard Microsoft window or to create your own design for a window to personalize
your eBook. The program provides some sample window designs, but you can use any .bmp (bit map skin) graphic you have stored on your hard drive.
E-ditor is a good choice if you are new at producing eBooks because it is easy to use and allows you to customize the appearance of your eBook.
Desktop Author
This compiler does not require a browser, nor do you have to download software or plug-ins. The program converts exe. files into pages that look like a standard book. You can create and produce eBook pages scaled to fit on your computer screen without any scrolling. Additional features include WYSIWGY (what you see is what you get) page editing and creation, the ability to manipulate internal images, cut and
paste functions, hotlinks to pages, email, website, or other files. It is an excellent compiler to use for a marketing tool, such as creating brochures and manuals in addition to eBooks.
EBook Edit Pro
This compiler provides a demo version, which allows you to test out its features. The software uses a Wizard that leads you step-by-step through the set-up and creation of your eBook. Customization includes text editing that appears on the pop-up starting
message window; the ability to allow or prevent resizing of your book and the mouse-click pop-up menu; enabling or disabling the navigation bar and choosing the buttons you want to appear; and customizing the eBook’s desktop icon and the logo that appears on the navigation bar.
Ebook Edit Pro is loaded with excellent features that allow you to create multi-media Ebooks, and includes a Wizard that is customized for beginners and for advanced users. The software uses HTML files, downloading them from the directory where they are saved. Edit and resave your files in the original software used to create those files, and then with a single click you can re-compile your Ebook.
Features include customization of icons, toolbars, and the “about box.” This compiler has a particularly useful feature called the Re-brander feature. This permits you to enter customized code into your Ebook pages and distribute the Re-brander software to your affiliates or distributors. They can then customize the links included in the Ebook, but they can not alter any link or information that you have not
entered a customized code for.
The software includes “eBrand-It” software that allows custom fields for your customer’s name, affiliate ID or URL. This feature is a powerful marketing tool
because affiliates are much happier giving away your Ebook from their own site when they can customize it.
Ebook Compiler
This compiler offers a demo version that allows you to compile 10 files. If you don’t include graphics, you can create a 10 page Ebook that allows printing and copying of the Ebook. The catch is that you can’t sell any Ebook you create in the demo version.
The purchased software is user-friendly with easy-to-follow help files that not only guide you through the steps of compiling your Ebook, but also explains what an Ebook compiler does. The software provides detailed instructions on how to create source files from Microsoft Word 2000 and 1997, PowerPoint 2000 and 1997, and HTML documents. It contains less detailed instructions for creating source files from
other programs.
This compiler allows for password protection of your entire Ebook or for selected pages. Additionally, you can set a time limit on your Ebook. When the runs out,
the customer no longer has access unless they pay for it. In other words, it allows you to create a demo version of your Ebook for marketing purposes.
You can set a single password or multiple passwords. Using multiple passwords assigns each user their own specific password. Online help files guide you through
setting up your passwords. You can also create a Sales and Thank-you page for selling a password protected Ebook. This is a good choice for the novice,
particularly since it includes basic features for password protection and distribution.
Activ Ebook Compiler
This is an easy to use compiler that provides excellent features. This software can support HTML, JPEG, GIF, and all active plug-ins. Features includes password protection, branding, internet linking, icon customization, assigning unique serial numbers, splash screen, file compression, and start-up messages. It also provides free lifetime upgrades. Additionally, it includes a pre-processor, re-brander, active script,
and detailed instructions for using HTML, Power Point, and Microsoft Word files.
There are several other excellent Ebook compilers on the market that are worth looking into.
Ebook Generator features splash screens, password protection, branding, icon customization, and compression control. Additionally, it includes virus prevention that alerts the user to any modifications made to your Ebook and offers usage statistics so you can track your Ebook’s use. With all these advanced features, this is an excellent compiler for the beginner because it is exceptionally easy to run.
Ebook Creator is another excellent compiler, supporting HTML, JPEG, GIF, and PNG graphics, and JavaScript, VB script, and Java applets. It also supports all Internet Explorer plug-ins. Standard features include unique serial numbers, direct linking
to a form or a page on your website, disabled right clicking, and search functions. The software allows for expiration after a set number of days or usages, which allows you to create demo versions. You can create up to 1000 different passwords; every time the Ebook is downloaded, a unique password is required to access protected pages. The software provides user-friendly menus and buttons that allow the beginner to the advanced user to easily create their Ebook.
Obviously, there are some excellent compilers out there. So figure out EVERYTHING you need in terms of features, and then compare prices and options. Do take advantage of demo versions if they are offered before purchasing. And then, have fun creating your Ebook!
How to Sell One Million Ebooks on the Internet
Writing, reselling other author’s ebooks and selling your own ebooks can be extremely lucrative. Writing and selling ebooks have become one of the most profitable work at home businesses on the Internet? Everyone looks for information on the Internet. If you can give them the kind of information they really want, they will be very happy to pay you for your knowledge. Learn from the prosperous about ebook marketing secrets to assure you of success.
There are many different ways to sell millions ebooks. If one of your goals is to become a Millionaire or make a six-figure income online then consider selling ebooks by the quantity. Most people just set a goal of making a million dollars over the Internet and that is good but most plans fall short of making that kind of income because making money is there only goal. When your goal of having your own home internet business that has that kind of success of earning one million dollars with the emphasis on selling a large number of units then your success will be very attainable especially with ebook sales.
The first thing you may want to consider is writing your own ebook and selling it online and having your own home base business. There are plenty of topics on which you can write an ebook, just pick one that you are suited for. Ebooks are not that difficult to write, compile or create and they do not take that long to write one. You can write an ebook in one day. Many ebooks are only about 25 pages. Some ebooks are about 200 pages. Just write about something that you already know. Think about your occupation or the hobbies that you have and you will realize that you are close to an expert on that subject.
If you only have one ebook that you want to sell in order to make a million dollars then you will have to sell one million ebooks making one-dollar profit on each one. This would be one of the hardest ways of selling one million ebooks. If your profit was 2 to 5 dollars on each ebook then you will not have to sell as many to make one million dollars. Selling a million units with only one ebook title may take some years even if is a popular subject and well written that would appeal to a large audience or attract many consumers and customers.
Although it is very possible to sell one million ebooks from just one title in a short period of time, most authors have a few ebooks from many ebooks for sale. Ebooks are a great home base business that will cost you nothing to set up and your selling is all online.
Your chances of selling one million ebooks increase dramatically when you have multiple titles that you are selling at the same time. If you have 30 ebooks that you have written and they are excellent ebooks and appeal to many customers then your goal of selling one million ebooks will increase greatly and much more quickly then selling just one title. Use your imagination and try to conceive of having 100 to 1000 ebook titles that you could sell and how long it would take to sell one million ebooks.
You can sell other author’s ebooks and make a profit off of them, which will get you closer to your goal of selling many ebooks up to one million ebooks, this will save you time on publishing. Obviously the more ebook titles you have the closer you will be to your goal in selling one million ebooks.
Realistically you can have only 25 titles of ebooks that you have written or have purchased reseller rights on and sell one million ebooks in about a year. The key is to select the popular categories on what sells best on the Internet. Then the next thing you will need is to advertise it by using an ebook description that would make all people want to buy your ebook. This would be the best ebook promotion method. I have more information on this subject.
Bill Naugle Th. M. Home Internet Business Entrepreneur with marketing achievement. Information Technology Certifications: Microsoft (MCDST) and CIW Server Administrator. Writer of many articles, books and ebooks. http://emoneyhomemoney.blogspot.com/ http://www.lulu.com/content/2851016
5 Costly Viral Ebook Mistakes
If I had only known, I wouldn’t have made these mistakes. But I did.
For such a small word, “if” sure does cause a lot of problems, doesn’t it?
“If I had not turned off the alarm clock, I wouldn’t have overslept.”
“If I had paid attention to what my wife said, I would have not shrunk my 100% cotton shirt three sizes too small.”
“If I would have taken the time to fuel up, my car wouldn’t have run out of gas out here in the middle of nowhere.”
“If I had charged up the battery on my mobile phone, then I would be able to call AAA to bring me some gas out here in the middle of nowhere!”
See what I mean?
“If” is such a tiny word.
But it’s like dynamite. It packs a lot of punch.
For me, as I teach (and learn myself!) about viral eBooks, the phrase is this:
“If I had only known, I wouldn’t have made these mistakes.”
You see, I made MANY costly mistakes in my early viral eBooks. Mistakes that are *literally* costing me thousands of dollars in profits right now.
And there is nothing I can do to change them.
Once you set a viral eBook into motion, it’s impossible to get it back and make corrections to things ya screwed up on.
Man, if I could go back into time and change some things.
I have learned the hard way some things you DON’T want to do with viral ebooks.
That’s what we’re going to take a look at here.
I’ve made ‘em all.
You don’t have to.
Don’t do this…
1. Never use any link inside the content that you can’t control.
I learned the hard way that you should always use redirect links from your own domain when putting any kind of link inside your ebook.
For example: most people insert their affiliate link for an affiliate offer inside the ebook that they have put together. The one that was given to them by the affiliate program owner.
Instead, you want to link to a page at your site that refreshes and redirects the visitor to your assigned affiliate link. Something like this… http://www.yourdomain.com/brainstorm.html
This is important so you can CHANGE the link anytime you want to in the future.
For example: If I decided to no longer use ClickBank to handle my affiliate program and went with a different affiliate tracking link, what happens to the thousands of copies of your viral eBook that are in place with that old affiliate link in there?
They become obsolete, unusable and unprofitable.
Or, suppose you are linking to a dating service that goes out of business? What now?
Your links are toast. They are worthless to you.
With a redirect link you can easily adjust the target page and send the traffic to a different dating service, or to a page at your site. With a redirect link the changes are made at YOUR SITE, which you remain in control of regardless of what happens with the products and services that you linked to.
Even if you change hosts or servers, you still remain in control.
You don’t have to make changes to all of those eBooks — which would be impossible to do — you simply make a 2 minute change at your site.
I can’t tell you how many dead links are in some of my earlier ebooks that continue to give me headaches as people email me saying, “Jimmy, you’ve got a dead link here … can you give the correct link?”
It creates a lot of extra work in answering emails and certainly is throwing away potential profit for the countless people who never bother to ask for an updated link.
So, never use any link inside the content that you can’t control.
Always use redirect links.
2. Another thing is you want to avoid using dated information by providing too specific details.
Affiliate program A may not be offering that free 30 day trial offer very much longer.
The price for admission to that special site may not always be $29.95.
That site that was “just released last week” may have become an all-time classic by the time Bob reads your viral ebook two years after it was released.
You want to make certain that you stay away from information that is too specific that can easily become irrelevant.
Again, I get emails all the time griping about inconsistent prices because I put a price for the Profits Vault membership into one of my early viral ebooks and that price is no longer valid.
Hasn’t been for almost two years.
I’ve even gotten ugly emails accusing me of fraud and false advertising, with threats to turn me in to the attorney general and all kinds of nonsense.
So, be careful that you don’t date your viral ebook if you can avoid it.
3. Another no-no is to never put any information into your ebook that you don’t want all over the world.
These things travel folks and they can be global in a matter of days and certainly over time you can easily have a worldwide audience.
I made the mistake of putting my cell phone number in one of my earlier ebooks because everyone claimed that if I didn’t have my contact information in there, no one would buy from me… which is nonsense I might add.
Anyway, I started getting all kinds of calls at all hours of the day.
What was 3:00 in the afternoon in the Philippines was 3:00 in the morning where I live.
So, it was a nuisance.
Kind of a funny story came out of it.
I disconnected that number, of course, and got a new one. That was almost 2 years ago.
Well, about a month or so ago I had a lady email me and she was hopping mad.
Apparently, she had ordered a cellular phone and got my old number… and folks were still calling!
She told me that she was getting calls from England and all over looking for me and they were running her cellular bill up with charges.
She wanted me to do something about it and all I could do was tell her “I’m sorry, there’s nothing I can do”
With viral marketing, it’s pretty much unstoppable, which is why it is so effective. It keeps spreading and it’s hard to stop the growth once it gets going.
So, never put anything into your ebook that you don’t want the world to know and use.
4. Another thing is this … always have your carriers do the branding.
You want to automate the process as much as possible.
Again, I learned the hard way.
Early on, before there were all of these branding tools available, I hand customized each ebook.
And as they began to spread, the customization requests grew to be way too much for me to handle. I was spending most of my day putting together these customized viral ebooks for each new person that requested a copy.
That had to change and so now I use branding tools and branding instructions. I give them to anyone who wants to customize the ebook and I let THEM do the work.
Keeps me out of the loop completely.
So, unless you have some specific reason to do it yourself, place that responsibility onto the ones who want to distribute the viral ebooks.
5. One more thing I want to share. Always launch new browser windows with your links in your ebooks.
Whenever you link to a site within your viral eBook content, always remember to code that link to launch a new browser window when the reader clicks on it. I learned this the hard way. There are many scripts involved in the order-taking process at online credit card processing sites.
And many of those have caused glitches in the eBook due to the software the eBook was created with and it crashes the eBook, making it impossible to order.
So, what happens is this.
You do your job well. The content is great. You’ve got a hungry customer waiting to buy.
They click on a recommended product link. They arrive at the site still inside your eBook window. They click on the order link and the entire thing shuts down. I mean completely shuts down the ebook and website altogether.
And, in some cases, it even crashes the computer.You just lost a customer because two sets of code didn’t like each other.
That has happened to me on MANY different occasions in some of my early ebooks.
Now, all of my links launch new browser windows OUTSIDE of the ebook if you click on a link inside the ebook. All you need to do is insert a simple line of code into your links inside the eBook. The code looks like this…
Target=”Resource Window”
Now when someone clicks on your link, a new browser window will launch outside of the eBook itself before taking them to the website. Now, you’re safe. EVERY link in your eBook should have this code. You can thank me later.
(NOTE: IF you are using a PDF maker for your ebooks, you should be fine with your links.)
Viral eBooks are tremendous tools. But, there are also some pitfalls associated with them.
I’ve just shared five of the mistakes that I have made.
There is just no way of measuring how much profit I have lost over the years due to those errors.
There wasn’t a manual available to tell me how to do it. History hadn’t really been recorded at that time to tell me what to stay away from and what to make sure I did in order to protect myself from problems.
So, you’re getting something that I didn’t have.
Aren’t ya happy?
In all seriousness, don’t make the mistakes that I made.
History doesn’t need to repeat itself on this one.
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Buy Ebooks, The Essential Ebook Estore For Gaining Knowledge and Value
Success at last, I am an avid reader of high quality ebooks, unfortunately, high quality ebooks being created to advance knowledge and being sold at an affordable price, being extremely difficult to find on the internet today. Internet being the internet, what you think you are buying, especially when relating to ebooks, is not always what you receive.
The problem with the modern internet is that the internet is now an excellent medium to be used to exploit the buyers of all available products and services and in most situations that is exactly is happening in reality.
As I gained experience and expertise in using the internet, from many years of studying through the medium of physical books and electronic ebooks and a four years university undergraduate course – gained Honours with Degree, I realised that the majority of ebooks being sold in the ebook estores. Was in actual fact ebooks which can be obtained for free on the internet?
As a website owner, I write numerous factual articles, which are freely published on the internet using the sometimes free services of Article Distribution Websites. These free articles are used by webmaster/website owners for article websites, newsletters and for email article distribution.
The main attraction for writing articles and giving them away for free to Article Distribution Websites is simply, for promoting an individual website, as every written article contains a specific back link to my pre-selected website.
Major search engines determine the high ranking of individual websites by the number of back links – popularity, of the website. Popularity is not the only criteria which determine the high ranking an individual website, but arguable the most important. Although, the back linking must be of the highest quality, or the back linking can have a reverse affect.
The time consuming activity of writing high quality articles, which can take up to a days work, do not increase my wealth, as the articles are distributed free and with reprint rights, which allow the articles to be freely reprinted, but must include the back link to my individual website.
So in reality, I am creating popularity for my websites which will, in time, elevate my websites, or even longer, combined with other types of advertising, marketing and promoting, to the first three pages of the major search engines for various keywords, being used by search engine users.
The type of website promotion I use by writing articles and distributing the articles free, means I am not exploiting the users of their hard earned dollars. In addition, I refuse to spend a cent on the advertising, marketing and promotion of my many websites. Yet I have all of my websites in the first three pages of the two major search engines, Google and Yahoo. It is hard work, but I enjoy every minute, with no exploitation.
Unfortunately, that statement is not true for all website owners/webmasters, writing an article to be at an acceptable standard to satisfy the publishers is very difficult, because the best and certainly the most affective Article Distribution Websites will review the article, and reject if the article is not written to an extremely high standard.
The only alternative for the unfortunate is to create ebooks which contain the website link, then give them away free of charge and hope they will saturate the internet and multiply by thousands, at the same time increase back links, which will be indexed – recorded, by the major search engines.
Generally these free ebooks are of very limited value, as they are not written for an exclusive audience, only as a tool for creating back links, nothing else. Because of their poor readability, the free ebooks remains valueless as a vessel of gaining knowledge, even worse will contain as many advertisements as the words in the description.
Even worse, many cheap ebook websites will harvest the free ebooks available on the internet, and use the useless – sorry but that’s the best way of describing the free ebooks, on the websites as downloadable ebooks, and sell them as high quality ebooks. In the past I have purchased some of these payable free ebooks, and left a nasty taste in my mouth.
Another disadvantage in collecting or buying free ebooks, is that the free ebooks remains an ideal carrier for the most damaging and persistent viruses and remote controlled Trojans – read descriptions on the internet, if not understood meaning, These unwelcome visitors can be very damaging to ones computer and could easily result in damage and replacement.
As a direct consequence of my nasty experience relating to payable free ebooks, I have created a high quality ebooks estore website and only sell the highest quality ebooks guaranteed with no free rubbish, only the highest quality reading with no exception.
The ebook estore website only stock the highest quality ebook contents, as I write articles on most subjects on a regular basis, and these articles are published by some of the best Article Distribution Websites on the internet, I believe I am more than capable of determining high quality ebooks. I only select the highest quality ebooks available on the internet.
Prices of the ebooks is very affordable, they are all under $8, and in the Bargains category, high quality ebooks being priced on sale at sale prices, as low as $0.99 and $1.99. The ebooks estore have over 700+ ebooks and software available, and this number increases weekly.
So, if you have a love and a desire of reading highest quality ebooks, and wish to enhance your worldly knowledge by reading the highest quality ebooks available on the internet, then look no further and visit an ebooks estore where high quality in ebooks matters and even more important, all high quality ebooks, software and turn key websites are priced below $8. http://www.ebookspals.com The Essential eBooks eStore for Gaining Knowledge and Best Value
“How Do I Sell My Ebook?” Everything You Need to Start Selling Ebooks!
Selling ebooks is not that difficult, but there is a bit of a learning curve. If you’re somewhat web-savvy, you can do it – only takes time and some financial investment to sell your ebook by yourself.
The following is a list of virtually everything you need to write and sell your ebook online:
A Word Processing Program to type it up in. You’ll also want to use an attractive template — you want the final product to look more like a nice-looking book and less like a college term paper. PDF-making software, such as Adobe Acrobat (you can also find free software). You’ll use this to turn your document into an ebook, as PDF is the standard format for ebooks, and most computer users have PDF-reading capability. Automatic digital content delivery service such as e-Junkie, so buyers have immediate access to your ebook. A website or blog to promote and sell your ebook. You can get a free website (such as Webs.com) and simply buy a domain name. Note that if you plan on using Clickbank to sell, they prohibit you from using a free website. A PayPal account to receive payment. Alternatively, you can use the above-mentioned Clickbank to process payment. I strongly prefer PayPal, as they don’t take a significant percentage, and you get your payment immediately. If you get yourself a PayPal debit card (for free!), you’ll have instant access to your cash. I’ve been in love with my PayPal debit card ever since I was a poor grad student: I’d sell something on eBay and get instant access to the money, so I could go out and by more instant noodles. An autoresponder such as Aweber to stay in touch with customers and prospective buyers, or to deliver free sample chapters of your ebook. An education in SEO (search engine optimization) and internet marketing. After all, you’ll never sell a thing if you don’t get website visitors.
With these elements in place, you should be able to sell your book. If you’d like help releasing and selling your ebook visit MisterEbooks.com, where we’ll provide you with all the resources to set-up and sell your ebook — for free!
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