Introduction...

Hey and welcome to the Software Review Guy! Today I have a super-quick training article that covers the steps needed to actually write the content required for your e-book which is a key element and one of the fundamental steps in making money from Kindle E-Book Publishing.

Self-publishing e-books is a topic that is really taking off in the internet money-making/marketing world, and there are numerous reasons why. Firstly the fact anyone can do this with limited to no budget at all (more on that later) but also because of the ability to easily sell your books on the largest e-commerce platform of all…Amazon!

I have now self-published a few of my own e-books and as such, I understand the steps required to get a book produced from scratch and I thought it would be a useful thing to cover in this article.

The process of writing your e-book should only be started following proper keyword research and analysis - if you have not yet carried this out head back a step to this article here and then re-visit this page when you have done this!

If you've done your research and are interested in making money by publishing Kindle e-books then you’re in the right place! So, let's get going and dive in!

Creating a Title & Writing Your e-Book

Creating You Book Title

Ok, so now that we've identified our topic based on our research done in step 1 it's time to create the title for our book! The title of your book is important as (along with the cover) it is the first thing a buyer will see. Your title needs to clearly show the niche/topic that your book is about and needs to include your keyword(s) in order to boost SEO, also the catchier the title the better as this will help to hook buyers in!

An example of a poor title would be something like 'A Beginners Guide To Mountain Hiking' - ok your general topic is included but it doesn't really create much excitement or help the book stand out! also Amazon will allow more characters than this so do not waste what is valuable real estate in terms of getting your info in front of buyers! with this being said a much better title for the book mentioned above would be: 'The Complete Mountain Hiking Guide For Beginners - A Practical, Fun Guide To Get You Started On Your Mountain Adventures!'

How To Write Your e-Book!

So now we've got our title sorted it's time to actually write out e-Book! now, as with keyword research, we have two options here, a free method and a paid solution. For the free method here it literally involves writing out a book yourself, if you are good at writing and comfortable doing this you literally only need word processing software and Google to research your topic and you can quite literally write the book yourself! just make sure you use original content and do not plagiarize any other articles as Amazon could pick up on this and reject your book which would be a disaster! I will summarise my advice for laying out and sectioning your book shortly so if you intend to self-write the book then skip down and go from there!

If, however (like me!) the thought of spending hours planning, researching then writing an e-book fills you with dread then do not worry as there is another way! introducing ghostwriters! if you do not know ghostwriters are people whom you can hire who are skilled writers and who will literally write your book to completion based on a basic template you provide them! this not only ensures

Finally, I wanted to end this section by mentioning that there is software on the market which 'spins' articles and makes them unique, this may be an option for people who do not mind putting in a bit of work themselves but who do not want to have to write all of the content! One of the best I can find available is 'Content Professor' which spins articles on any topic in seconds which you could then use to construct the chapters of your book! I want to caveat this by saying I have never used this tool for an e-Book however so please do your own research before using it! if you want to check it out though you can do so here.

Planning Your e-Book!

This is another crucial step that cannot be skipped over, we want to produce quality content as if our book is poor it'll attract bad ratings following its initial sales which will damage our ranking on Amazon, conversely, great content means great reviews and therefore, great ranking meaning many more sales, I'm sure you can see why therefore having a good book content is key!

In order to achieve a solid book content having a plan for the book itself is the best practice, this applies whether you are self-writing or outsourcing the writing to a ghostwriter. Here I will summarise the steps (and associated word counts) that I like to aim for in my books!

I will always start with a book overview as I think it's good to get this down on paper, especially if sending this to a ghostwriter, this includes details such as the list below, this allows the writer to get a good overview and feel for how the book should be written.

• Title

• Subtitle

• Author (use a pen name here unless you want to use your own name if self-writing)

• Word Count – 7,500 words minimum – if this goes over a bit that is ok.

• Target Audience - Gender/Age

• Problem that led the customer to purchase this book

• Solution to that problem

• Links to top competitive titles

Next, we need to breakdown the chapters of the book, again i will summarise for you an example outline that I have used successfully in the past, this may seem a bit over the top but I want a writer to construct the book in the way I require so this means less chance of any errors occurring by making things crystal clear for them and helping to make their job as easy as possible.

1. Introduction: 1500 - 2000 words approx

2. Body Chapters: 2000 – 2500 words

   • Chapter 1 - Title & brief overview/outline of chapter content

   • Chapter 2 - Title & brief overview/outline of chapter content

   • Chapter 3 - Title & brief overview/outline of chapter content

   • Chapter 4 - Title & brief overview/outline of chapter content

   • Chapter 5 - Title & brief overview/outline of chapter content

3. Conclusion : 1000 - 1500 words

4. Resources Page - to include all citations etc used in the writing of the book

I like to aim for between 12000 to 15000 words if possible but this will depend on your topic and some books may require more or much less, it'll also likely come down to your budget so just adjust the word counts above as necessary, have a good think about potential chapter titles and provide as much or as little info here as needed, of course, you can just let your writer use their own creativity to construct chapter titles for you!

Creating a rockstar book description!

So if we've done our proper keyword research we know we'll get eyes on our book as it will pick up ranking within Amazon, our book cover (see step 3!) and title will draw in initial eyes enough to make buyers click on our listing, this is step 1 to making sales! We now need to close these interested buyers with a sale!

To do this our description comes into play - here you are allowed 4000 characters and I suggest you use this as much as possible! this should be properly written, have your main keyword(s) naturally packed into the paragraphs, and do the job of convincing the prospect to buy! it is worth touching here on the problems the reader is likely to have and how your book solves this issue along with the other benefits of the book!

A good idea here is to ask your ghostwriter to produce the description for you within their original contract, as they will have written the full book this will be easy for them, you could maybe agree to have this included as part of your total price! there is a useful article from Amazon themselves about the requirements for the book description found here.

As ever Fiverr has a wealth of writers who can help write a book description so check it out and hire someone there if needed! Check out Fiverr.com Here to find writers for your book description!

COnclusion

You've now reached the point of having a nice topic for your ebook and having had your e-book written, either by yourself or a hired ghostwriter!

I hope this training guide has been useful and has shown you the process for producing Kindle e-Books! do reach out to me with any questions or feedback on the guide and let me know if there is anything further you'd like me to cover in future articles! my email address is thesoftwarereviewguy@gmail.com

Until next time thanks for reading my quickstart guide on how to make money from Kindle e-Book publishing

The Software Review Guy