The Internet has had an enormous impact on the way in which information about parenting and raising children is being published with more and more information being made available in the form of downloadable ebooks. Let’s look at why you should consider writing and selling your own parenting ebook.
If you have a good knowledge of parenting and you can write a book providing helpful information to readers, then publishing it as an ebook is a great way to go. Electronic books or “ebooks” have changed the publishing world.
The Advantage of Parenting Ebooks
There are several advantages with ebooks. If you write a parenting ebook you can get it published far easier and in much less time than for a traditional print book.
Once you have created your parenting ebook once, you can easily copy and email it to your customers, or have them download it immediately following payment. That means almost zero costs for production, storage, and shipping. In other words, your parenting ebook will be a highly profitable product to sell.
Don’t forget that many people search for information online before even go anywhere near a bookstore. A few of the common parenting topics that people search for online include pregnancy and childbirth, family health, family relationships, education, family activities and adoption.
How Much Do Ebook Authors Make?
Some ebook authors make just a few extra dollars per month. Others make hundreds of thousands of dollars with a single ebook launch. Whether or not you can achieve that with your parenting ebook will depend upon many factors but one thing to keep in mind is that as an ebook author you will get to put more from each sale into your own pocket.
By comparison, readers readily spend around $25 for traditional parenting books such as “Parenting With Love And Logic” and “The Power of Positive Parenting: A Wonderful Way to Raise Children”. But parenting ebooks have good ticket prices too. Consider “My Out-Of-Control Teen” that sells at ClickBank for $29.
Many traditional book authors only earn a dollar or two for each paperback book that sells, but with ebooks you will normally pocket 80% to 90% of the cover price for every copy sold.
Plus an ebook business is open 24 hours. As long as your web site is up, customers from around the world in any time zone can visit your store and make a purchase.
What Makes A Parenting Ebook Sell?
Your parenting ebook will sell if it is well-written, if it is helpful to your target audience, and if you promote it effectively.
Be sure to know your target audience and provide information about parenting that is clear, concise and answers real questions that people want answers to.
And remember that your target audience is not limited to parents, it could also be social workers and teachers.
Ultimately sales of your parenting ebook will depend upon you actively and relentlessly promoting it. Use articles. Use advertising. Use a blog or newsletter. Don’t let up and you will see sales of your ebook grow.
In closing, a couple of questions. Would you like to be recognized as an expert on parenting and raising children? Would you like to be able to tell people that you are a published author?
You can take the first step today by deciding to write and sell your own bestselling parenting ebook.
David Goldsmith is the author of "25 Ways to Write for Money". He is also a regular contributor to several writing sites including Worldwide Freelance Writer and Publish Your Own Ebooks at www.PublishYourOwnEbooks.com
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