| Publishing a book has traditionally been a | | | | Then you publish a book that speaks directly to |
| nightmare. You have to first come up with a | | | | that topic. This might sound very boring and |
| manuscript. If you're just getting started, you'll be | | | | uncreative, but it can be incredibly lucrative. |
| writing what's called a spec manuscript. Spec as in | | | | Imagine what would happen if you had a lot of |
| speculative -- because there's no guarantee that it | | | | money. You could approach a vanity publishing |
| will be published. So what alternatives are there? | | | | company and pay to have them produce and |
| Publishing a book is a lot easier than you think, | | | | publish the book you really wanted to write. You |
| especially if you're willing to be creative insofar as | | | | have effectively financed this because of all the |
| how you define book. We're living in a time when | | | | money you made with eBooks. |
| people are becoming more and more used to | | | | You're not alone -- a lot of people are interested |
| working with digital files and programs. Nearly | | | | in having a book published. There's nothing wrong |
| everyone has a computer, printer, PDA, or eBook | | | | with that, but you have to realize that we're in an |
| reader. So the notion that a digitally produced | | | | environment where very few authors are |
| book would have no market is sheer nonsense. | | | | discovered. You have to push forward and make |
| What if you were to identify a target market of | | | | a name for yourself. Getting started by publishing |
| people who have a problem, a need, or a desire. | | | | an eBook is one way to do that. |