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I have already written an ebook about 'careers and shyness' and would like to write other career ebooks. Would I need to interview people to get the information about the various careers or would research alone be enough? I think I would like to eventually have a website with all the different career ebooks on there.
In the meantime, would it be better to have a website or a blog for each ebook?
Is this a reasonably good area to write about?
I look forward to hearing from you.
Andrea
Would I need to interview people to get the information about the various careers or would research alone be enough?
What are you trying to accomplish? Just rehash already available information, or provide a truly unique resource? Interviews can add a lot to a book like that, because they add a personal story to statistics and general descriptions.
Is this a good area to write about? Again, it depends on what you want to achieve. Do you want to make a name for yourself as a writer, or as a careers expert, or do you want to make money selling the ebooks?
Same question re blog versus ebook. What do you want to do? Sell the ebook? Provide information? Create a site that can make money from AdSense or a similar system?
Tell us a little bit more about what you want to do and why.
Thank you for replying. With regard to writing ebooks. I would like to write about something that will provide people with the information they want as well as allow me to earn an income. I would like to be known as a writer and hopefully one day perhaps even have one of my ebooks published offline.
Andrea
In those years you may find that making money from your writing is not as easy as you might think and even when you do have a reputation you might still find your income is limited.
It is difficult to become known as a writer. However, it could be easier to succeed online.
Andrea
It certainly is easier to get your work published online - you can do it yourself simply by putting up a website.
But I don't agree that it is easier to succeed.
My partner and I have been writing online for many years and we now do that fulltime but if I came out from behind my nickname here I doubt that anyone would have heard of me.
My partner has over 6 millions words in 800+ paid articles to her credit but few of you would have heard of her if I mentioned the name she writes under.
It's way too easy to get lost in the thundering herd on the Web so succeeding here is not easier.
Getting published online is easier, although it won't necessarily make you well-known. I want to earn an income with my writing rather than trying to become well-known.
Andrea
Thank you for replying.
I am wondering whether anyone can help brainstorm with me an idea or ideas about suitable subjects to write non-fiction ebooks about related to children's book characters?
Also, on a different theme, what other type of ebooks do you think would be good sellers?
Any advice?
Andrea
I am wondering whether anyone can help brainstorm with me an idea or ideas about suitable subjects to write non-fiction ebooks about related to children's book characters?
I don't think I understand what type of book you want to write. An academic study, or something for a general audience? What is it that interests you about this area? It seems to me that rather than seeking out help in brainstorming, you should be developing a list of possible subjects, and then seeing what is available already before deciding what you want to pursue.
Thank you for replying and I didn't intend to confuse you.
I have already created a few websites or blogs on the various children's characters and then provided links on the site to products related to them.
I am wondering therefore if there is some type of non-fiction ebook I could write on the theme of children's characters, such as Disney Princess and that type of thing?
It's only an idea really. I'd probably be better concentrating on expanding the character sites.
Andrea
The question isn't so much what topics would make ebooks that would sell well, as what topics you're knowledgeable enough about to write ebooks that would be interesting and informative to other people. That doesn't mean you have to know everything about the topic when you start, but you eventually have to be well enough grounded in it to give people a reason to read your book on a subject instead of someone else's. When you get a list of topics you feel you could approach authoritatively, you can look at which ones might be better selling than others.
Do keep in mind, though, that the internet gives you the opportunity to reach people all over the world, so a topic that might be too narrow or have too few interested readers for a traditionally published book might make a go of it on the web - if you know how to find the prospective buyers (not a small "if"). So a topic you're passionately interested in may be the one to look at, even if it's not normally considered a "best selling" area.
It's certainly easier to get published online, but a writer who's self-publishing (whether online or in print) has to play the role of editor (deciding what's publishable and sellable) and marketing department, as well as author. Some writers are very successful at wearing "all the hats" and some aren't.
You've given some good advice and I would like to think I was knowledgeable enough in something to write about it.
I know that I enjoy reading fiction and reading about celebrities and things like that.
Andrea
