New digital devices have renewed interest in e-books.
Electronic books will see a sales surge in 2010 as e-book readers for the iPhone and BlackBerry gain popularity, the website PC World reports. The surge might mirror the bump in e-book sales reported after the introduction of Amazon's Kindle reading device. So there's no time like the present to write one and market it effectively.
Instructions
1. List your e-book on your website. Have a hyperlink in place so customers can fill out an online order form. Get a PayPal account to facilitate sales. Another payment source to hook up with is Payloadz.com.
2. Exchange your link with other established authors. Network with other authors you may meet online or in person. Seek out authors who write in the same genre. Contact them with a simple request, such as, "I'd like to put a link to your website on my website. Would you like to link to mine as well?" The more links you exchange, the more traffic your website will get.
3. Find online reading groups who might like your book. Go to Bloomsbury.com to get more information (see Resources). Finding others out there can lead to people talking about your book. Add a small announcement to all your emails. Including the title, a brief description, your name, a link to your website and the International Standard Book Number, or ISBN.
4. Write a press release. This can boost sales and interest in your e-book by 100 percent to 300 percent in just a couple of months. Websites where you can create a press release include PR Web, PR, PR Leap and Click Press. You can also write for online publications. Find the newsletters, magazines and newspapers for your targeted audience and submit an article.
5. Take out an ad on a website where your targeted audience is known to visit. Your banner ad would then hyperlink to your book's order form. Get your book listed on Amazon.com. It isn't free, but can get a lot of exposure.
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