How Writing An Ebook Can Empower You To Live A Financially Free Lifestyle
By: Anna Jones
Tags: Writing, Internet Marketing, Ebooks Online, Ebook Publishing, Financial Freedom

Financial freedom is an enticing prospect of having your own successful ebook business

By now, anyone one who’s heard about the world of ebooks or internet marketing knows or recognises the power of writing an eBook and selling it online. There are countless courses, books and blogs dedicated to writing your first eBook. While this isn’t necessarily what I want to talk about in this article, it will cover the basics. However, I do feel it is important to start from the beginning, and explain how finding your niche, especially for your first book, is essential to your success.

Since Amazon introduced Kindle eBooks to the market over a decade ago, it has shaken up the publishing world and allowed thousands of people who never would have been able to been previously published to finally see their work in digital or print. The beauty of this is that anyone can now write, edit and publish their own eBook, build an audience, create an email list and get paid handsome royalties as a result.

The book writing process has been taken out of the hands of the publishing elite and back into the hands of the people. This has raised and been of contentious debate in the publishing world, primarily because of the concerns over the quality of what is now available online. It does mean however, that authors can now rejoice, as the power of the written word is now back in the hands of the buying public.

As a result, many budding authors are now finding the perfect readership and regaining their confidence as writers. Long gone are the days of writing a book for weeks, months or even years on end, trying to find an agent, and then writing a pitch and sending it off in the vain hope that you may only receive a rejection slip in return.

Being A Book Writer Is Easier Than Ever

There are so many ways to write and publish a book in the 21st century

For writers in the 21st century, writing and publishing eBooks is now a viable means of making a living, as well as just been great fun or a bit of side-income. There is nothing more empowering than saying that you are a published author, who has been recognised or has achieved credentials in their chosen field, or to hear feedback from people who simply love to read your stories.

You can set your own hours, work when you want, write what you want, choose your own editor and publish your book just how you imagine it. From start to finish, its now possible to create your own eBook or information product with what you find online.

You can contact experts at the touch of a button, select the marketing service of your choice such as an agency, find willing reviewers who can write amazing blurbs about your book, or even contact an influencer on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook or YouTube to give your book title a shoutout. There are so many ways you can market a book, from word of mouth to PR campaigns and even a book launch, depending upon your budget.

Finding Your Book Market

Defining your book market niche is essential to growing your loyal readership

What writing an eBook really comes down to is making a decision about the type of book content you want to write. Choosing a book niche that’s right for you is really easy. Simply ask yourself the following questions:

What am I passionate about? (What lights me up) What can’t I live without? (What’s important to me — hobbies, values etc) What do I enjoy reading? (What kind of book content do I enjoy?)

If you can write what you enjoy reading, then you are onto a winner. Not only do you have knowledge or expertise in the subject matter, you will also find it easier to stick to your writing routine. In fact, you will feel empowered to write every day, to show your message or creative story with others and may even become an influencer in the process.

What writing comes down to is giving your readership value. Give them something new, exciting and that makes them feel like they have learned something they didn’t know before.Then you simply have to ask yourself, what is your purpose in writing your eBook?

Is it to:

Inform or entertain an audience

Build my own credentials

Create a passive income

Write for fun?

Perhaps your answer is all of the above, and that’s fine. There’s no right or wrong answer. Once you’ve made that decision, it’s time to do your research. A good place to start is Amazon itself since you will no doubt be promoting your book there or on other platforms.

Find out your book niche, genre, titles and book cover images that are currently bestsellers on Amazon. You can find this information by going to amazon.com and going to the ‘Departments’ section and then clicking on ‘Kindle Store’.

How to find the Kindle Store on Amazon.com

From here go to ‘Kindle eBooks’

How to find the ‘Kindle eBooks’ section on Amazon.com

And then click on ‘Best Sellers & More’ section.

How to find the ‘Bestsellers’ section on Amazon.com

Here you will be able to see Amazon’s bestsellers, including the Kindle Select 25, Best Books of the Month, Amazon First Reads and Category best sellers, updated on an hourly basis. Using Amazon is the best place to start if you plan to sell on there.

If you plan to sell a book independently on your own website, or another eBook platform such as Payhip, Kobo, Lulu or BookBaby, it’s best to do your research on Google and see what books are trending by keywords.

Using Google Trends, you can track popular keywords over time that people are searching for information on. This is useful no matter if you are writing non-fiction or fiction books.

From here you can create a book outline, and using valuable marketing tools such as answerthepublic.com you can find lists of keyword topics that people are asking questions about.

This can help you to see what people are searching for when it comes to creating your book’s content. In fact, it can help you to form the chapters if you are writing a nonfiction book.

Writing And Marketing A Book

Writing requires discipline, but you can make it part of your lifestyle

Then it’s simply a matter of being disciplined and getting down to the writing process itself. Having a set time each day can help you to focus on getting the book written. Or perhaps you work best when it’s off the cuff and working spontaneously throughout the day.

In this way, you can write when inspiration strikes you and then with this free form of writing, you can choose to edit the book afterwards or have a professional editor look at it. Remember, there is no right or wrong way to add writing into your day, you have to simply do what works best for you.

Challenges In Writing A Book

Having enough tme is one of the biggest obstacles that writers face

Asides from writer’s block, one of the biggest challenges writers face is having the time to begin the project in the first place. Imagine all of the writers who have given up or decided that they don’t have the time to add writing into their life because they are very busy with their work and family life. Think of all the creativity that has gone down the drain because people are too afraid to begin and equally afraid that they won’t finish the writing.

As we live in an age of distraction, it’s easy to give up on your writing intentions. Much easier to click on social media, read another article on how to write a book or to daydream about what it would be like to have a bestselling book or indeed, become a best-selling author.

What If Someone Could Write The Book For You?

Think about how much time you would save if someone else can write the book for you and take the weight of a writing project from off your shoulders.

You could go about your day spending time with your family, meeting a friend for coffee, or going on a cinema date, and return home knowing that your book has been written and is ready for publishing on Amazon after your review.

The good news is if you struggle with writing, you can simply do a search on Fiverr or Upwork.com where you can find writers who can write for you for a small-cost.

Creating Lasting Value With Your Own Email List

Creating an email list is the best way to build your own audience of loyal readers

Writing the book is just one way you can build a passive income online through sites such as Amazon or Apple iBooks, etc. Making real and lasting passive income so that you can truly live a freedom lifestyle, means having certainty in your market. It means having your own dedicated email list of readers who receive so much value from your books, courses or other digital-based products, that they can’t help but buy from you.

Building an email list may sound tricky but it’s a simple step-by-step process that involves giving your readers a gift, in exchange for the email address. If you want to learn how to create your own email list I highly recommend the List Warrior Training here.

This advanced training will show you how fun it is to build your own email list. It will show you how to provide the most value to others, how to radically get more free traffic, and how easy it is to get others to do the “work” in the process.

But…How Do I Create My Own Product?

Creating your own unique product can be challenging for writers who are not tech-savvy

The other challenges that writers face is knowing how to create their own unique product to give away. Perhaps you have no idea about what type of free gifts you could give away in exchange for building your list. One of the biggest obstacles is doing something that hasn’t been done before and that remains true to your brand and unique voice.

Knowing where to get started with this is tricky because it can take real-time and effort to create something of lasting value. Not only can the design software be expensive, it can be difficult to know how to use it, or to make changes to the product itself, resulting in feelings of upset or frustration that it is taking so long. This is doubly the case if you are a writer and not tech-savvy.

One way to overcome this is with Perfect Product Creation. This video course shows you how to create your own products at once with the same amount of effort. You’ll discover what makes your products sell, how to scale up and make your product a success, while creating an ecosystem that supports and grows your product automatically. You’ll also find out how to get free traffic to your product automatically, so you’ll have buyers ready to spend their money with you.

If you’re looking to create a product at top speed, Perfect Product Creation is newbie-friendly and only involves a small-cost, making it ideal for anyone wanting to make their own unique product to offer real value to their readership.

Following The Footsteps To Freedom

Financial freedom is a journey worth taking, but take it step by step

Finally, achieving the Freedom lifestyle means being patient and disciplined with your goals. Taking action to make it happen means having a clear outline for a book, being dedicated to the writing practice and using the latest advice and software solutions to overcome any technical or writing obstacles you may be facing.

See each part of the writing and marketing journey as a footstep on the road to freedom and you won’t just dream about becoming a successful author or have your own book business — you’ll actually make it happen.