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You can at least say 'You did it', whatever the outcome of your first ebook. So don't be too disappointed if your first ebook isn't a best seller, not all projects are successful. It won't seem so bad when it's broken down into manageable chunks, but like many projects. Writing your first ebook may seem like a daunting task.

Climbing a mountain or finding parking space at the supermarket, it could be a marathon run. What often seems impossible can be attained with the right attitude and the right equipment, like many things in life.

There's no guarantee you will become another Tiger Woods but you will become a golfer. Balls and some practice, you will need clubs, if you want to play golf.

Here are some directions, assuming you have a computer and software or access to them. Software and some directions, you will need a computer, if you want to write an ebook.

Establish Your Reasons

It will help to motivate you if the going gets tough. Write them down, whatever your reasons. Self satisfaction or something entirely different, education, advancing your career, promoting a business, it may be for financial gain. Your reasons for wanting to write an ebook will have a major impact on your success.

Choose Your Subject

The easier it will be to write about, the more you know about your subject. It is worthwhile spending time on this. It's wise to choose something you have an interest in or knowledge of. There are countless subjects that you can write about.

Choose Your Title

Feel free to use them if you have a sense of humor. I've written down two examples. But remember to balance this with clarity to keep it in context, a catchy title may help to sell it. The title should give a clear indication of the content in your book. This will help to keep your focus and may give you some other ideas. It's worth writing down a few different ones before deciding on the one you'll use. You'll need a title for the ebook, after you've chosen your subject.

A Clubbers Paradise - Golfing in Ibiza

20 Minutes Late - The Future of Trains

Choose Your Audience

What you write should be targeted at your desired audience. Social background and education are factors you may want to consider, culture, gender, age. Decide who your desired audience will be. The subject and style of your writing will determine your audience.

Write Your Thesis Statement

There are some differences of opinion that may lead to confusion, unfortunately. There are many sources available that will provide you with all the details you need, if you are unfamiliar with this term. It is not recommended, although it's possible to write your ebook without a 'thesis statement'.

Google is a good place to start your search, if you want a more specific definition. Only use it as a guideline. It will give you a base on which to start, more importantly. This may leave the door open for criticism but is a small price to pay if it removes some of the confusion. The 'thesis statement' deserves a separate article of its own but for now I have written a general definition of a thesis statement for ebooks.

A thesis statement is a sentence or two written to clearly show the reason(s) for your ebook and what you expect to write about.

Keep in mind that your actual statement should be as specific as possible, although I have referred to this as a general definition.

It should contain the following: Think of it as the foundation for your ebook.

1) Your subject

2) Your opinion on the subject

3) A supporting reason for your opinion

2) and 3) 4) The significance of 1),

Create Your Document

This provides a good degree of flexibility. While you are writing your document you can revise your thesis statement at any time up until it is published. A standard application like MS Word is a good choice. You can begin writing, now that you have the foundation.

Anecdotes or testimonials that keep the reader's attention, you may wish to add photographs, dependent on your subject. Headings and introductions, including chapters, choose the format and layout of your document.

As a precaution you should also keep a copy on another media such as CD. Always backup your document. This is useful if you don't save the document on a regular basis and later experience a system crash. MS Word has an auto recovery feature. Spell check and save your document regularly. Experiment with a few different fonts and look at other ebooks for ideas you can use. You may want to break up the text more than in a printed book, since an ebook is generally read from a screen.

Choose Your Ebook Format

Here are some points to consider before you choose, by no means an exhaustive list. Pdf) file. Exe) file or a Portable Document Format (. You may decide to create an executable (. This is a personal choice.

EXE files are compiled using an ebook compiler

EXE files may offer features that are not available with PDFs

EXE files can only be read on a PC

EXE files don't require any other software to be read

And good viral marketing tools easily branded, eXE files are easy to open,

EXE files may be susceptible to viruses although some compilers offer virus protection

More information on the better compilers can be found at

http://www.ebook-site.com/ebook-compilers.html

PDF files can be created using Adobe Acrobat

PDF files can be created with several other 3rd party applications

PDF files are an industry standard

PDF files can be read by both PC and MAC

PDF files require Adobe Reader to be read

PDF files are highly unlikely to become infected

More information on PDFs can be found on the Adobe website

Create Your Ebook

Congratulations you are now an author. Create your ebook in your chosen format.