Andrew and Daryl Grant – Building an eBook Website Step 3
Hello everyone
Sorry to have taken so long but here is what you have been waiting for – step three in how to build an ebook website:
Step three—Develop the product
If the topic looks like a “goer”, you need to develop the product. If it is an ebook, you can either write it yourself, or get someone else to write it.
If the topic is something you know a lot about, it will be cheaper to write it yourself. Do this in MS Word, and turn it into a PDF file once it’s finished.
If the topic is not something you know much about, you can get someone else to write it. We use www.rentacoder.com to find people to write books for us.
To get someone at rentacoder to write your book, you will need to register as a buyer, and post a job. Go to www.rentacoder.com and follow the prompts. You will have people from all around the world offering to write your book for you. Once you have chosen one you are happy with, you will need to put “funds in escrow”. This means that rentacoder charges your credit card, but doesn’t release the funds to the writer until the work is finished and you are happy with it. This way, you get what you wanted, and the writer knows they will be paid for it. A book could cost you anything up to $500, depending on the content and how hard it is to write.
The book on www.skin-cancer-advice.com “Melanoma can be beaten—7 survivors tell their stories” was written using www.rentacoder.com for about $500. You can get books written for less than this, but the quality can be a bit variable. We generally look for a writer with English as their first language. Rentacoder has a rating system, based on work each writer’s done in the past, so it’s worth checking our their track record first. You can either request a specific coder, or put the job out for anyone to bid on.
Click here to get a copy of the specs we prepared to get a book written for $150.
Other ways we have developed products is by interviewing an expert (either face to face or over the phone), recording the interview, and then having it transcribed, again by someone from rentacoder. The software we use is TRX Recorder, from www.nch.com.au. This software allows you to record a phone conversation directly onto your hard drive. From there you can burn it to a disc, and you have an instant product!
Once the book is written you will need to edit it and turn it into a pdf file.
Until next time
Julie
Andrew and Daryl Grant, ebooks, internet businesses, online business
