How to successfully publish an E-book (continues...)

If you already have the six steps above yourself, then congratulations! I recommend that you spend the rest of your career writing about 25% of the time, and marketing the better works you produce the other 75%, using all of the above items. I will even throw in one more really great tip for you: Be sure to include a chapter or two of your work for FREE on the website for your readers to read through before purchasing. This technique has been proven to raise not only sales of your books because of the trust I your product it implies, but also awareness in your product, because they can take those chapters and show them to their friends. It’s a true win-win because everyone who reads them will want to know how the story ends. –So don’t forget to make sure your website address is posted in the opening of the book!

If all of this marking is more than you bargained for, you are not alone. Over 97% of all authors polled by the major publishing companies have said that they would rather spend all their time writing, not acting like a publicist. It makes sense… What exactly is your job, anyway? Do you think a doctor does his own taxes? He hires a CPA, and so should you. Would the CPA do his own open-heart surgery? You get the point… It’s the exact same principle with your situation, if your talent and experience are in writing, then why attempt to do a marketers’ job? The two skills are not as similar as most people might think. These days, marketing is all about website promotion anyway, even for the major publishing houses. Successful authors can see the value in hiring others to promote their products, mainly because of the time-consuming nature of marketing.