If you want to have people buy, download or read your Ebook, there are a few rules that you need to follow.
The purpose in following these rules is to ensure that you will send out a perfect Ebook of high quality.
Of course you already know that youre spelling, grammar structure and link relevance should be checked twice to guarantee an excellent product.
But here are the very first steps for you to take before you submit your Ebook the rest of the world.
First you have to write and prepare your HTML-pages, using your favorite HTML-editor.
Do this just like you create a web site. Put all your pages and images in one directory on your hard disk, give it the name of your E-book, and make sure that you make a back up copy of them, in case something worse happens to your PC system.
-You wouldn't believe how many people forget to make back ups, and find them in complete disaster when bad luck strikes. Think about all those hours of inspiration and transpiration that get wasted!
If you design your Ebook pages, try to focus on being consistent and
informative. Make it easy for your readers to navigate trough your book pages, or they will skip your material. Put navigation links on every book page.
Do not use too many colors or fancy buttons. Or have you ever seen
newspapers or magazines with orange text on a yellow background?
Theres no need to revolutionize the way publishing is done with your
E-book.
Check and re-check to see if all the hyperlinks or forms work, and if all the images show up correctly. Many people forget to link the images or banners to the home directory.
Try to limit the use of images, because they take up a lot of space, and your Ebook should not be too large to download. Put your ad banners (if you use any) at the bottom of your book pages. Do not distract your readers.
Then you have to create an opening page. This page shows up first when your Ebook gets clicked on.
Be sure to place your Ebook title in it, and make an index of all the different pages or chapters. Name this page "readmefirst.htm" so that you know which page you have to use to start.
Then youre ready to compress all your HTML-pages and images into an Ebook format, using your Ebook formatting software.
If you want to create your Ebooking .PDF format, you can do it for FREE at the Adobe web site
(Their service lets you convert a wide variety of documents into Adobe PDF files that anyone can view using the free, widely distributed Adobe Acrobat Reader.)
To reduce the size of your E-book, compress it into a .zip file. Click below to get the software to do it, if you don't have WinZip already installed on your PC. -It's free to download.
The last step is to upload the E-book. Zip file to your web server via FTP, and create great sales or download page where your web site visitors can obtain a copy.
Thats all it takes.