How Do I Market Myself As An eBook Author: What is an eBook?

What is an eBook? An eBook, also called E-Book, ebook, electronic book, or digital book, is similar to and sometimes the same as a conventional printed book in size and appearance.

eBooks come in many file formats. One of the most common is Adobe Portable Document Format or PDF. In addition to PDF, eBooks can be in Amazon Kindle, Barnes and Noble Nook, Sony EReader, and Apple iBook (iPod, iPhone, and iPad) formats.

eBooks do not replace the feel and smell of a traditional book, however, they provide many other benefits a traditional printed book cannot provide.

* eBooks are light weight, in fact, they weight nothing at all.
* eBooks are small. You can fit hundreds, even thousands of books on a personal computer, iPod, smart phone, tablet, and Net Book.
* eBooks are portable. You can take entire sets of books and reference manuals with you everywhere you carry your personal computer, iPod, smart phone, tablet, and Net Book.
* eBooks can be interactive. When was the last time you saw a traditional printed math book provide a real time graphing program or a traditional printed science book allow you to rotate a 3-D model of a molecule?
* eBooks can be updated quickly with no cost. When information changes, you simply download the new version and you are up-to-date with the latest information.
* eBooks are typically less expensive than a traditional printed book.

Perhaps the most important aspect of an eBook is now YOU can be an author and publish your own book. There are no printing, production, and distribution costs. Using any word processor you can write your book and save it as a PDF file. It is now ready to give away as an incentive or sell on your eStore.

Why would you want to publish your own eBook? There are many benefits to publishing your own eBook. Here are a few reasons:

* You become an authority in your field.
* You become credibly in your field.
* You can generate passive income on the Internet.
* You can build a large mailing list through offering your eBook for free and capturing email addresses.
* You provide your mom bragging rights.

There are real people just like you who wrote an eBook and built a 50,000 name mailing list in a matter of weeks by giving their eBook away for free. Others have made over $100,000 in just 24 hours by selling their book on the Internet. Become credible and an authority in your field while you make money! Start writing today.

I’d love to hear your stories and experiences publishing an eBook.