For most of us working through The Ultimate Information Entrepreneur’s Success Package, we’ve known for some time that turning knowledge, experience, research and information into self-published books, ebooks, reports, membership sites and information products is tremendously profitable and growing by leaps and bounds.
Growing Opportunity With Ebooks
Certainly ebooks and digital information products are getting more airtime these days from the mainstream press because of Kindle and the proliferation of handy ebook reading devices. The hype around ebooks is only just beginning, adoption is poised to skyrocket and that IS changing the publishing industry.
For years before though there have been Billions of dollars of growth in self-published ebooks, books, home study courses and information products changing hands.
The top products over at Clickbank sell millions of dollars each year while millions of other websites promote and allow download of their own information products ranging from $10 ebooks and reports to 5-figure DVD, seminars, membership sites, and home study courses with all sorts of offerings in-between.
Stephen Covey Goes Self-Publishing
Earlier today super hot author Stephen Covey issued a press release telling the world that he is planning 6 “mini” books in both physical and digital ebook format within the next year and that he will part with his previous traditional publish model to a self-publish model for marketing these new books.
Why?
Speed is one of the major factors he cites. It often takes a minimum of 6-months for the most influential author to go from idea to “sale ready” format for a traditionally published book.
Remember, that is BEST case – it often takes more like 8-months to 1-year – and most of us really don’t stand a chance of getting published these days without a pretty significant profile or position within our marketplace.
On the other hand, in 30-days or less we can have a 100-page ebook or 60-page ebook or book completed, designed and ready to sell with self-publishing AND we get to keep the vast majority of profits.
On the other hand, in 30-days or less you can have your own 60-100 page ebook to sell online earning you profit online
In fact, if you decide to sell your book from your own website, you can keep up to 90% of your profits, keeping close to 50% if you decide to have it printed and carried through a retail network such as Amazon – a far cry from the 5% or so you get to keep as royalties from traditionally published books.
More than anything else, seeing authors of the stature of Stephen Covey moving to self-publishing should give us all a clue that the book publishing industry is in a serious state of change – a discontinuity that we can all use to our own advantage by learning how to self-publish books and ebooks and make more money on the internet.
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