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    The Backward Approach to Ebook Success
    The Backward Approach to Ebook Success
    The Backward Approach to Ebook Success
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    The Backward Approach to Ebook Success

    By Ted Summerfield

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    This ebook describes what mistakes to avoid when first starting out as a self-publisher of ebooks and which steps to take to increase your likelihood for success. Inside are important do’s and don’ts on marketing ebooks, pricing ebooks, and using social networks. It also provides valuable sales and genre data, and demonstrates how using the personal knowledge and experiences described in this ebook will improve your foray into the world of self-publishing. This ebook uses personal experiences of the author in the ebook business, both good and bad, and shows new authors what to avoid and what to strive for. A valuable addition to your ebook collection.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTed Summerfield
    Release dateJul 3, 2012
    ISBN9781927418086
    The Backward Approach to Ebook Success
    Author

    Ted Summerfield

    I'm a former member of the Radio Television News Directors Association and during the last 30 years I've written news stories, sports stories, stories for children, puzzles, and plays for puppets. Many of my ebooks are color picture books for children, and include printable black and white pictures at the end of a story. Please visit my blog for the latest information on my ebooks, and any updates or changes or comments. Ted. PS: Please help stop cruelty to animals and support your favorite humane society or organization.

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      The Backward Approach to Ebook Success - Ted Summerfield

      The Backward Approach to Ebook Success

      By

      Ted Summerfield

      Title: The Backward Approach to Ebook Success

      Author: Ted Summerfield

      Published by: Ted Summerfield at Smashwords

      Copyright: July 2012 Ted Summerfield

      Cover by: Ted Summerfield

      ISBN: 978-1-927418-08-6

      Copyright License

      Copyright 2012 Ted Summerfield. All rights reserved by the author Ted Summerfield. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted or performed in any form or by any means, including but not limited to, electronic or mechanical, photocopying, recording, theatrical performance, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without express written permission from the author, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review.

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      This ebook is licensed for your personal use only. This ebook may not be resold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person with whom you share it. If you are reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then you should return to Smashwords.com or one of its affiliates and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the work of this author.

      Information About This Ebook.

      This is an ebook for people thinking of publishing their own ebook. It contains information and guidance to help up-and-coming authors realistically understand the pluses and minuses of self-publishing ebooks.

      This ebook contains important do’s and don’ts of marketing ebooks, useful sales and genre data, and how using the personal knowledge and experiences described in this ebook will improve your foray into the world of self-publishing.

      This ebook may also help authors already publishing ebooks, as it contains useful information of which you may not be aware.

      Table of Contents

      I didn’t know you were a writer

      Sales success

      Name recognition

      Good and bad reviews

      What’s popular

      Quality not quantity

      Building name recognition

      Summary

      Appendix

      I didn’t know you were a writer.

      For much of my adult life I’ve been writing one thing or another. I’ve written ads, news stories, puppet plays, short stories, and countless critiques of public speaking pupils. I’ve written poetry and other non-fiction works. I’ve written thousands of love notes to my lover and left them on her pillow, or by the sink, or coffee table, or pinned to an article of her clothing. When I retired due to my physical disability I thought I’d spend my time writing ebooks.

      But before I started writing my first ebook I checked various blogs and web sites whose content revolved around ebooks, ebook marketing, writing and editing, and found three common threads throughout; 1) few

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