E-books are books that are in electronic formats or digital texts, and can be downloaded to a computer or other digital storage device. Creating and selling e-books is a great way to make money online since all that is required from you is to invest a one-time effort that you can continue to reap reward from for a very long time, i.e. you will bear no additional cost for your e-book to be downloaded by people who buy it from you online or through the internet.

When creating an e-book, the essential factor is not how voluminous is its content, but how valuable is the information it contains, i.e. its ability to proffer a solution to the need of the market it is targeting; therefore an important factor that characterizes a profitable e-book or one that will be successful is its ability to satisfy the need of its target market or niche. It is therefore important to devote time and effort in carrying out thorough research so as to find out what the needs of a target market are, and then proceed to gather resources with which to create an e-book that will find an answer to that need. Some of the ways through which you can create or publish an e-book are as follows:

Using Your Knowledge:

One of the ways through which you can create your own e-book is by applying the knowledge or experience that you have acquired in the past relating to the topic or subject that you want to write an e-book on. If you feel that your knowledge on a particular topic is good enough to employ in writing an e-book that will prove valuable in finding a solution to the need of a target market or niche, then you can go ahead and write on it. If you're deficient in putting up a good write-up, then you can use a recording device to put it together by simply talking out the e-book point-by-point and in detail. After you have finished recording it in audio format, you then look for a good writer to transcribe or put it in written form for you, which you now edit or get someone to edit for you.

Conduct Research And Interviews:

Another way to go about creating your own e-book is to commence a research and interview exercise. Carrying out research and interviews are necessary if you don't have enough resources or facts with which you can write on a particular area of interest. If this be the case, then you need to consult expert advice by conducting an interview with an expert on the niche you're writing on; you can as well acquire good knowledge by searching for and reading relevant books, blog posts, forum posts etc. on the topic being researched. After gathering sufficient information, you can repeat the process in the foregoing paragraph, by recording it in audio format and having it transcribed.

Use Resale Rights Books:

Resale Rights books are those that have already been written, and to which you reserve the privilege to use as your personal book after purchasing it. Books with resale rights gives you right to customize the book to suit your aim, such as doing away with the original cover of the book and replacing it with your own custom-made cover or e-cover as the case may be. You also have the opportunity to keep 100% of profits or money made from sales of such books.

However, before you decide to make use of resale rights books, make sure the book contains valuable or relevant information that can help to solve the problem of your target market. In order to evaluate whether a resale rights book is worth using, some questions need to be answered, such as: Do you personally like the book? Does the book contain good up-to-date information? Can the book deliver on its promises? Is the value of the book worth its price? This points need to be considered before opting for a resale rights book.

Outsourcing Your Work:

Again, you can create an e-book by deciding to outsource the job to an expert. You can reach an agreement with an expert or a professional to undertake the entire task of creating the e-book. You can employ the services of sites who can do such jobs through the internet.

After creating your e-book, you can make money with it through a number of ways which include the following -

• Giving it out as bonus offer so as to get the email addresses or contacts of subscribers whom you can subsequently market your other products or affiliate products to.

• Including links to your websites or affiliate sites in your e-books, which readers can visit for further information relating to the content of the e-book.

• You can also enter into a joint venture with marketers who have a huge list or subscriber base, or you can set up an affiliate program, so that other people (affiliates) can help you promote your product.