Ten reasons for presenting your how-to knowledge in an e-book format

By Dennis Mellersh

There are a number of particular conditions under which you, possibly as a person just now learning how to write, might want to consider an electronic (e-book) format for the how-to book you are planning.
 

(1) You are not yet comfortable enough with your writing ability to send your work to a traditional publisher; and so you plan to self-publish your work using a service such as is available on amazon.com

(2) The book you envisage would be relatively short compared with traditional books

(3) Even though you are an inexperienced writer (not yet writing at a professional level) you have the ability to express yourself understandably in words

(4) You can write with grammatical correctness

(5) You can spell words correctly

(6) You are literate in the sense of knowing the meaning of the words you are using

(7) You don’t want to incur the costs of publishing in a print format, even on a one-at-a-time print-on-demand format

(8) You have enough knowledge of the subject matter of your book, either through personal experience or detailed research to write authoritatively on the topic

(9) E-books, although they can be relatively short, with their costs to the reader usually being low, can be good value for the buyer of your book

(10) You can gain valuable experience in your program of learning how to write a book

If you want to pursue this route of writing your book and getting it into production I encourage you to do some research and learn how to promote your self-published e-books effectively.