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Here are 3 Good Alternatives to Writing a Full Ebook for You to Try. 1. Start a blog. Let’s face it, if you design it right, a blog is nothing more than a frequently-updated ebook. Start with your first idea and work through to the end. By the time several weeks have past you will have your book. You can then choose to package it as an ebook and offer it to your audience and others if you like. Other advantages to this method include — Feedback as you are working (fix problems before you publish), the ability to make extra money (by putting ads and Adsense on your blog if you like), and, perhaps best of all, the ability to see if your idea is viable before you spend several months of you life writing. 2. Write the ebook as a series of small reports first. As I said, 70 - 150 blank pages to fill can discourage anyone. But nearly anyone of us could sit down and write a 7 to 15 page report before we gave out. Think of each report as a chapter and build upon the last one and soon you will have your ebook. The advantages to this method are much the same as blogging (instant feedback, the ability to stop before committing to the whole book) but also include — the ability to sell the material now (as a small report) and again later (as an ebook) and the ability to build upon the material with other forms or teaching and products (such as teleseminars, webinars and coaching) while the subject is ongoing and fresh in the reader’s mind. 3. Hire a ghost writer. Go online to Elance or one of the other like sites and hire someone to do the book for you. You would need to work closely with your writer to get your ideas onto the paper correctly, but a good writer can be worth his or her weight in gold. The advantages to this method are obvious (you don’t need to write) as are the disadvantages (you do need to pay someone to write.) I think this should method be used only as a last resort. It’s much better to start small and work toward an Ebook. You have the idea. Now just add the action. Ebook Projects Typically when people hear the word info-product, they immediately think of “ebooks”. This is probably the most popular type of infoproduct there is because they get the most attention. I’m here to tell you I think ebooks are the WORST type of infoproduct there is out of all the options available in this category. Here’s why… Ebooks are very easy to make. All you have to do is type up a few pages in Microsoft Word, convert the file to a PDF and you have an ebook. Anyone can write an ebook, even if they don’t have a clue what they are talking about. Heck, you can even hire a ghostwriter to write an ebook for you for about $500. Because of these “issues”, ebooks are getting a bad reputation. They are decreasing in perceived value because they are being abused. How many trashy ebooks have ripped you off in the past? Not all ebooks are garbage however, so it’s not fair to make a blanket statement that all ebooks are worthless. To get yourself away from this “cheap stereotype” ebooks are classified as, you should consider a different format for your information product. There are many types of electronic download products to sell online. Aside from ebooks, you can have software created and sell that instead. Software is great because not Joe Schmoe can make software, it requires some skill to program code. This makes software more valuable than an ebook. Also, since software is all electronic, the profit margin per sale is virtually 100%. Sell software for $50, you keep $50 (minus credit card fees, etc). If you don’t know how to program software programs and don’t want to hire a programmer to make software for you, don’t worry, there are plenty of other opportunities in this infoproduct arena for you.
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