Business In The Information Age - Creating eBooks From Public Domain Works

Start A Work From Home Business By Turning Your Ideas Into Dollars With Public Domain Works

How to Convert your E-Book into Article Series or E-Courses

Making your e-book content subscription-based might very well be the exact thing you have been looking for in order to sell your public domain works.

Below are some easy tricks to do the job:

Slice and Dice

First, review the entire book and see if you can separate them into smaller portions. Remember that the segments must be separated in such a way that their logic is not destroyed.

Self-contained segments look similar to articles you often stumble on while surfing the web. Anywhere from 400-700 words will do, but a good length for an article series or an e-course installment is generally three to five full-size pages long. This way, the article will be just long enough to contain the “meat” but short enough so as not to intimidate your readers, or worse, bore them to tears.

Cutting up an e-book will probably be easier to do if the book is already divided into chapters. That way, you only have to take it section by section and do minor revisions to keep the context of a particular segment intact.

If, however, your e-book is not already separated, then separate them according to where a particular idea or subject ends and where the next begins.

Sometimes, the chapters or sub-chapters are going to be too long or too short. If that is the case, then pull up your sleeves and get to work as some creative shuffling is required to make the whole thing work.

Attract More Flies with Honey

Ever heard that line before?

Well, it is true. Anything that is attractive will certainly garner attention. And anything that looks drab has the tendency to get ignored.

The same applies with your public domain article series and e-courses, too.

If given the choice, would you rather read an article titled “Lawn Care” or one that reads “How to Make Your Lawn the Source of Envy in Your Neighborhood”? How about “Making a Flower Garden” to “10 Easy Steps to Make Your Own Backyard Oasis”?

Of course, you would choose the latter titles. That is just how things go. Interesting – better yet, intriguing – headings and titles are a sure-fire solution to capturing your readers.

Sure, one may not judge a book by its cover, but there is no saying that says you cannot judge an article by its title. The fact of the matter is that we most often do rely on the title to determine whether an article is worth reading.

Many public domain e-books and e-courses name their installments simply as Chapter 1, Chapter 2 or Lesson 1, Lesson 2. It is practically, you have to admit, but would you be interested? Speaking from a completely objective observer’s point of view, of course. It is safe to assume that you would not.

Do not make that mistake with your e-book articles and e-courses. Try to go over the whole segment and determine what it is all about. Then, come up with a catchy line that defines the subject matter while at the same time captivates your readers’ attention.

This can only have a positive effect on your business. If you post a list of the article titles of your series or a lesson plan of your e-course, readers will get drawn in and buy your stuff. This means more purchases and more income for you.

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