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Ebook Creation: How to Select a Great Topic for Your Ebook

It couldn't be easier to select a topic forAnyway, back to the point. Any phase of life,
an ebook. People are hungry for information,way of coping with life, or large or small
and people are looking to the Internet tothing about life can be the subject of a
feed their hunger. After you've read thishow-to  book.
chapter, you will feel confident enough to
choose your own topic, or you can literallyLooking  young
pull your ebook topic directly from this
ebook  and  use  it!  How's  that for a deal?Perhaps sixteen year old girls don't want to
look younger, but from that point on, and for
Observe  what's  going  on  around  you.most of the population in Western society,
looking young is a common desire. Everybody
If you're smart enough to read this book,wants to find the fountain of youth, whether
you're smart enough to look around you andit be in a pill bottle, a special diet,
determine what interests you and those aroundsurgery,  or  an  ebook.
you. Think of what problems you've recently
solved, and what kinds of problems othersAn ebook about staying or appearing young in
have had and solved. Any problem that hasthe face of growing old will have a solid
been solved in your world could easily be thefuture. Here are some title ideas, and I'm
subject of your next book. People love tosure  you  can come up with a truckload more.
read how other have solved a problem that
they  currently  have.· "Drop ten years and ten pounds
in  ten  days"
So, brainstorm a list of problems in your
life and in the lives of those around you.· "How  to  look  28  forever"
Your friend Bob lost his job? Your sister's
child had chicken pox? How did they cope or· "100  ways  to  look  younger"
find solutions? While you're at it, start
another list of unsolved problems evident in· "Grocery store products that
your corner of the world. Write down problemswill  help  you  look  younger"
you wish you had solved. Aha! These are
subjects that people will really be· "Look  30 again without surgery"
interested in! How to lose the last ten
pounds. The truth about UFOs. The straightest· "How  to  live  to  be  100"
path to becoming a millionaire. From your
personal corner, your step-granddaughter isThis topic is red hot. Botox, surgery,
pregnant at age 14? Your grocery bill ischemical peels, lasers, diets, acupuncture,
double what it used to be? Your roof leaks?electronic pulses, mega vitamins,
These are problems waiting for ebookprescription teas, thigh cream, and teeth
solutions!whiteners are being purchased by baby
boomers, the elderly, and even women as young
These unsolved problems would also be greatas 20 ! No one wants to look a day older than
ebook topics. Remember, you don't have tothey  have  to.
know the solution, just the topic. You're
going to get someone else to do the researchHealth
and write the book for you. You will not
actually  be  writing  one  word.Health is a concern to anyone who is growing
old or ill or faced illness with a loved one
Spend  a  few  minutes  Googlingor wants more energy or, basically,
everybody. Health ebooks are a good
The Internet is a great way to find out whatinvestment for you to make. And doctors don't
people are looking for at any given moment.have to be the authors. Anyone with any
You can search for almost anything.credentials, or no crendetials at all, can
Googleâ„¢ is a popular search engine youwrite books on health. Just be sure you don't
can use, or you can try any of the othersclaim  to  be  a  doctor  if  you're not one.
like Yahoo!Â(R) or Type in phrases like
"top concerns of Americans," "best-sellingHere are some health topics you can hit at
nonfiction topics," or "popular how-tothis moment in time and be almost guaranteed
manuals."  Common  worries  of  2005.immediate  interest,  readership,  and sales!
And  while  you're  on  the  Internet...Disease prevention and cure.As our baby
boomer population ages, most will be
Find out the most popular nonfiction booksafflicted with heart disease, cancer,
from the New York Times bestseller list,diabetes, dementia, or some other malady.
Amazon, and a Google search for ebooks. YourGive these people some hope. Create an ebook
findings will tell you exactly what bookon how to cope, how to find the best
subjects  people  are  buying  right  now.practitioners, how to avoid disease triggers,
or  cures  American  doctors  are unaware of.
Try this. Go to From the tabbed menu running
along the top of the Amazon home page, clickNatural remedies. People are curious about
"Top  Sellers."alternatives to standard medicine, and are
anxious to try herbal, natural, or holistic
I did this one day in September 2005 andtreatments. Create a book on any disease that
found a Harry Potter book, several othercovers alternative cures. For example, "How
fiction books, and titles such as Naturalto Treat Lymphoma, Naturally." Or, you could
cures "they" won't tell you about, How whatjust address natural supplements in general,
you wear can change your life, How to profit"The best natural remedies for common
from the demise of the dollar, and Theailments,"  or  "Holistic  health."
official SAT study guide. I've paraphrased to
some  degree,  but  you  get  the  idea.Diet. What we eat is always a hot topic.
There are literally dozens if not hundreds of
Here's what I learned just from spending adiet fads currently out there. Pick any one
few minutes on Amazon that day. People areof them for an ebook. Then there's obesity,
reading good fiction from already-bestgeneral health, and also diet supplements
selling authors (Da Vinci Code, the Harrylike vitamins. Think "How to equip your
Potter series, and others). Secondly, Amazonkitchen for macrobiotic dieting." Or, "Eat to
buyers, buying over the Internet, arecure  cancer."
interested in nonfiction topics such as
improving their lives and making more money.Travel
For these books, just about any author will
do, even virtual unknowns or people who wentNever has so much travel been available to so
to  prison  for lying to the American public.many. People today want to get in touch with
the people they love. They want to experience
And that quick visit only confirmed that thedifferent parts of the world. See exotic
straightest route to ebook profits is in thethings. Be entertained. Also, because,
nonfiction ebook market. This is for a numberespecially in America, adults sometimes work
of reasons. Fiction readers tend to like towell more than 40 hours a week, people need
curl up in a chair with an actual book. Somereally good vacations. They're doing their
of them attend book clubs where the physicalresearch to make sure that they will really
books are brought around someone's kitchenenjoy their precious few weeks off each year.
table with wine and cheese. Fiction readers
tend to purchase from authors they're alreadyHere are some topics for you: how to trade
familiar with. Fiction can be more difficultfrequent flyer miles, how to keep airport
to write and deliver well. Also, many of thesecurity off your back, how to travel on a
classics in fiction are available as freedime and get change, and how to keep your
ebooks. A reader interested in fiction couldchildren  happy  on  long  car  trips.
just download those. So stick with nonfiction
unless you're feeling particularly bold andBeyond the how-to's, there is plenty of room
experimental.for books like, the best amusement parks for
your money, top 100 campgrounds, things you
Here is some more good news, and if youmust see and do in Utah before you die, and
didn't already know this then you are goingfree things to do when visiting Washington,
to be smiling big. Drum roll please... ideasD.C.
are not copyrighted, therefore any idea you
see, hear, or read anywhere anytime, is yoursGet the idea? The good thing about creating
to use for an ebook! You can create bookstravel ebooks is that you may already know a
around the same ideas that are covered in thelot about a place that other people may be
Amazon best seller list, and turnaround andinterested  in  visiting.  Makes  it  easy!
create  an  ebook  on the exact same subject!
Money
Now, copyright law does protect the way ideas
are expressed, so you want to make sure yourMoney makes the world go around (well that
hired author does not plagiarize or copy bookand the earth's axis and planetary forces),
text outright. And you cannot use the titleand so it would make sense that ebooks would
word for word either. But there's nothingabound on the topic of money. They do, but
stopping you from creating another book orthe market is nowhere near saturated. There's
ebook that covers the same subject with aalways room for more. From getting rich to
different voice. It's all as completely legaljust saving money day-to-day, people are
and guilt-free as nonfat Haagen Dazs. This isalways interested in how-to books related to
why looking at bestseller lists is a greatmoney.  Ideas  below:
way  to  get  topic  ideas.
· "How to feed your family on less
Digging  a  little  deeperthan  $40  a  week"
There are groups of people who are willing to· "How  to  get  free  stuff"
buy nonfiction ebooks: hobbyists. At any
given time, these people are looking for ways· "How  to  pay  almost  no taxes"
to spend their money on their hobbies. Their
passion  is  your  financial  gain.· "How to buy a retirement home
for  no  money  down"
What avid hobbyists want will always make
great ebook material. Note that I did not say· "How to be richer than your
what hobbyists need. You may have certainparents"
opinions on what exactly certain people
should need or should read. But those are not· "How  to  buy  cars  at auction"
necessarily good topics for immediate ebook
profit. Those topics may be areas for you to· "How to start a financial
dabble in at your leisure. However, if youmanagement  business"
want to make money at this, find out what
niche groups want, and hit those groups withLife  enrichment
your  ebook.
In these days, although fewer and fewer are
Find hobbyists and niche groups by searchingattending churches, more and more are
the web for "popular hobbies," "enthusiasts,"flocking to purchase self-help books.
or "what America is buying." Or, you canSelf-help books are leaping off shelves at
search specifically for forums and discussionbrick and mortar bookstores. People want to
groups for hobbyists. In the forums, peoplefeel that if they read a self-help book, they
talk with each other to share ideas with onehave all the power to change their lives.
another. Often, they will exchangeWhether or not this is true is moot. Changing
testimonials for equipment, upcoming events,your life, soul searching, and helping
and  books.thyself,  are  all  great  ebook  topics.
One popular site where hobbyists go to talkAs much as ever before, people want to know
to one another online is Yahoo!. Check ithow to find peace with their pasts, how to be
out. Go to Click "groups." On the groupscreative or spiritual in a consuming society,
page you'll see a list of categories such asand how to find true love. There is no end to
Business & finance, and Religion. Forhow-to books you could create in the category
demonstration  purposes,  click  on  "Games."of self-help, or life enrichment. Here are a
few  more  ideas  here:
On the games screen, game subcategories are
listed followed by numbers. The numbers· How  to  marry  for  life
indicate how many discussion forums are
available for that subcategory. These numbers· How  to  unbreak  your  heart
reveal a lot. Notice how "role playing
games," and "video & computer games" have· How to stay sane in a crazy
factors of ten or in some cases factors ofworld
100 more forums than other subcategories.
"Wargaming" and "paintball" don't even come· How  to  meditate
close, although those categories are much
more discussion-laden than "horseshoeA  few  more  topics  bound  to  explode
pitching."
These are fiery hot topics that are sure to
For fun, one day I continued selectingbe on the rise. You can pull any one of these
subcategories until I arrived at a list ofto use for your first ebook. Then come back
over a thousand (yes a thousand) discussionand  pull  another topic for your next ebook.
groups on Yahoo having to do with vampire
role playing. Here's how I got there:Using the latest electronics. We are a
Games>>Role Playing Games>>Live Action>>society obsessed with having the latest and
World  of  Darkness>>Vampire: The Masquerade.greatest technology. Do an ebook on iPods,
email/camera cell phones, wireless Internet,
Some of the forums are open to new members,digital TV, or any combination of these
and you can join to read what everyone'sitems.
discussing. Once in the forum, you can review
discussion threads from today, yesterday, orHome improvement. There's so much of a craze
a year ago. Don't go back too far if you wantin this area that do-it-yourself (DIY) stores
to find out the hottest possible ebookare on every corner of major cities. If you
topics. You can participate in discussions ifhaven't been to a Home Depot or Lowe's
you like. FYI, do not drop into a discussionlately, then you are one of the few. Sure,
group just to market an ebook; hobbyistsapartment dwellers and young students aren't
consider this spam and will drop you from thein this market, but people with homes and
group.money to afford them are in this market. In
fact, some cable TV services offer entire
When you read and/or participate, you'll findchannels  dedicated  to  home  improvement.
out what this group is buying. All you have
to do is skim to find out what questions theyEspecially of current interest are in-home
are asking each other about products orautomation systems. DIY home improvers are
traveling or information. What they areeager to learn about and buy things that will
interested in buying is a key piece ofmake their home lives more relaxing,
information because passionate consumers lovehigh-tech, or fun. Create a book to teach
to research before they buy. This is anthem how to make their lights come on for
immediate ebook market. Create a book on howthem before they get home from their jobs, or
to select the best this or that on thehow to press a button to adjust window
market, related to the current wants of theblinds, music, or temperature. Or how Bill
enthusiasts.Gates' house works. Or how to add automation
to an existing home, or how to build-in
Enthusiasts come in all shapes and sizes.automation  when  a  house  is  constructed.
Think brides-to-be, golfers, whitewater
rafters, people who collect vintage baseballIdentity theft prevention. Especially because
cards, wine connoisseurs, gardeners, frequentebooks are marketed on the Internet, this is
vacationers, video gamers, and parents whoa great topic. This is because people who
put their children into private tutoring,purchase over the Internet are concerned that
ballet,  and  violin  lessons  before  age 3.their credit card numbers will not be seen by
others or misused in any way. Even away from
There are some hobbies that seem tothe computer though, consumers are on-edge
continually attract enthusiasts, like playingabout identity theft. Today, people are
golf, watching football, restoring old cars,shredding their receipts, removing their
and listening to music. These are classics.personal information from the face of their
Then there are some hobbies that seem to comechecks, and cautiously covering themselves
and go in waves, such as Red Hat Societieswhen they type in passwords at public
participation, snow boarding, or lineterminals or ATMs. Microchips are being
dancing. Pick either a classic hobby or ainstalled on ID cards. People are worried.
fluctuating hobby in its peak season for yourTap  into  this  with  an  ebook!
best  odds.
Safety. Along the same lines as worrying
A big market on the Internet is the 20-30about identity theft, people are worried
set. Here's what they are doing right now,about their safety from other things like
according to one survey. They'recrime, chemical warfare attack, and natural
snowboarding, wakeboarding, traveling,disasters. Watch the evening news tonight,
camping, listening to music, takingand you will be able to list at least twenty
photographs. They're drinking gourmet coffee,things that people are afraid of. When you
rock climbing, playing guitar, camping,talk about safety, you are speaking their
dancing, looking for online love, shoppinglanguage. Titles along the lines of be
for computers and other electronics,prepared for any natural disaster would go
attending sports events, studying the Bible,over well, as would those like never be a
exercising, trying to find jobs, and watchingcrime victim again, how to defend yourself in
movies. Any one of these subjects would makea parking lot, or prevent sudden infant death
a great ebook with a buying market standingsyndrome  (SIDS).
by.
How-to manuals for any new product recently
How-to's  and  hot  topicson the market. This harks back to the Dummies
series but takes it one step further. Target
There is almost no limit whatsoever on theyour ebook to people who want to buy the most
marketability of how-to books. Everyone wantscurrent commercially available item. How to
an instruction manual, advice, anduse the new model John Deere tractor. You
encouragement that they can do anything theywill be sure that no one else has a book like
read a how-to book for. Anything you know howyours, and you can say so in your sales
to do, anything you've ever wanted to learn,pitch.
or anything that's teachable at all, can
become  a  how-to  ebook.How to survive any phase of life. People face
numerous demons and battles as they live
How-to books for hobbyists are a good way totheir lives. For many, when they're in need,
go, and this overlaps with the discussionthey'll be reaching out for help. Support
above. A hobby how-to ebook could be anythinggroups, private therapy, being with friends,
from how to build a home from hay bales tostarting over - these are all solid topics
how to play Texas Hold 'Em to how tofor an ebook. You could also reach out
understand  Shakespeare.specifically to certain people needing
emotional assistance. How to get through the
One book publisher knows how hungry we areterrible two's. How to cope with a cancer
for how-to information, and has created adiagnosis. Living with your own shortcomings.
whole series of "Dummies" books around theHow to live with someone who is dying.
market. Further, there are other similar bookSurviving  high school. Any of these will do.
series', and all of them are doing quite
well! "The Everything" series, "Idiot'sAnything to do with pets. People are
Guide" series and others are all cashing inpampering their pets more than ever before.
on  the  how-to  phenomenon.Some pets are treated better than people.
It's the people who spend small fortunes on
You could cash in by creating ebooks on anytheir pets that will also be willing to pay
or all subjects covered in any of thosegood money for an ebook that gives them ideas
series'. Go to and check out their list ofon how to treat their animals even more
titles. Pick one you like, and move fullroyally  than  they  already  do.
speed  ahead!
Write books on how to pamper your parakeet,
Remember that even though the books havehomemade meals for picky dogs, where the pet
"Dummies" in the title, that the books are asspas are, how to train your kids to be
popular as they are because the readers arecat-friendly, million dollar homes for mutts,
not treated like dummies at all. The authorswhich animals make the best pets, or pet
cater to a person who wants to find out thepsychology.
easiest way to do something without too much
tangential discussion. When you have yourTraveling mixed with the subjects above. Not
ebook written and when you choose a title,only are people traveling like crazy, but
make sure you are appealing to a reader'sthey want to customize their itineraries and
smarts! If you use words like stupid, dumb,their methods of travel with their hobbies
or hopeless in the title, make sure that itand lifestyles. Try a few of these on for
is clear that the meaning would not extend tosize: where to dine around the globe and
insulting  the  individual  reader.still stay on a low-carb diet plan. Hotels
with the best exercise facilities. How to
Ebooks, because of their brevity and becausetravel exquisitely with large dogs.
they are marketed primarily on the InternetCrime-proof your campsite. Be creative.
can target smaller audiences. You don't haveThere's  a  market  here.
to write a universal book like How to use a
computer (which may not be interesting enoughUsing the Internet to meet people. As I said,
to sell anyway in this decade). Ebooks canthe craze is upon us. Everyone's online, and
cover more specific territory. Knowing this,sometimes folks spend more time chatting with
you can 1) create your ebook in a specificInternet buddies than they do talking face to
way for a specific niche readership, and 2)face with actual friends. I know I've been
create additional ebooks for different facetsguilty of this one myself. Anyway, along with
of the same subject, and sell each onethe advent of the World Wide Web, came people
separately!who need a little help figuring out how to
get where they want to get. They want to find
Say you've decided to write an ebook onlike-minded people, find a date, find love,
fishing. (FYI, this is one of those hobbiesfind  support.
where enthusiasts are willing to spend
money!). You could create "How to CatchThere's a huge ebook market for hooking
Freshwater Trout," "How to Tie Your Ownpeople up with people online. Here are just a
Flies," or "How to Plan a Successful Deep Seafew things that could be covered: speed
Fishing Trip." Almost anything related to thedating online, virtual music jams, taking
hobby can become a separate ebook dependingonline classes, hooking up with people who
on how much detail you include. Clearly, "Howshare your hobby, and finding online support
to put on waders," probably wouldn't be agroups. Any of these and more are of interest
great choice (though some would say it'sto people who wish to get maximum benefit
impossible to underestimate today'sfrom their ability, thanks to the Internet,
consumer), because you would have to strainto network with people in the farthest
to fill up 60 to 100 pages on such a simplereaches of the world. In fact one of the
topic. You get the idea. The topic would needappeals with online communing is that
to be, in most cases, book worthy. Use gooddistance does not matter. Help these people
judgment.in foreign lands find each other with an
ebook.
Then, life itself requires instructions, as
we know from "Life's Little InstructionTopics of special interest to women. The
Book." So, life also qualifies as a goodfacts don't lie. Women dominate the Internet,
how-to book topic. There are numerousand they spend or influence spending of 80
subtopics, and you'll never run out of ideas.cents for every dollar changing hands. What
Here  are  a  few  examples:women want has never been so important to
business  owners  and  authors.
· "How to ensure your child gets
an  A+  in  math"Certain topics appeal particularly to the
female set. These include beauty, health,
· "How to have a successful garagedecorating, emotional support, and life
sale"enrichment. Women do a few things, generally,
that men don't. They play bunko, wear
· "How to organize your homemake-up, and talk for hours to their
office"girlfriends on the phone. They send more
greeting cards, prepare more casseroles, and
And while we're on the subject of how-tovacuum more often than men. They eat more
books, I'd like to make one quick point. Thesalads and go shopping more often for
titles of these ebooks do not need to beclothes. They get more pedicures and love to
incredibly clever. Be sure the words "How to"dance  more  than  the  average  man.
are the first part of the title, and the rest
should  tell exactly what the ebook is about.There are two things to keep in mind with
regards to women and ebooks. If you want to
For example, which of these three titlesattract a female market, you need to write
would  be  best?about a topic that women like to read about,
and you want to make the title friendly
1.  "How  to  have a successful garage sale."towards  women.
2.  "One  weekend  away from a cleaner house"Here's a female-oriented subject and title:
Where to find great shopping bargains in
3.  "How to sell your old shoes for a profit"Taos. And here's a male subject: Where to
catch  the  most  fish  in  Taos.
Although numbers 2 and 3 are clever, a little
punchy, and correspond with the ebookHere's a female-friendly title (same as
content, I would still recommend using titleabove): Where to find great shopping bargains
number 1. "How to have a successful garagein Taos. And here's a male-friendly title on
sale" sums it up pretty well and will catchthe same subject: Keep your money in your
the eye of an Internet surfer who ispocket in Taos. See the difference? Know your
interested in putting together a garage salemarket, and if you need to choose between one
and  needs  a  how-to  manual.or the other, you're safe going with the
women's title.



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