Most people are unsure if there’s any money to be made by writing and selling eBooks. Others are just too intimidated to take the first step. Here we will debunk some myths about the process.

Writing an eBook is not as difficult as you may think. Well it’s no more difficult than writing any other type of book and in many cases it may be considerably easier. Consider that most eBooks are much shorter than the average printed book. I have seen numerous successful eBooks in the range of 25 to 80 pages and it is much easier to write a 75 page book than to fill up 225 pages.

Many eBook authors discover that writing an eBook becomes easier if they start by clearly outlining the structure of their eBook. They carefully design a sequence of chapters. Next, they look at each individual chapter as an article that needs to be written. Most people can write one article within a day, and at that rate, composing an entire eBook doesn’t take too long.

Getting people to promote your eBook is easy. Once you’ve written and published eBook, consider selling it through a marketplace like ClickBank. Besides enabling you to accept credit card payments online without having setting up a merchant account with your bank, ClickBank boasts an army of some 11,000 affiliates ready to promote good eBooks. Other eBook publishing partners are also available.

You don’t have to do it all by yourself. Self-publishing is a terrific idea, but after your eBook has been written and published you should recruit as much assistance as possible in promoting it. Partnering with related sites is just one example of how you can do this. If a similar site is already selling eBooks, offer to let the site owner add your eBook to their selection and pay you. They could simply send you a check or pay you by PayPal every quarter. You’ll be so busy concentrating on your own sales efforts,  it will be a nice surprise when you receive their payment each quarter.

Once your eBook is selling, you can’t just sit back, relax and watch the checks roll in. You should always be working on something new. You can bet that interest in your first eBook is going to fall off after some time. It could take years, but it might only be months or weeks. You will reach a high point of saturation after a good number of people in your demographic have already purchased your eBook. And, eventually, your audience’s interest will simply move on to other topics. By having your next eBook in the development pipeline, you should be able to keep good sellers on the market at any point in time.

Use these tips to help guide you to being a successful eBook author.