Step-By-Step Guide to Make Money By Publishing Books

If you ask people working online, a lot of them will tell you that writing is one of the easiest ways to make money online. True indeed. You can start posting on paid-to-post forums and make money online.

Yes, it is easy to make money online by publishing on forums. If you want to explore more, you can try publishing articles on article sites or even writing and selling ebooks.

If you are good at writing, if you can write pretty fast, you can start selling your ebook gig on Fiverr or start bidding on ebook writing jobs on Upwork. There are also other platforms where you can write ebooks and make money. How much you can earn from ebooks depends on your expertise and the length of the ebook.

How to Make Passive Income from Kindle Direct Publishing

Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) is Amazon’s book publishing platform for indie writers. It is absolutely free to use. You can earn up to 70 percent royalties from your published books.

Before you head towards KDP to register an account, make sure you have your manuscript ready to be published.

After creating your account, go to your dashboard and start filling up the form. Fill in the necessary details; upload the manuscript and the cover. Your book will go online in less than 48 hours. Now, start promoting your book. You can even run ads on Facebook or Amazon to drive sales.

Apart from book promotion, you don’t have to do anything to earn from your book. If your book is interesting and if you promote to the right audience, people will buy your books. You earn royalties from each sale.

Where to Sell Your eBooks and Make Money?

Writing is one of the highly paid jobs that you can find online. Writing is also one of the easiest ways to make money. There is money to be made by writing and selling ebooks. If you are thinking about trying your hands on making money from ebooks, here are some options.

Freelancer Sites: On the freelancer sites like Upwork, you will find a lot of people hiring ebook writers.

Your Website: Selling ebooks from your own websites is one of the easiest ways to make money from ebooks.

Online marketplaces: You can sell your ebooks through marketplaces like eBay, Zazzle, Etsy, etc.

Publishing Platforms: There are a lot of platforms where you can publish your ebooks and sell your ebooks. Some of the best options are Amazon, Smashwords, Barnes and Noble, etc.

Play Store/ App Store: You can also publish your book as a mobile app and make money by selling ebooks.

How to Market your eBook and Books

There are a lot of ways to market your books, but I suggest you Influencer Marketing and Social Media Marketing

Influencer marketing is a marketing method where people with a large fan following on various social sites will promote your content, products, and business. Influencer marketing is very effective because the influencer marketers have a genuine fan following and their followers genuinely believe what they promote.

Social media marketing is a digital marketing method that involves promoting your products or businesses n various social sites like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. You can use paid or free marketing methods on social media. 

Since influencer marketing is done on social media, influencer marketing is also social media marketing in some way. There are a lot of marketing methods available for social media channels and influencer marketing is one of them. The only difference is how you market the products and business.

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