Books haven’t been left behind in the digital migration. In 2011, Amazon admitted that it was selling 105 digital books for every 100 hard copy books sold. While publishers fought back and pushed hard copies to regain the crown in the subsequent years, a precedent had been set and eBook publishing has gained in popularity ever since.

Bottom line eBook publishing is the future and you can make a nice income by writing about things your passionate about.  The beauty of eBook publishing is that you don’t need an intermediary such as a publisher to get your work out. You can write a book on Word, convert it into PDF or EPUB or .mobi and make it available for sale almost immediately.

Taking Care of Marketing

Since you won’t have the backing of a big name publisher to push your ebook, you will have to take care of marketing yourself.  This necessarily isn’t a bad thing. Writers who delegate promotion to their publishing house often fail anyway. It is your work and you should be more invested in its success than your publisher is.

The internet makes book promotion very easy. If you want to have a ready market for your work, build an audience. You can do this through social media or by blogging.

Also, you need to master how to sell on Amazon. The average kindle writer does not know what it takes to achieve a great sales rank on Amazon. With a little effort, you can quickly rise to the top in your category and your book will be one of works Amazon recommends first when shoppers search for books in your niche.

What Kind of Topics Should You Cover?

Honestly, if you are going into eBook publishing solely to make money, you will see more success if you write on any of the three most popular topics in the publishing world:

• Health and fitness
• Relationships
• Money and finance.

Only write about topics you have experience in and in which you have some interest in. Otherwise, your writing will come off as disingenuous and so put off your readers.

There are more opportunities to make money besides writing about money, relationships and fitness. Everyone has some kind of hobby and you can bet there are active communities for these hobbies. It will be very easy to sell to these people if you are actively engaged in the community and know what their pains, hopes and aspirations are.

The point of creating an eBook is to provide value to your readers. There is no such thing as something for nothing. If you want to be a success in any endeavor, you must provide disproportionate value.

Fiction

Good fiction books are selling like hotcakes on Amazon. If you are a good fiction writer, you can earn a decent amount of money writing fiction books. The most successful fiction writers on Kindle have a series of books. Think of it like a TV show. There’s more than one episode in the show. Being able to sell more than one book to the same buyer is always a good business model.