Writing & Publishing
Disk Books

Publishing disk-based information products is where the money is! It's how we make ours...and you can do the same!

With the high printing and distribution costs involved in the self-publishing of conventional books, there is another alternative that has emerged and is worthy of investigation. That alternative is disk-based or electronic books. They are sometimes referred to as virtual books.

Because of the ever-increasing use of computers in the home for business and personal use, and because of the costs mentioned above, the writing and publishing of electronic books is becoming more practical for many applications.

Several recent news articles have brought to light the fast approaching explosion of electronic publications. One article said that an estimated 25% to 50% of college students now have personal computers, and many are selecting disk-based publications over printed forms. This has had the effect of causing some bookstores to drop prices on some titles.

Another article said that electronic publishing is part of the future, and that it was about to explode! Booksellers were warned to prepare for it or the computer stores would capture the whole market!

People have been writing electronic books for years! They use their word processors to compose a book or report and then they send the data to their printer for a hardcopy or send the disk to a publisher. What is now beginning to catch on is the idea that the some of the expensive middlemen (publisher, typesetters, book printing and binding company, artists, etc.) can be bypassed in many cases.

The simple disk full of data is now the complete book. Add an attractive wrapping and you have the finished product. No typesetter, no printing press and no minimum runs of 1,000 or 2,000 books to get a decent price per book.

This is an in-depth study beginning with the concept of disk-based books, tutorials, and databases and what subjects do well in this format. It covers researching your topic, writing the material, marketing, distribution, book reviews, copyrights, ISBN numbers, duplication services, hardware/software, multi-media presentations, starting your own mail order information business, starting any type of business, mail order laws, packaging your product, direct mail, processing orders, selling to college students, setting up a distributorship and more!

Finally the book provides resources and contacts to assist the prospective electronic book author in getting his or her product to market.

If you're ready to earn money in the information publishing field, this one is for you!