The authors of unsuccessful e-books have one thing in common - they don’t offer enough content. The best e-books on the market are chock-full of information that their audience really wants. That’s an important consideration for those who make a living creating ebooks.
Skinny e-books that have little information are often returned, eating away at your profits. On the other hand, an e-book with strong content increases reader satisfaction, which means more profits and fewer refunds. You want to offer a strong, beefy e-book, one that is loaded with value for your clients. So how can you put your PDF e-books on steroids for better performance? Read on, and I’ll show you!
First, add a table of contents, or TOC. Not only will this help your reader find information quickly and easily, it will also add two or three pages to the length of your e-book. A TOC is easy to add — MS Word and similar programs can create and update one automatically.
At the back of your book, include a list of valuable resources. Since you wrote the book, you are the expert (at least in the eyes of your audience). You’ve researched tons of information, but not all of it will fit in your book. Give your readers the chance to delve into a topic further - include links to web sites and blogs, as well as a list of books in print which you used to write your e-book. This is a valuable service for your readers, one that shouldn’t be left out.
Here’s a short list of things you can put in the resources section:
- Print books on your topic;
- List of magazines on your topic
- Videos online at YouTube and similar sites;
- Web sites;
- User forums and user groups; Blogs (your own or those of others);
For each link, include a short description of the resource to help your readers further. Tell them what information they can find using that link, and how it can help them. This adds more value than a simple list of links, with no rhyme or reason.
Stay tuned for my next article, when I offer three great strategies to bulk up your e-book, increase customer satisfaction, and improve sales. By publishing ebooks with loads of content, you make it an irresistible value.
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