By now you must realize that it’s possible to make
money from writing e-books as described in my blog article
entitled “Crowdsourced,
Teleworking Flex-work Publishers needed for UWI and High School Students with
Tablets in 2014 - How Jamaican Writers can make money via ePub Publishing Books”.
An opportunity awaits the independent writer of
content to write, publish and promote their own e-books in PDF as described in my
blog article
entitled “How
to Create PDF Documents using PDFCreator” and e-pub format especially as
Tablets and e-Readers are set to become very popular among High School and UWI
(University of the West Indies) students in the Fourth Quarter of 2013 and
beyond.
You can then choose to self-publish and then market
your e-pub book by uploading it to a Cloud Drive and then creating a link to
your book to be post it all over Social Media e.g. Facebook Profile Page,
Twitter Account or on your blog or website as described in my blog article
entitled “How
to use Dropbox, Google Drive and Sound File Sharing Websites to Share and
Promote your Content online - Sharing is Caring”:
1. Social
Media i.e. Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, YouTube
2. Email
3. Newsletters
4. Personal
Blog or Website
5. Business
Cards and Flyers
6. Traditional
Media i.e. Radio, Television Newspaper
You can also contact one of the twenty one (21)
local Publishers to publish your book both in e-Book and paperback and even
hardback format as described in the BIAJ’s (Book
Industry of Jamaica) article on How to Become an Author:
1. Arawak Publishers
2. Bala Press
3. Carlong Publishers
4. Great House Omnimedia
5. Ian Randle Publishers
6. Institute of Jamaica
7. Jackmandora
8. Jamaica Publishing House
9. Jamrite
10. LMH Publishing
11. Mid-Island Publishers
12. Miller Publishing
13. Pelican Publishers
14. Planning Institute of Jamaica
15. Polar Bear
16. Reggae Pickney
17. SALISES
18. SunZone
19. The Mill Press
20. Twin Guinep
21. University of the West Indies Press
Finding the addresses of the above local publishers
is as simple as using Google or the Jamaica
Yellow Pages, though you must be aware that different publishers have
different requirements of authors of original work.
Marketing your book takes awhile, though, even with
the power of Social Networking. Whether you choose to market the book yourself,
go to one of the local publisher or even a big International Publisher and
Seller of Books such as Amazon or Barnes and Noble, it won’t happen overnight.
Worst case scenario, it may take at least 2 years
and several published book later before you’ll get any good traction for your
published book, be it in e-pub, paperback or Hardcover format. Like a blog or
website, a book marketed via the above mentioned still requires the follows as
stated in the article “5
Tips for Creating Traffic Driving Blog Posts”,
published July 15, 2013 by Brianna Smith, Social Media Today:
1. Make
sure you choose the type of book you wish to publish and writer you wish to
become, be it a fiction or non-fiction. Remember to be flexible and try your
hand at both fields and not restrict yourself
2. Use
Pictures and even interactive videos in your e-book. Remember your e-book is
being read on an e-reader or Tablet, so integrating Videos into your e-book
makes it more engaging
3. Write
an Attention Grabbing Subject Line
4. Post
the link for your e-book frequently on Social Media
5. Publish
books frequently. Don't just publish one book and stop writing. Publish short
stories and article in the meantime
6. Adding
your personal insight to your book i.e. your personal experiences, helps your
book connect better with your target audience
7. Engage
your fans via link to download your e-book, sign up for alerts when you'll
publish another book
If you publish your book on a website or blog, it’ll
have to get a lot of traffic. Aside from the above mentioned methods, there is
also registering with Blog Search Engines and Blog Aggregators, basically logs
detailed listings or Directories of blogs in various Categories as listed in
the articles “23
Blog Directories To Submit Your Blog To”
published November 20, 2007 by Loren Baker, SearchEngineJournal and “Use
Blog Aggregators To Drive More Traffic To Your Site or Blog”,
published April 22, 2013 by Mayra in Content Marketing, MetvtheChannel:
Search
Engines for blogs
Blog
Directories
As mentioned above, you’ll have to continue
publishing in-between books. So while you continue to market your books and
await your recognition to come along, you can become a work-at-home
flex-worker, be it in the Call-Center World or any other flex-Work based job as
it has the following benefits as outlined in my blog article
entitled “Crowdsourced,
Teleworking Flex-work Publishers needed for UWI and High School Students with
Tablets in 2014 - How Jamaican Writers can make money via ePub Publishing Books”.
After all the days of permanent employment for year
are over, slowly being replaced with a Contractual, Flex-Working Workplace! So
the quicker you get used to this reality in Jamaica the better. As a writer,
therefore, it suits you to be a work-at-home flex-Worker in a field related to
writing.
Thus I’d recommend that as a writer, you also work
online as a Blog Affiliate or Content Writer. Here’s a decent list of Blog Affiliate or
Content Writer Websites that pay you to write for them as stated in the article
“20
Sites To Get Paid For Writing And Blogging – Best Of”,
viewed August 25 2013 By Brian, Hongkiat:
Remember before you can use any of these Blog
Affiliate or Content Writer websites, make sure you have the following:
3. A
Proxy Site to allow you to logon to the website as if you were in the US of A
as explained in my blog article
entitled “How
to find Free TV online and how to Stream from Hulu or Netflix in Jamaica -
Jamaican Pirate of the Caribbean on Stranger Tides Streaming Restricted US
Content”
4. A
US Mailing address in case you need to receive mail or Cheques. This can be the
same Mailing Address as used in Online Shopping as described in my blog article
entitled “How
to purchase items and subscribe to Magazines online and ship them to Jamaica”.
That’s it. Follow the Blog Affiliate or Content
Writer website’s Instructions and Rules for submitting articles and if you’re
as good as you claim, you can earn money paid to you in the form of cheques as
explained in my Geezam
blog article entitled “How
to use Scotia VISA Debit Card Online”
in-between marketing and writing books!
This’ll spread your fame and name as a writer as the
more content your produce the more your name get’s recognized for writing great
content and thus the more money you’ll eventually make. You might even make a
living as a Writer as Jamaica improves our Wired and Wireless Broadband
Coverage, PC’s and Laptops get cheaper, Scotia VISA
Debit Card or Credit Card become
more prevalent and Tablet adoption in Jamaica gets on the upswing!
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