A few weeks ago I was asked to create a video showing “How To Create An e-Book” by a member at Blogging Beginners.

Easy enough I thought. Quick video showing me using Word and then pdf995 to turn the document into a pdf.

How wrong can you be? After the first few minutes I realised it was going to be a little more complex than I first thought. Rather than just record what I was doing – my first inclination – I decided to sit and think a while about what someone who has never created an e-book would really want.

The more I thought the more I realised I needed to be a magician to provide an easy answer to the question.

What experience does the individual have?

What do they know about?

Have they thought about their market and what’s already available?

Do they know what the objective is for the e-book?

What technical skills do they possess?

Do they have the right equipment?

What about book layout; inserting images, text boxes, bullets, hyperlinks…

How about editing and proof reading

And what to do with the finished product? How do you upload to a blog and integrate with an opt-in box and Autoresponder?

After the first hour of thinking and mapping out the video I knew I had a problem! I could never cover all that in one short video.

So a simple request turned into a full blown project.

Now an e-book and 6 videos later I’m finished and here’s where I need some help.

Blogging Beginners members get access to everything as part of their membership – you’ve probably seen the videos already but if not just login here to get immediate access.  Non members, however, only get access to the e-book itself that was the subject of the videos.

What I’d really like, if you’d be so kind, is to leave a comment below if you’ve: –

1) Read the book

2) Watched the videos

3) Done both

Tell me what you think – honestly. What I need to know is whether everything makes sense.

Is there anything left out that you think should be included?

Is everything pitched at the right level?

Do the book and videos compliment each other?

What could be improved?

I’m not on an ego trip (indeed I may wish I hadn’t asked the question if you all hate the work done!) but as I created everything I was thinking whether I should make a stand alone product to sell to non-members that would include the videos.

I’d really welcome your opinion – if I just launched into this I could have a pile of unread “How To Create An -e-Book” pdfs lying around simply because I hadn’t got to know the market.

Now where did I hear that?

Wizzer

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