Why Write An eBook

- Why Write an eBook? -
by
Leo Hunter
All Rights Reserved 2007
Published by
Able Limited Editions
www.ablelimitededitions.co.uk


There are numerous reasons why aspiring, and possibly established modern-day authors and writers alike ought to consider jumping on the non-stop cyber-space band wagon to write an ebook, or four: far too many to outline here in an article. In fact, it's possible to write 500 pages of text merely to outline the reasons. But first, let's put the traditionalist record straight by noting that arguably the most important of all reasons, after all is said and done, is that it's absurd to say or note that everything that has been said has already been written. Or even that everything that ought to be said and written, on any issue, has already been said and or written. Certainly not 'published' into any public domain that is.

And the fourth sentence of this intro is but one example of how absurd such axioms are. It has never been said and or written before writing this piece that will be so published, one way or another.

Secondly: despite aspiring authors and writers being 'led' to 'believe' by traditionalists or any other 'political' society that 'freedom of speech' exits, another fact is that 'publishing' anything is dangerously constricted by the universally applied concept of 'trade secrets' obtained and held legally and lawfully under employment law etc. And that includes the fact that authors and or writers may have any amount of brilliant 'new ideas' to publish.

But if any of their ideas may lead readers deeper into the vehemently protected world of power than its ambiguously portrayed surface, then they have no realistic chance of ever being published by any such gatekeeper. - Certainly not for at least fifteen years after the fact that is; if they're not imprisoned for trying to have their 'reasonable work' published legally and lawfully 'in the public interest'. - Thirty, in the vast majority of cases, put in terms such as being published is 'like winning the lottery' as one top literary agent kindly informed me.

Thirdly: 'new ideas' are life-giving juices of intellectual property. Yet no law whatsoever even attempts to describe any idea as being in any way any part of intellectual property.

Now add those facts into this outline of this ebook equation and you begin to see why it would take at least 500 pages of text to list the relevant reasons in outline. - But let's say you have some brilliant idea and knowledge to corroborate it thereby enable you to write an exceptional ebook. But you may wonder why should you go through all the trouble of writing it when it's almost impossible to get anything worthwhile published so-to-speak?

Well, if you have, or decide to obtain software to create an ebook, writing, creating then self-publishing your ebook/s is by no means vanity publishing. - Vanity publishing is when writers or authors pay anyone to publish or have their work published etc.

Self-publishing ebooks is also useful if you already have or intend to launch an internet-based business with a quality website and product/s. - You may distribute and or sell ebooks in CD and or download format/s, which are products in themselves. What's more, affiliate programs/live links may be built into ebooks to divert readers to your or affiliate/s site/s.

You may even make your ebook/s interactive in some ingenious way. Questionnaires, order forms, surveys, crossword puzzles geared to testing their knowledge are but a few basic examples. Possibilities are virtually endless. They're therefore very powerful tools.

But, just as there are many hundreds of reasons why ebooks ought to be written, created, published etc, it's very easy indeed to fall fowl of the law on writing about almost any issue, publishing and selling it in any format, no matter where or how they're created etc.

And you must take care in selecting affiliates. Many merely pose as marketers but are in fact in the marketplace to get their hands on the viable ideas and or intellectual property of unsuspecting or inexperienced writers and authors etc. So unless law literate and have sufficient corroborative evidence etc to support your claims, ideas etc, take legal advice; before you write, create and publish; keeping in mind that under universally applied law that possession of what may be considered to be illegal or unlawful work intending it to be published is a criminal offence in itself.

As such, Able Limited Editions offer publishing services to newbie and established authors alike. And as part of that service, Able Limited Editions will guide authors through the writing process as indicated in their contract designed to cater for their particular needs and wants.

Take care.