The form in which one’s books are to be published has been debated for a while. People often ask if they should publish their book as an E-book, make it available in a paperback format, or go for hardcover copies.
Publishing an ebook has lots of advantages that are not often considered by some writers and authors.
In this blog, we discuss some of the not-so-spoken advantages of publishing an ebook.
- Unlimited Global Reach:
One of the many benefits of publishing one’s book as an ebook is that it makes it easy for the author to spread copies of the book to places that the hardcover copies would take time to reach.
Ebooks can be uploaded to websites and marketed on blogs where readers can have quicker access to them. It is a sure way to ensure faster distribution of one’s book across nations and continents.
- Cheaper Cost:
The general cost of publishing books in ebook forms is lesser compared to doing hardcover printed copies.
Ebook reduces costs for both the author and readers.
- Alternative Income:
Books sold as ebooks on some platforms can become an alternative source of income on a monthly basis. Platforms like Amazon allow authors to upload their books so readers can buy them as ebooks. With the provision made available by such platforms, authors can decide to engage effective book marketing strategies on a monthly basis through ads running to generate a stable income for themselves.
- Collect Leads and Build Email List:
Sharing a free chapter or pages of your ebook as a lead magnet to collect email addresses to build an email list is another advantage of publishing an ebook.
Collecting leads will enable your marketing as a writer especially if you own a blog and other digital books that you can sell via newsletters.
- Editing and Re-publishing:
Publishing your book as an ebook gives you the chance to easily update your book and re-publish it again. It makes it flexible for you when you as an author to update the information you have earlier published in a previous version.
- Testing the Market:
Publishing a short but engaging ebook is a great way to see what the reception would be like when you publish something that is more detailed.
Publishing an ebook can be good for new authors who are not sure if people would want to read what they have written. However, it is always important to make sure that whatever you are publishing within your genre is based on extensive research because nearly everyone is writing something on every topic there is to be written about.
Conclusion
The emergence of an electronic version of books has helped many authors reduce the cost of publishing books by removing the extra expenses of having printed copies. Book publishing over the years has evolved from hardcover printing to paperback and now, Ebooks.