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40% of new novels published annually are the product of ghostwriting or substantial "editing."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hollywood employs more ghostwriters than the entire book and newspaper industry combined.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What A Ghostwriter Can Do For Your eBook


By Evan Bailyn



It used to be that any publication which premiered online rather than print was considered to be third rate when compared to those traditionally published or self published. This is no longer the case. Far from it. In fact, internet publications, or eBooks, have carved out a specialty niche all their own.

eBooks have accomplished the most envied achievement in the publishing business: they have created a whole new market. Without disrupting the sales of print publications or the heightened trend toward independent or self publishing, eBooks are growing in popularity every day. This is a huge success for the publishing industry, writers, and the growing literate public. It’s time for you to add your book to the virtual racks.

Write An eBook With A Ghost Writer

This is the hard part: the actual writing. Lucky for you, the most difficult part of creating a money making eBook can be delegated. Ghostwriters are professional writers with decades of experience in the publishing business, an intimate knowledge of the workings of e-publishing, and years invested in the study of writing. Can you say the same?

You Are An Expert

You are the expert on the topic you’ve chosen for your eBook. You may have spent years studying, doing interviews, or observing this subject of yours. If it’s a novel you’re working on, you probably have file folders full of scribbled notes and various versions of rough drafts for 10 beginnings and as many endings. You and you alone are qualified to inform the subject of your eBook – which is why you are creating it! When you hire a ghostwriter to do the writing, you are doing justice to the tremendous amount of thought, effort, and expertise that you have already invested.

You are adding another expert to your team. How many sentences should be in each paragraph? Should you double, single, or triple space the text? What is the best sequence for the sections of your eBook? Should you include graphics? Do you need a table of contents? What about a bibliography? An index?

It’s not your problem. All these questions and more fall under your ghostwriter’s scope of practice. That’s why you hired her. Relax. Focus on the content, the research, the direction of the piece and let your ghostwriter handle the details.

What You Can Do For Your Ghostwriter

Organize your ideas and create an outline. This isn’t set in stone and you are by no means committing to the chronology, content, or design of your eBook by creating this outline. This is just the beginning, a skeleton of sorts, for your ghostwriter to work with and build on. Create a profile of your potential audience. Who will most benefit from your eBook? Who will be most attracted to it? Who, in essence, are you creating this eBook for? The more specific you are, the better your ghostwriter will be able to tailor the language to accomplish your goals.

Create a pitch. That is, take no more than 3 sentences to write an overview of your proposed eBook. This will help your ghostwriter focus in on your main idea and create a connected reading experience. What do you want the reader to gain from reading your eBook?

Write your biography. A few short sentences about yourself, your experience, your other publications, your profession. This isn’t for your ghostwriter. This is for the cover of your book, right under your picture. Pretend you’re writing what Jay Leno will say to his audience as he welcomes you onstage.

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