| It couldn't be easier to select a hot topic for an ebook. | | | | the top of the Amazon home page, click "Top Sellers." |
| People are hungry for information, and people are | | | | I did this one day in September 2005 and found a |
| looking to the Internet to feed their hunger. After | | | | Harry Potter book, several other fiction books, and |
| you've read this chapter, you will feel confident enough | | | | titles such as Natural cures "they" won't tell you about, |
| to choose your own topic, or you can literally pull your | | | | How what you wear can change your life, How to |
| ebook topic directly from this article and use it! How's | | | | profit from the demise of the dollar, and The official |
| that for a deal? | | | | SAT study guide. I've paraphrased to some degree, |
| Observe what's going on around you | | | | but you get the idea. |
| If you're smart enough to read this article, you're smart | | | | Here's what I learned just from spending a few |
| enough to look around you and determine what | | | | minutes on Amazon that day. People are reading good |
| interests you and those around you. Think of what | | | | fiction from already-best selling authors (Da Vinci Code, |
| problems you've recently solved, and what kinds of | | | | the Harry Potter series, and others). Secondly, |
| problems others have had and solved. Any problem | | | | Amazon buyers, buying over the Internet, are |
| that has been solved in your world could easily be the | | | | interested in nonfiction topics such as improving their |
| subject of your next book. People love to read how | | | | lives and making more money. For these books, just |
| other have solved a problem that they currently have. | | | | about any author will do, even virtual unknowns or |
| So, brainstorm a list of problems in your life and in the | | | | people who went to prison for lying to the American |
| lives of those around you. Your friend Bob lost his job? | | | | public. |
| Your sister's child had chicken pox? How did they | | | | And that quick visit only confirmed that the straightest |
| cope or find solutions? While you're at it, start another | | | | route to ebook profits is in the nonfiction ebook market. |
| list of unsolved problems evident in your corner of the | | | | This is for a number of reasons. Fiction readers tend |
| world. Write down problems you wish you had solved. | | | | to like to curl up in a chair with an actual book. Some |
| Aha! These are subjects that people will really be | | | | of them attend book clubs where the physical books |
| interested in! How to lose the last ten pounds. The truth | | | | are brought around someone's kitchen table with wine |
| about UFOs. The straightest path to becoming a | | | | and cheese. Fiction readers tend to purchase from |
| millionaire. From your personal corner, your | | | | authors they're already familiar with. Fiction can be |
| step-granddaughter is pregnant at age 14? Your | | | | more difficult to write and deliver well. Also, many of |
| grocery bill is double what it used to be? Your roof | | | | the classics in fiction are available as free ebooks. A |
| leaks? These are problems waiting for ebook solutions! | | | | reader interested in fiction could just download those. |
| These unsolved problems would also be great ebook | | | | So stick with nonfiction unless you're feeling particularly |
| topics. Remember, you don't have to know the solution, | | | | bold and experimental. |
| just the topic. You're going to get someone else to do | | | | Here is some more good news, and if you didn't |
| the research and write the book for you. You will not | | | | already know this then you are going to be smiling big. |
| actually be writing one word. | | | | Drum roll please... ideas are not copyrighted, therefore |
| Spend a few minutes Googling | | | | any idea you see, hear, or read anywhere anytime, is |
| The Internet is a great way to find out what people | | | | yours to use for an ebook! You can create books |
| are looking for at any given moment. You can search | | | | around the same ideas that are covered in the |
| for almost anything. Google is a popular search engine | | | | Amazon best seller list, and turnaround and create an |
| you can use, or you can try any of the others like | | | | ebook on the exact same subject! |
| Yahoo! or Type in phrases like "top concerns of | | | | Now, copyright law does protect the way ideas are |
| Americans," "best-selling nonfiction topics," or "popular | | | | expressed, so you want to make sure your hired |
| how-to manuals." Common worries of 2007. | | | | author does not plagiarize or copy book text outright. |
| And while you're on the Internet... | | | | And you cannot use the title word for word either. But |
| Find out the most popular nonfiction books from the | | | | there's nothing stopping you from creating another |
| New York Times bestseller list, Amazon, and a Google | | | | book or ebook that covers the same subject with a |
| search for ebooks. Your findings will tell you exactly | | | | different voice. It's all as completely legal and guilt-free |
| what book subjects people are buying right now. | | | | as nonfat Haagen Dazs. This is why looking at |
| Try this. Go to From the tabbed menu running along | | | | bestseller lists is a great way to get topic ideas. |