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How to publish your own ebook for free and sell it!

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By PCWiz
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Lulu.com - Publish and sell your ebook.
Lulu.com - Publish and sell your ebook.
PCWiz

So you have a great idea for a book but can’t afford to have it published? Why not go the ebook route? I published seven ebooks so far and all of them have sold quite a few copies, netting me roughly $700 so far. Lulu.com makes it easy and hassle free. I will walk you through everything you need to do in order to publish your very own ebook and proffit from it.

Difficulty: Easy
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • Computer
  • Patience
  1. Step 1
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    First thing you should do is write your book using Microsoft Word. Once it is completed, we can begin.

  2. Step 2
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    Now we need to make it into a PDF file.
    We can do this for free at doc2pdf (http://www.doc2pdf.net/).

    Go down to where it says "Convert this document:" and hit "Browse...".
    Pick your file and click on "Open".
    Finally click on "Convert document".

  3. Step 3
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    It will open your new PDF document in a new window. Simply click on "File" and "Save As...". Name it and save it where you want.

  4. Step 4
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    With a PDF file in hand, head over to Lulu (www.lulu.com) and click on "Publish".

  5. Step 5
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    Locate the "ebooks/Documents" section under "Digital Media" and click on it.

  6. Step 6
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    A Wizard will walk you through the rest of the procedure.

    Make sure you choose the "I want to sell this in the Lulu Marketplace" option.
    You can now make money selling your ebook on-line!

Tips & Warnings
  • If you did not write your book in Microsoft Word, you can always paste it into a Word document.
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