Writing an e-book

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  1. EL PRESIDENTE

    EL PRESIDENTE Username Retired in Honor of Lanny.

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    Has anyone ever written an e-book. In the process of doing one now. Any tips, selling through Kindle/Amazon. I guess I could through it on ejunkie too with a spammy landing page too I guess.
     
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    No one wants to read your erotica.
     
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    EL PRESIDENTE Username Retired in Honor of Lanny.

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    Its a one man play.
     
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    About a man, a microwave and a cantaloupe?
     
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    EL PRESIDENTE Username Retired in Honor of Lanny.

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    Saran Wrap, a sofa cushion and a bottle of olive oil.
     
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    EL PRESIDENTE Username Retired in Honor of Lanny.

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    Actually writing a vegas bachelor party guide. I started a few years ago but brushed it off. Been looking more to do more creation at home. About 2000 words so far and everything is formatted in chapters for Kindle Format. yay.

    Trying to write a bunch of books to get some passive income going.
     
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    Don't forget to have a pizza delivered. It's those little details that make it seem real.
     
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    Cool, wouldn't mind reading it when you're done.
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Can I be the narrator for the audio book? I do a mean impression of Slypokerdog.
     
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    EL PRESIDENTE Username Retired in Honor of Lanny.

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    Another project I'm working on is a guide on moving to Oregon. Gonna populate the state with transplants. :MARIS61:
     
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    EL PRESIDENTE Username Retired in Honor of Lanny.

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    I'm probably going to be doing one on Vegas on the Cheap as well since I can recycle a lot of the content.

    Maybe I'll use some of your reward point scam shit in it. :MARIS61:
     
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    I want a co-author credit and 20% of the $$$.
     
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    20% of $12 bucks?
     
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    $12 a day? Sure, why not.
     
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    EL PRESIDENTE Username Retired in Honor of Lanny.

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    I really don't know how much people make off these books, maybe a few hundred bucks?
     
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    Please don't. Oregon sucks now with all these transplants.
     
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    I've written a lot of books, and a lot of e-books. I am working on one today in fact. PM me and I am happy to give help/tips/ideas.
     
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    cool, will do I'm just creating content first, I'll shoot you some questions when I'm further along the process. I've showed it to a few people and they were impressed with it so far.
     
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    you take awesome photos prez.....make sure it's illustrated and good luck with your project! If you write a book about Oregon, be sure to tell them it's one big meth lab, horrible crime, bad schools, no jobs, evil cops and a lot of inbred locals
     
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    EL PRESIDENTE Username Retired in Honor of Lanny.

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    I'm doing Kindle Books, so its going to be all text/content. I could sell PDF e-books too, but honestly I'm not sure if this is the way to go. Just going to test it out and see if its something that's doable. a lot of people are scammy though, they outsource barely legible ebooks to india and then edit them and push them out very quickly.

    Photos are more if I develop my website project, but that's still in the development stage. The goal is to get enough stuff going so I don't have to work for a boss anymore. I have a few ideas for my "Oregon" project. I have the domain for TheBeaverState.net as well as the twitter and instagram for that, so I might do some kind of guide to moving to Oregon since its probably really well searched. I'll use photos for that, write blog posts, perhaps neighborhood guides. May even get Drone videos of different neighborhoods in Portland so people can see what they look like faster than using a google earth. Looking to possibly generate money through advertising sales, affiliate links, referrals, etc. There may already be sites dedicated to this though, but just in the planning phases.

    There's already a "dont' move to portland oregon" website. http://www.dontmovetoportlandoregon.com/
     
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