E-Books

E-books are electronic versions of books that do not require printed versions.  Many self-published writers are finding e-books to be a simple way to express their ideas without the cost and barriers involved with traditional publishing.  Amazon has been a leader in the industry with its Kindle reader while Apple has challenged the platform with its tablet the i-Pad.  My personal favorite for e-book reading and more is the Google Nexus 7 Tablet.

The popularity of e-books has skyrocketed in the second decade of the 21st century.  In May 2011 Amazon reported that its sales of e-books had surpassed sales of hard copy books.  A Pew Internet Project survey in 2012 showed that 21 percent of American adults had read an e-book within the past year.  It was also found that e-book readership favors people under age 50. A large majority of e-book readers read printed books as well.  Nearly half of the respondents said they preferred e-books over printed books. 

In 2012 Apple launched ibook author, which is a software program that allows authors to create e-books in the PDF format on an I-Pad and directly make products available in the IBooks store and  for sharing.  Amazon has a platform called CreateSpace for authors to create t-books, which must conform to the site's policies.  Lulu also provides the tools for authors to create and market their own self-published e-books.

E-books have proved to be profitable, even for traditional publishers such as Random House.  The company reported that e-book sales made up 27 percent of the total book sales, which was a 7 percent increase from a year earlier

If anyone know of a good way to start in e-books please share it here. 

Can I Make Money with No Money?

Ok, so you want to start a business, but you dont have much money and you do not want to borrow the money.  You want to start with as little start up capital as you can and still make it work.  You want to have very minimal lost if everyting falls through.  Well if these questions fit you then the following information is for you.  Well you may have heard it before, but it never hurts listening to topics more than once.  Chances are you can start making money from the things you already have in your own home and an internet connection by selling some of your things on Ebay.  I have personally heard of people who sell all kinds of products and actually making anywhere from a few hundered dollars a month to ten thousand dollars a month.

Want to know what sells on ebay just start off by using the ebay niche finder tool. It will get your creativity going as you find that niche item that can bring you in big bucks!  If you want to look for a niche item that will make you alot of money for example, you can type that you want your "Average Price" greater than fifty dollars. Now lets say you try searching "Cosmetics" with the average price greater than zero. When you search this you will see a list of items that fall into a niche market with your criteria. It will also give your other information such as Max Price, Average Price Demand Quantity Available, Quanity Sold and the Conversion Rate.  This is very helpful when deciding what you want to sell.  Or just start selling whatever items you have at home and test the water that way!

Go to eBaY Niche Finder

Priorities...

Well this blog is about becoming successful in a Business System that will enable you to support yourself and beyond. It is about making money, but I would be a fool if that was all I am about. Donald Trump has even said "what good is money if you don't have your health?" (emphasis mine).  I once was in training class for my job and the trainer asked everyone in class what was the most important topic to them in life. We had a long list to choose from and had to write down our top three most important goals. Some chose that the most important thing in life for them was to be popular, and another chose that being rich was the most important to them.  I naturally chose Health to be the most important to me. Then as I was still looking at my long list of options, I came açross another choice which read "to have the forgiveness of sins". I immediately changed my first choice of Health to second place and placed the forgiveness of sins as the most important thing in life for me. Well needless to say that everyone thought that I was a little different, but I could not deny the truth and it wasn't my fault if they did not understand.  Some people give you a broad general idea of who they believe God is, and maybe they might be embarrassed or afraid to offend someone, but there is nothing wrong with saying what you believe in.  I believe in the God of the Bible, and what the Bible says. He is the God of Israel and Creator of the Universe.  I believe in the promised Messiah Yeshua who is foretold in Scripture as the Messiah who is to come twice.  Once to die for our sins and the second to established his Earthly Reign.  My second priority would be family and third health and finally fourth to be financially successful.