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PDF books are exactly the same as e-book, in that they exist only as files for your PC rather than having a physical form like a regular book.

The term stands for Portable Document Format and is a file format created by Adobe to improve document exchange and distribution.

Creating your own electronic books is a popular way of:

a) making money
b) increasing your reach on the web
c) building your credibility on the internet.

It only takes time and a small amount of money - if any - to set yourself up, and it means you have your own product to sell rather than being reliant on affiliate schemes for your online income.

Creating PDF books

Use the free software provided by Openoffice.org which operates just like Microsoft Word and is compatible with Microsoft products.

Once your document is created , it's simple to 'Export as PDF' and this creates the file that you need for your e-book.

Selling PDF books

Use Clickbank which must be the best-known and most widely used method of selling e-books.

You have to pay a one-time fee to sell your own products.

You can offer other people commissions to sell your products, so you end up with a viral way of getting your work on more websites.

You can set the rate of commission your affiliates receive and Clickbank also handles all of the payment process, allowing you to take Paypal and credit cards.

They also build in fraud protection, secure payments and a ready-made global audience.

Making covers for your PDF books

This is the part where you'll probably have to pay, especially if you don't want an e-book cover that looks cheap and tacky.

You can either pay somebody to do it for you - and it won't cost a fortune - or you can do what I did and invest in a bit of kit that enables you to do it for yourself.

Usually, the software is delivered as a series of 'actions' for use with photo editing software.

Make sure that you go for a product which has good support as it takes a bit of getting used to at first.

I think I'd recommend buying some kit to do this as it only takes a couple of products before you're saving money on paying somebody else to do it and they look far more professional.

Marketing your PDF books

You should create a marketing campaign for your e-book as well as just listing them on Clickbank.

Search out related keywords to use with Google or Facebook ads, promote via an EzineArticles.com feature, or use free press release services to let web users know about your new product.

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Question by : Friend Put Free Copy of my Book on the Internet!!!? I'm so stunned, I can barely type. I have a elderly friend in his 60's. He makes a good part-time income doing Internet Marketing. When I told him I was a good writer, he told me how he made money putting a book on Amazon kindle. So I wrote a short non-fiction book (40 pages) and did the same. It turned out awesome since I know Graphic Design and made a fantastic cover. I started getting a few sales right away. I sent him a PDF copy of the book (password protected), just to get his opinion. He was impressed. So a week or two later, I'm googling the title of my book and I see a web page telling people how they could get a free copy??? The link went to one of those pages where you have to fill out a survey before getting the download. I know for a fact he's affiliate for this survey company, that pays marketers .25 to $ 3.00 everytime someone fills out a survey. He had actually sent me a link for the same company during the same online chat that I sent him the PDF copy of my book!!!! He mentioned it was a good way to make money, lol. I'm stunned he would do this! He's older and like a father figure always giving me advice. It's a short book, but I spent about 4 months working on it! With downloadable copies being made available on the internet, it's sure to kill my sales in the long run. I sent him a scathing facebook message, he has yet to reply too. He hasn't returned my facebook message, but I know he's seen it. He's always on facebook posting affiliate links in news feed, trying to make money off his facebook friends. I always knew he was an oportunist, but not to this degree. Why screw over a friend for a couple of bucks? I need advice on what to do as far as my book is concerned. I'm going to contact that survey website and have them take the link down, since it's blatant copyright infringement! This may or may not work. He could easily offer it through another survey affilate program. Should I change the title of my book and take it off Amazon for now? It's only been out a month and I haven't done any major marketing yet. I would hate to invest money promoting it as is, when people can just google the title and see they can get a free copy by filling out a stupid survey. I have learned my lesson and will never trust this jerk again. In the meantime, what should I do about my book? Best answer for Friend Put Free Copy of my Book on the Internet!!!?:

Answer by ♥♪Ichigo.Kurosaki♥♪
get it down immediately someone may steal your idea

Answer by Abrienda
Technically, that's illegal considering it's your own work and he's making money off of it so you could somehow charge him? Maybe if you contacted the police or something. You could take this to court... but it would be a lot of work... I really don't know what I would do...

Answer by Ariesmystic
i agree that's a violation to your talents, maye you should move onto soemthing new thou maybe somethign better than your other story i kon wit must be really hard that you cant actually show off all your talent properly after spending all that time but i think that it would be better to start a new one than to risk advertising on somethign that has already been stolen.

Answer by redunicorn
Report it to the website. Send your "former friend" a cease and desist letter. If he does it again, contact the FBI.

Answer by Sue eh
This is very interesting but unfortunately unless you have a big bank account there isn't much you can do. I wouldn't worry to much about the survey site, most people see them as some kind of scam and won't even use them so he probably isn't making much from it. Leave your book on Amazon Kindle, the kindle market is huge and growing all the time because it "is" owned by a HUGE completely trusted site: Amazon, started by only selling books but now sell everything and if you are already making sales then stay with it. But, instead of getting mad, get even... If you Google your title and his page is above yours, KNOCK him down. Make a webpage or blog and get all the SEO on it as possible, use RSS feeds for creating tons of quality backlinks and do what you do best Write.. when your RSS feed is syndicated and possibly used on high ranking authority websites you will kick his @ss to page 5.. But I wouldn't be pulling your eBook off Amazon, a lot of people would love to be making sales within a couple days, just drive those sales even harder because Amazon will surely out-rank any survey site any day, so the more traffic/customers you get the higher you will rank. You could make some phone calls to see what you can do but since piracy has been happening online since it started and is done every minute of every day.... Best to just fight fire with fire and beat him at his own game.. .

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