"How To Create Martial Arts eBooks"
Design, Write, Market, and Publish Your OWN Publications

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"How To Create Martial Arts eBooks" takes the guesswork out of creating digital publications. And while the publication is, in fact, geared with the martial artist in mind, it is actually relevant to any kind of eBook or digital offering.

Table of Contents Chapter 1: Planning It Out 1.1 Determining Your Target Audience 1.2 Project Management 1.3 Digital Publication Formats 1.3.1 - EXE 1.3.2 - PDF 1.3.3 - TXT 1.4 Graphics and Illustrations 1.4.1 - Introduction to JPG, GIF, and BMP 1.5 Multimedia 1.5.1 - Audio 1.5.2 - Video Chapter 2: Putting It Together 2.1 Style Guides and Grammar 2.2 Writing for eBooks, Reports, and Newsletters 2.2.1 - The First Draft 2.2.2 - Editing and Proof Reading 2.2.3 - The Final Manuscript 2.3 Tutorial: eBook Pro 2.4 Tutorial: Ezine-Express Chapter 3: Graphics and Illustrations   3.1 The Importance of First Impressions   3.2 Telling Your Story Through Visual Representation   3.3 Graphics Editing Programs     3.3.1 - Adobe Photoshop     3.3.2 - JASC Paintshop Pro   3.4 eCovers     3.4.1 - The Importance of Professional eCovers   3.5 Tutorial: Adobe Photoshop Actionscripts   3.6 Tutorial: CoverSoftware Pro   3.7 Tutorial: CoverAction Pro Chapter 4: Interaction Through Multimedia   4.1 Audio     4.1.1 - Audio Quality     4.1.2 - Microphones     4.1.3 - Audio Mixing Programs   4.2 Video     4.2.1 - Introduction to Videography     4.2.2 - Webcams vs. Digital Camcorders     4.2.3 - Editing for Narration and Action Shots   4.3 Tutorial: MP3 Sound Stream   4.4 Tutorial: FLV Producer   4.5 Tutorial: Pinnacle Studio v10.5 Chapter 5: Your Website   5.1 The Necessity of a Quality Website   5.2 HTML Basics   5.3 Pre-made Template Buying Guide   5.4 Creating a Winning Sales Page   5.5 Webhosting   5.6 FTP Basics Chapter 6: Marketing   6.1 SEO (Search Engine Optimization)   6.2 Forums and Bulletin Boards   6.3 Blogs   6.4 PPC (Pay-Per-Click)   6.5 Linking to Other Websites   6.6 Creating Your Own Membership Site   6.7 Affiliate Programs

Most publications or courses offer very little by way of "how" to write your piece. You might get a few tips and pointers, but what you need is a step-by-step guideline for actually taking you by the hand through a complete project, such as:

How to develop a writing style

How to create an outline

Who your target audience is and how to write your publication geared for them

Fonts, font sizes, font styles, and colors that work the best in eBooks

How to edit and proof read a manuscript

What eBook programs are good and which ones will waste your money

How to create eCovers

How to include photos and videos

How to light your subjects for the best appearance

That is just a small sampling of what "How To Create Martial Arts eBooks" covers, and what most other "how to" publications do not address. Mastering these elements, however, will make or break a quality publication.

You will learn everything you need for designing the layout, what goes in to writing it, how to include photos, videos and audio, how to compile it, how to create eCovers, and also how to market and advertise it.

I also included some special bonus tutorials for many of these areas, as well as:

How to evaluate the finished product, and

How to understand a user's perception of it

Through a specific evaluation process, you will learn the ins and outs of how to take a user's feedback and improve your publication, as well as how it is presented. After all, you might want to make money writing it, but the information must first and foremost be of service to your readers. Without that, it will not last very long.