Emma Brooks

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The No-Hype Guide to Selling Your First Ebook

Emma Brooks

Find an idea, make something useful, and give it a real chance to sell

99 pages · about 80 minutes to read · PDF

About this guide

Written for ordinary people who want to earn money from ebooks and have no audience, no publisher and no interest in income screenshots. It covers the whole loop in nineteen chapters: how to find topics people are already searching for, how to score ten ideas down to three, how to turn one into a focused ebook, how to price and list it on Amazon KDP, Etsy or Gumroad, and how to read the first week of numbers when nothing sells. It is honest about the odds — your first ebook may make nothing — and its argument is that one failure is one data point rather than a verdict on the business. Free, from Emma Brooks.

Inside the guide

19 chapters, and what each one leaves you able to do.

  1. 01

    Choose Ten Problems Worth Solving

    You leave with a list of ten problems you could plausibly turn into an ebook.

  2. 02

    Score Each Idea on a Five-Point Test

    You score your ten ideas and keep only the three that clearly pass.

  3. 03

    Size Up the Demand Before You Write

    You compare terms on Google Trends and search marketplaces to spot a useful gap.

  4. 04

    Pick One Audience and One Outcome

    You commit to a single reader and a single result, and you write the working title.

  5. 05

    Build the Outline Backwards From the Result

    You draft a chapter list that takes the reader from their start to your promised outcome.

  6. 06

    Write Your First Draft Without Stalling

    You finish a rough full draft, accepting imperfection to get something to improve.

  7. 07

    Cut the Filler and Verify the Facts

    You remove repetition, check your claims, and add checklists and templates where useful.

  8. 08

    Check Your Grammar and Read It Aloud

    You proofread your draft, listening for awkward wording, and fix anything you stumble on.

  9. 09

    Make the Cover Earn Its Place

    You design a thumbnail that reads clearly at small size and sells the outcome.

  10. 10

    Write a Description That Matches the Book

    You draft opening lines that state the problem and the result without overselling.

  11. 11

    Set a Price You Can Test and Adjust

    You compare similar ebooks and choose a price you can change later based on sales.

  12. 12

    Prepare Your Listing Images and Previews

    You create interior previews that show exactly what the buyer gets inside the file.

  13. 13

    Publish on Your First Marketplace

    You upload your ebook, keywords, categories and listing to one platform and go live.

  14. 14

    Study Your First Week of Numbers

    You look at views, clicks and sales, and you write down what you still do not know.

  15. 15

    Diagnose a Failing Listing Step by Step

    You identify which part of the funnel lost buyers and change one thing at a time.

  16. 16

    Decide Whether to Fix, Park or Replace

    You judge the ebook against its data and choose to improve, abandon, or start the next.

  17. 17

    Research the Next Idea Before the Next Launch

    You run the demand check once more and shortlist five follow-up topics from your winner.

  18. 18

    Build a Small Catalogue Around One Buyer

    You list three related ebooks your existing customer would want next.

  19. 19

    Run Your Publication as a Weekly Ritual

    You set a recurring hour to check numbers, update listings and plan the next test.

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Contents

  1. 01Choose Ten Problems Worth Solving
  2. 02Score Each Idea on a Five-Point Test
  3. 03Size Up the Demand Before You Write
  4. 04Pick One Audience and One Outcome
  5. 05Build the Outline Backwards From the Result
  6. 06Write Your First Draft Without Stalling
  7. 07Cut the Filler and Verify the Facts
  8. 08Check Your Grammar and Read It Aloud
  9. 09Make the Cover Earn Its Place
  10. 10Write a Description That Matches the Book
  11. 11Set a Price You Can Test and Adjust
  12. 12Prepare Your Listing Images and Previews
  13. 13Publish on Your First Marketplace
  14. 14Study Your First Week of Numbers
  15. 15Diagnose a Failing Listing Step by Step
  16. 16Decide Whether to Fix, Park or Replace
  17. 17Research the Next Idea Before the Next Launch
  18. 18Build a Small Catalogue Around One Buyer
  19. 19Run Your Publication as a Weekly Ritual

99 pages · about 80 minutes

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Choose Ten Problems Worth Solving

You leave with a list of ten problems you could plausibly turn into an ebook.

This kit is for anyone who has thought about selling an ebook but has not started, or who started and stalled because the idea felt too big or too vague. By the end of this chapter you will hold a list of ten problems you could plausibly turn into an ebook, written in a form you can test tomorrow. That list is the foundation for every other decision in this process, so we begin there, not with covers or pricing or platforms.

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Emma Brooks helps first-time authors turn what they know into an ebook that sells.

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