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Hierarchy of an E-book Model
OK - after today’s teleseminar, I was inundated with emails asking for the graph I use when converting my transcripts (of teleseminars, e-classes, coaching calls, etc) into useable content for my books.
Here’s it is – in all it’s glory :) A copy of the chart that I use when creating books from transcripts.
Use it wisely, and I promise it will worth 6-7 figures in extra income over the coming years (or months if you’re in my coaching club and combining this chart with the Direct Connect tool).
Enjoy…
(Important - let me know what you think about this chart so I know what other kind of charts you want posted)
May 9th, 2008 by admin
May 9th, 2008 at 9:34 am
Thanks for posting that. Sometimes it takes seeing it in such a simple flow diagram to alow it to sink in and become action. I’d like to see similar diagrams of planning a book and planning a marketing strategy, in diagram form too. Thanks.
May 9th, 2008 at 10:01 am
Thanks for spelling this out so simply.
I’m a visual person and the chart really helped, as do all your charts!
May 9th, 2008 at 10:36 am
Interesting system. Never would have thought of doing all of this. I now have another revenue stream in the making.
May 10th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
Thanks very much for sharing that, Chris. I agree with daisy, one on a market strategy would be excellent. I find I absorb information in a visual form much better so charts are ideally suited for me.
Personally I’d love to see one breaking down how you decide whether to delegate an individual piece of work or do it yourself too. Thanks again!
May 11th, 2008 at 6:48 am
Honestly I don’t really care much about such fancy charts. To me the major characteristic of ebook is its modular nature, simple language and good transition from module to module. In a way, an ebook is like Cliff notes.
May 11th, 2008 at 10:17 am
hm, liowkc, I agree that ebooks are good because of their straightforwardness and the ability to separate them into modules or segments, but I think most of them are way more than Cliff notes.
Cliff notes are excellent for their purpose but that’s only to be an outline of the high points, not for full content. I think ebooks can certainly be more than just outlines. Since the segments can be linked together, it’s possible to have both the outline and more detailed content.
May 14th, 2008 at 9:57 am
I think that Cliffs Notes are a good supplement for the actual works they are providing the high points and plot analyses for students, but they are fairly limited, as alpha says.
eBooks should be, and sometimes are, as good and varied as their hard-copy cousins. The ones I’ve read have a lot of interesting things in them and are well-written.
May 16th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Thanks for posting this.
It simplifies the process. It’s confusing knowing who to market to, how to market, where to market… where to publish… and just where to start in general when working on such a large project. It’s nice to have some simple guidelines.
May 16th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
Fardreamer - I agree. Although I have, on the other hand, come across some e-books that appear to be unedited. They’re flooded with spelling errors and hard to read. It’s important to keep quality in mind if you’re self-publishing. Hire someone to do it for you if need be. It’s an important step that seems to be overlooked too often when it comes to e-books.
May 18th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
Yes a lot of these e-books are hard to read and understand. So many typos and mistakes they don’t make sense. This little chart however does put things in a more simplified way. I too am a visual person so this is a very good way of spelling it out for me.
May 19th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
There was one thing that I wasn’t 100% comfortable with and that was sending out the ebook chapters to different persons to be edited or reviewed. I just noticed in the hierachy that these documents would be sent out in PDF format which means the person will have to print and make notes on paper so the book would not in danger of being stolen.
May 19th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
I was concerned about a similar thing but then I decided I would only give the material to persons who I trust to review it so I would eliminate that problem.
May 19th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
I like charts because it puts things into perspective, but that depends on how you learn,I find that if I do a flow chart with most of the stuff I am doing then I learn it quicker
May 19th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
I have seen quite a few of those ebooks and quite honestly I have even wriiten to the owners proposing to edit for them, I got one positive response but he did not send the ebook.
May 20th, 2008 at 11:44 am
I just have to say after reading this information, which is very useful that I will definately being taking that into consideration and making. The flow chart and information were easy to follow and understand. This will be great information to keep for future reference when writing. Thank you for the information.
May 21st, 2008 at 11:31 am
Another great post. Nice flowchart on the whole process. Too many people delve straight into the final product.
It is the little bits you should focus on while maintaining an idea of the bigger picture.
The flowchart makes it very simple, take baby steps and don’t try to do everything at once.
May 26th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
In regard to the editing process, I think I’d prefer to send all the chapters to one person — who could maybe also tell me if I was saying something in chapter 4 that contradicted chapter 1! Of course, it would have to be somebody you trusted.
May 27th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
Since we’ve been talking about ebooks, I just heard something at a computer conference that I wanted to share. The speaker was talking about all the ways people outside the U.S. use their cell phones, and apparently there are some young people in Japan who are actually writing their books on the cell phone — not just reading them there. I think that’s just fascinating.
May 27th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
Writing their books on a cell phone? That’s fascinating definitely but also very scary ! What happens if they lose their cell phone and in the process lose all of their writing? I’d love to hear more info on this.
May 29th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
This makes it look so simple! I know that we tend to make too much of things, but so many times, we feel overwhelmed when if we just saw it on a chart like this, it would make so much more sense and look so much more doable! It’s great!
June 2nd, 2008 at 1:16 am
Finally somebody explain how to do it. I have a hard time to figure out the right steps, and I don’t know what to do even with all that e-book software in the market. You know, they sell a lot of software to create a pdf file, e-book maker, etc. But no clue about the basic step. Can you tell us the best site to sell an e-book?
June 4th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
This is great information! It’s really helpful to see this in a flow chart format. I have a teleseminar that I wanted to put into an ebook format, but I was not sure how to do it. Thanks so much for posting this information.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
I like the flowchart as well; it’s very logical and easy to follow. I do have a question, though: Is this E-book model designed for non-fiction books only, or can novels and collections of short stories be done in this manner as well?
June 7th, 2008 at 11:19 am
Having written a couple of ebooks for some others, I can say that in order to write a productive and easy to read ebook you really have to put it out as though you are writing several articles. It is the most functional way of completing a book in this manner. It does not matter if it is instructions, informational, or entertaining. If you keep that in mind you will see where and how the best way to get the job done is.
June 9th, 2008 at 6:38 am
Hmm… that is good to know. I had wondered myself if it would work just as well for fiction as non-fiction.
June 9th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
The graphical flow has helped us to understand the works involved in publishing the book in a much better way. I think the pictorial representation always makes the job easier. And as told, for doing the editor works, it better to give the chapters to individuals to seperate people.