eBook planning begins long before you actually write your eBook. If you have already started writing, it’s important to accomplish these steps as quickly as possible. Many of the things you need to do before you begin writing your eBook prepare you to effectively market your eBook.
EditionGuard eBook Planning Guide: Stage One - Before You Write
During preliminary eBook planning, the first steps you should take before writing your eBook are to secure your online author identity:- Purchase a domain, such as authorname.com. If you have a common name like “Dave Smith,” making it virtually impossible to obtain davesmith.com, consider alternate domain names, such as AuthorDaveSmith.com or AuthorDaveSmith.me.
- Secure the social media accounts in your author name, to include Twitter, Facebook (personal and author pages), Google+ (personal and author pages), Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr, SoundCloud, and LinkedIn. Even if you will not use them all right away, you want your identity online to be secured so that each platform has a similar name.
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