How To Select a Great Topic For Your Book or Ebook Part 4 of 5
For part four of this discussion, we'll be taking a look at some
specific topics you may wish to explore...
Looking young
Perhaps sixteen year old girls don't want to look younger, but
from that point on, and for most of the population in Western
society, looking young is a common desire. Everybody wants to
find the fountain of youth, whether it be in a pill bottle, a
special diet, surgery, or an ebook.
An ebook about staying or appearing young in the face of growing
old will have a solid future. Here are some title ideas, and I'm
sure you can come up with a truckload more.
- "Drop ten years and ten pounds in ten days"
- "How to look 28 forever"
- "100 ways to look younger"
- "Grocery store products that will help you look younger"
- "Look 30 again without surgery"
- "How to live to be 100"
This topic is red hot. Botox, surgery, chemical peels, lasers,
diets, acupuncture, electronic pulses, mega vitamins,
prescription teas, thigh cream, and teeth whiteners are being
purchased by baby boomers, the elderly, and even women as young
as 20 ! No one wants to look a day older than they have to.
Health
Health is a concern to anyone who is growing old or ill or faced
illness with a loved one or wants more energy or, basically,
everybody. Health ebooks are a good investment for you to make.
And doctors don't have to be the authors. Anyone with any
credentials, or no crendetials at all, can write books on
health. Just be sure you don't claim to be a doctor if you're
not one. Here are some health topics you can hit at this moment
in time and be almost guaranteed immediate interest, readership,
and sales! Disease prevention and cure. As our baby boomer
population ages, most will be afflicted with heart disease,
cancer, diabetes, dementia, or some other malady. Give these
people some hope. Create
an ebook on how to cope, how to find the best practitioners,
how to avoid disease triggers, or cures American doctors are
unaware of.
Natural remedies. People are curious about alternatives to
standard medicine, and are anxious to try herbal, natural, or
holistic treatments. Create a book on any disease that covers
alternative cures. For example, "How to Treat Lymphoma,
Naturally." Or, you could just address natural supplements in
general, "The best natural remedies for common ailments," or
"Holistic health." Diet. What we eat is always a hot topic.
There are literally dozens if not hundreds of diet fads
currently out there. Pick any one of them for an ebook. Then
there's obesity, general health, and also diet supplements like
vitamins. Think "How to equip your kitchen for macrobiotic
dieting." Or, "Eat to cure cancer."
Another great topic along the lines of health would be a book
exposing the scam of whole life insurance (yes I said scam)
which most insurance agents push on their clients since they
make more commissions selling a whole life policy than a term life
insurance policy. If you don't know what I'm talking about,
here's the deal: If you're currently paying for whole life, and
you're still relatively young, get term life insurance instead
and put the extra money into a real investment instead of giving
it to your insurance agent.
Travel
Never has so much travel been available to so many. People today
want to get in touch with the people they love. They want to
experience different parts of the world. See exotic things. Be
entertained. Also, because, especially in America, adults
sometimes work well more than 40 hours a week, people need
really good vacations. They're doing their research to make sure
that they will really enjoy their precious few weeks off each
year.
Here are some topics for you: how to trade frequent flyer miles,
how to keep airport security off your back, how to travel on a
dime and get change, and how to keep your children happy on long
car trips.
Beyond the how-to's, there is plenty of room for books like, the
best amusement parks for your money, top 100 campgrounds, things
you must see and do in Utah before you die, and free things to
do when visiting Washington, D.C. Get the idea? The good thing
about creating travel ebooks is that you may already know a lot
about a place that other people may be interested in visiting.
Makes it easy!
Money
Money makes the world go around (well that and the earth's axis
and planetary forces), and so it would make sense that ebooks
would abound on the topic of money. They do, but the market is
nowhere near saturated. There's always room for more. From
getting rich to just saving money day-to-day, people are always
interested in how-to books related to money. Ideas below:
- "How to feed your family on less than $40 a week"
- "How to get free stuff"
- "How to pay almost no taxes"
- "How to buy a retirement home for no money down"
- "How to be richer than your parents"
- "How to buy cars and jewelry at auction"
- "How to start a financial management business"
Life enrichment
In these days, although fewer and fewer are attending churches,
more and more are flocking to purchase self-help books.
Self-help books are leaping off shelves at brick and mortar
bookstores. People want to feel that if they read a self-help
book, they have all the power to change their lives. Whether or
not this is true is moot. Changing your life, soul searching,
and helping thyself, are all great ebook topics.
As much as ever before, people want to know how to find peace
with their pasts, how to be creative or spiritual in a consuming
society, and how to find true love. There is no end to how-to
books you could create in the category of self-help, or life
enrichment. Here are a few more ideas here:
- How to marry for life
- How to unbreak your heart
- How to stay sane in a crazy world
- How to meditate
I hope you have gleaned a few ideas from this brainstorming
session. We'll explore some more hot topics in the final
installment of this article series.