Slaving away at the keyboard to write online articles is not easy, yet after you bang out a few hundred you think to yourself, well I may as well simply write a book? Yes, perhaps an eBook is in your future and you certainly have enough content if you have already written 300 articles on a given subject? But I must warn you to be careful when compiling your online articles into eBooks, to make sure you are not covering the same topic over and over again.
Recently, when planning to write an eBook on a specific subject, I noted I had some 276 articles on the topic and thus told my editor in chief who then gave me this advice; "276 articles is more than enough for a book.
I'm sure some of them probably have duplicate content so that might have to be edited out.
Otherwise, you'll be repeating yourself throughout the book, which isn't necessarily bad if done in the right way.
But you don't want it to sound like you said something before then forgot about it and repeated it.
" Smart thinking indeed and he is correct too.
I completely agree with the duplication issues of ideas and concepts and this is why if I categorize the articles prior and then put them into chapters along themes.
Perhaps, I can cut and paste from the articles the best foot forward on the thought and touch on the other side thoughts, mix and match, combine, mostly.
Pretty much how it has to be, as you say cannot duplicate and or look like you are rambling through a 100 page book.
So, put those online articles to good use to bulk up the content of your eBook, but think about how you are doing it too.
I certainly hope this article is of interest and that is has propelled thought.
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