Ebook Gold—the Most Lucrative Ebook Topic Niches
Ideas anybody can leverage to keep the cash flowing
It is entirely possible to build a significant revenue stream from your work on platforms like Substack, Medium, Vocal, or your own writing website, but it will not happen overnight. The stories you read about "I made a fortune in two weeks" are either a) a fluke or b) a lie.
I challenge you to spend one month working 20 hours a week launching an ebook project.
**Ask any writer: a body at rest tends to stay at rest…
I have written, produced, and sold ebooks online since 2007. Some still sell today. For a comprehensive how-to guide, read Christina Piccoli's outstanding tutorial 5 Simple Steps to Write an Ebook. Today we'll look at a selection of topics that can't miss.
Believe me, you can sell ebooks
If you can write stories for Medium or Substack, you can write ebooks. Focus on subjects you're totally comfortable with; even fiction or poetry can work, and dedicate an organized block of time over one month to craft several ebooks. Use a solid cover design, format the book like a pro, write so an 8th grader can grok what you're saying, use pictures, and throw in your whole personality. DO NOT pull the content off an AI platform.
It’s a piece of cake to develop an ebook from the writing you have done on your blog, Medium, Substack, or anywhere else. Get creative!
Based on recent trends and data, here are half a dozen of the most profitable ebook topic niches on Amazon and Gumroad:
Books that help readers improve life, mental health, productivity, and personal growth are always in demand. Use a personal, light-hearted, lightly humorous tone.
All couch potatoes have a dull sense of guilt over how we treat our bodies. Sell hope and self-esteem by writing wellness ebooks on diet plans, workout routines, self-care, and healthy living. The first diet book was written in the 16th century, The Art of Living Long by Italian Luigi Cornaro—still in print today.
Guides on entrepreneurship, financial management, and career advancement attract a wide audience. You don't have to be a guru. Think about an ebook explaining the smartest and dumbest financial decisions you ever made. Take a few minutes to ask an expert for a few tips to bolster your advice.
Romantic short stories with unique twists or contemporary settings will never go out of fashion. Write a memoir of your funniest, saddest, happiest, or dumbest romantic escapade.
Who doesn't love a good mystery thriller with a gripping plot? If you write fiction, make up a nail-biter. If your forte is non-fiction, there is no shortage of crimes, disappearances, and ghost stories ripe for a retelling.
Technology for non-geeks. Pick any recent or new tech (or even ancient tech revisited) and explain it with wit, humor, and style in plain language. Guaranteed success. For heaven's sake, look at the thousands of books on AI flooding every marketplace.
These topics show consistent sales and reader interest, making them great choices for monetizing your writing. If you can hardly write yourself out of a paper bag, you can probably still do a credible job on one of these. You'll do even better if you have skill and talent. The trick is to get at it and get it done.
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Question: Have you written an ebook—what topic, how did it do, would you do it again? Add to the discussion in the comments!
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Dear Maryan, your timing is impeccable. I awoke this morning with my flood of ideas and there was your article about ebooks. A couple of years ago I wrote a couple of books about programming. The goal of these books was to teach people that to learn to program how to do that. They didn’t have much traction but I think they still have value and I would like to leverage them as ebooks. How can I do that? Any ideas? As you know, I am not able to invest too much in that, but I believe in them and somehow, someway would like to invest in them (sweat and effort, and a small amount of $’s), what can I do? Your help would be immeasurably appreciated. Randy.
This is yet another timely article filled with invaluable ideas especially for new writers like me. Thank you, Maryan!