| I recently received an e-mail from an individual who is | | | | for. Usually, it comes down to the fact that the |
| thinking about quitting the e-book publishing business. | | | | person is basically trying to figure everything out for |
| The reason given within the e-mail was that there | | | | themselves. They are engaged in a lot of trial and |
| wasn't a lot of time available to work on the business | | | | error. |
| and that the financial results hoped for at the time | | | | Trial and error is not necessarily a bad thing. |
| the business was started were not happening as | | | | However, when you're trying to start an e-book |
| quickly as had been planned. | | | | publishing business and want to start seeing results |
| I've heard variations of this particular complaint for | | | | from that business in a short amount of time, then |
| years. I can completely understand where somebody | | | | trial and error can be your worst enemy. It makes |
| is coming from when they feel frustrated by the | | | | more sense to follow a proven game plan. |
| fact that they are not making the kind of progress | | | | Here's the bottom line: if you are thinking about |
| they'd like to be making with her e-book publishing | | | | quitting the e-book publishing business, do it on a |
| business. So the question naturally arises: should you | | | | provisional basis. Do not make a long-term decision |
| quit? | | | | based on some short-term setbacks. Also, invest in a |
| What I typically prefer that people do is that they | | | | step-by-step system that will show you how to start |
| set aside their eBook publishing business for a period | | | | and grow a successful eBook publishing company. |
| of one week. During this one week, I recommend | | | | Don't repeat the same mistake of trying to figure |
| that a lot of time be spent focusing on why the | | | | everything out for yourself. There IS a better way. |
| business is not doing as well as what had been hoped | | | | |