The way I see it is, if the information is not necessary, why include it in your ebook? Because all you are doing is risking losing future custom, because you’ve wasted peoples time with unnecessary content that they didn’t want to know.

Hi Paul, thanks for visiting. I totally agree with you on that one.

Mandy

I must admit everytime I buy an ebook I get so down hearted when I see that it is excess of 100 pages long. I much prefer a short ebook 20-30 pages long full of informative facts and opinions. There is so much rubbish and fluff in most ebooks these days and half of them take you completely off the track of what you were originally reading about.

Short and sweet always gets my vote!

Best regards,
Steve.
http://www.steve-wilkins.com

Tell me about it, Steve. Thanks for the comments.

Mandy

Dont be too impressed, John! I joined masterclass because I already had this product written and wanted to get some ideas about marketing it. It has been so useful getting other student’s feedback on it too. I can improve it loads because they have been frank and honest about the content. Great guys.

Mandy

Quality is essential. However, I don’t see that quality and quantity are mutually exclusive. It depends on the subject matter.

For me personally, I find it very difficult to take in and digest an ebook that’s “bang, bang, bang” with facts to the extent that my head’s spinning by the time I’ve got to the bottom of page 4 (after an hour’s reading because it’s so dense with facts). Sometimes it’s necessary to lighten the load and let the reader “move along” and have time to digest the concepts whilst still being engaged with the book.

An ebook should be as long as it has to be to say what you want to say, no longer but no shorter either.

I am ALL for minimising the timewasting part of the reader. If an ebook is longer than, say 20-30 pages, it annoys me to death to have to scroll through countless pages to get to the part I want. A well detailed Table of Contents ****with Hyperlinks*** is an absolute “must” in long, quality packed ebooks.

OK, hands up, who thinks my ebook will be longer than Mandy’s?

Congrats on the first draft BTW! Still WIP my end.

Cheers!

Susan

Thank you for that, Susan. I totally agree that it should be the right length, no longer, no shorter. I guess what I was trying to say is so many products I have bought have been pages of repetitive packing which detracted from any quality content contained within. I will have to word my posts more carefully in future so my meaning is not lost in the ‘fluff’! Thanks for the feedback, it will help me to write a better product – I hope!

Mandy

Best regards

Dave

Glad you liked the link, Dave. I haven’t had a chance to read the ebook but liked the fact that ‘it is neatly set out, easy to follow, written without hype and not littered with annoying links’, in James’ words.

Mandy

Albert Lee
http://www.1albertlee.com

Thank you, Albert. And the whole point of a book can be lost in between the ‘mumbo jumbo’.

Mandy

Quality is the way to go ALWAYS. How else would you have repeat customers? Short concise writing is always best. This also worked for me when I was in the US Government vying for $$. In the technical field it was easy to write over the politicians heads, but putting the information out in a way they understood without the fluff always got me the money. So write to the level of a 5 year old nice and clear, then your customers will comprehend the information and come back for more.

Jay

Exactly my point, Jay, thanks for the supporting statement.

Mandy

Keep up the good work

Paul

Thanks for the confirmation, Paul. Nice to know we’re on the same wavelength. There’s too much ‘fluff’ out there already!

Mandy