The online writing world is a new, fast-growing, and exciting place. It offers online writers almost unlimited opportunity. Through writing online, suddenly the whole world becomes your marketplace-anyone with a computer connected to the Internet can read your writing. Finding your online niche and then working your way into it can be a tricky task. There are so many opportunities when it comes to writing online.
Here are some of the main opportunities to write online:
- Website content writing
- Newsletters
- Whitepapers
- Journals
- Magazines
- Blogging
- Advertising
- Copywriting
I highly recommend these books on electronic writing and getting published online:
Writer's Online Marketplace: How and Where to Get Published Online. An informative overview of today's online literary landscape; methods for crafting queries and submissions; using the Web to network, promote and sell work; making a website; electronic rights; how to write for online publications; and info on who's buying what and what types of markets are now available on the Web. It is enhanced with advice from dozens of successful electronic writers, hundreds of web site listings, a comprehensive section with details for 300 paying electronic publishers, including what they want, how much they pay, and contact information.
ePublishing for Dummies. This book will show you how to effectively package knowledge for the right electronic audience, in the correct format, and the best way to electronically market and publish the resulting product.
How to Get Your E-Book Published: An Insider's Guide to the World of Electronic Publishing. A thorough and up-to-date operations manual for writers who want to navigate the world of electronic writing and publishing. It covers how the online publishing industry works, where it's headed and how you can be a part of it. Also, an invaluable directory of e-resources, referencing e-publishers, online bookstores, e-book software, HTML text editors, and writing websites is included.