E-books are just electronic versions of regular books or journals but they frighten people if you suggest writing one. There is no longer any need for delaying with the simple process detailed below. Some writers only contribute small amounts to their books, relying on hired writers to do the bulk of the work, just finishing it off themselves.
Once you've decided on a topic for your E-Book, and have done research to ensure that people are looking for and buying information on this topic, write a series of articles. Articles are less intimidating to write than a book, and you can use some of the articles as promotional tools to create demand for your forthcoming book. If these articles are sent to article directories, within a short space of time you should have a very good idea how many people have shown an interest and can estimate how successful it will be.
The overall structure can be a work in progress while the article content is being written. If you are worried about the structure you should not go wrong of you follow the normal introduction section, body content and then a conclusion to the subject which might also have a helpful resources area as well. If you write a few more articles that complement the book you may find it will increase the overall perceived value.
As you complete your articles, insert them into your e-Book, the number of articles you require will depend on the overall length. E-Books are shorter than print books with the optimum length being around 50 pages so stick to the topic, and offer good, useful information. People do not like reading on compute screens so prefer to have shorter books that do not drift from the subject.
As an added extra, why not supply the reader with some bonus material you have located to give added value to your e-book; this is always appreciated. From your point of view this bonus information does not need to be anything more than some extra articles you did not use in the book or a short report you have written. Any extra material you supply will need to be worthwhile on its own and be related to your e-book subject.