Why think of it as online course or ebook, rather than online course and ebook? The way I see things, the value the author provides is in the distillation of i

Why think of it as online course or ebook, rather than online course and ebook? The way I see things, the value the author provides is in the distillation of information---rather than learn from 20+ random HOWTOs on the web, readers will pay for a single coherent source, that explains and organizes knowledge for them. This "distilled knowledge" can be offered either through a printed book, an ebook, an online course, a screencast, an audiobook, etc. The medium is not the important factor but the quality of the teaching. I wrote a blog post about my experience in the book business a while back [1]. TL;DR writing books is a LOT of work (1yr/book=writing,editing,selling), but a definitely an area that will grow. If I can give some advice for how to start your book writing is to tutor someone live before getting down to write. Looking at your students (in a one-on-one or one-on-few context) is by far the fasters way to receive feedback about the quality of an explanation. After giving a few such tutorials, you'll just have to put your in-person-explanations into words. Good luck! ______ [1] You can read about my experiences bootstrapping a textbook publishing company here: http://minireference.com/blog/techzing-interview/ http://minireference.com/blog/techzing-interview/