E books are everywhere right now and gaining in popularity every day. Publishing your own E Book can be a great way to make some additional income at home and easier than you might imagine.

Basically, publishing an E book involves little more than creating an Adobe PDF file containing your written content. This can be via Adobe Acrobat or one of the numerous other PDF creation files that are available on line (CutePDF is a good free program). Once your E book is in PDF format it can be read by almost anyone, computer user, e book user, even on a number of “smart phones” and PDAs, opening the market for your E Book right up.

Content is of course the most important element of e book publishing. Almost everyone has some unique knowledge that can benefit others. Perhaps you have great home decorating ideas or are known for your great children’s parties. E books on either of these subjects and thousands more have earning potential.

Creating an e book store is as easy as creating your own website or your e books can be offered right from an existing business website.

Even if you do not wish to sell your e books, consider creating one to promote your business. This a great way to generate leads, by having those who want to download your free eBook complete a form with their contact information to add your email list.