How to make an eBook

Now that you've got a PDF, what to do with it? First question is: copyright. If you live in the US or the EU and you do nothing, then your work is automatically covered by copyright. You can cover your bases by clearly stating this and by indicating your website so people can find you.

I recommend you consider a creative commons license, because it makes it more likely your idea will spread. Why? Because you leave no doubt about your intent and because no one needs to ask. They can just email it or post it.

See below for the link to the Creative Commons site where you can choose the license that works for you.

How to distribute? If you have a blog, post it. If you know people with a blog, ask them to post it. Make it clear in the eBook itself that you want people to post or email (which is a good reason to make sure that the size of the PDF is less than 2 megs... otherwise, it's hard to mail.)

I didn't go over the point of the exercise yet, but I think it's obvious: if your ideas spread, you win. So, if you write something that people want to spread, if you make it easy to spread, and if you benefit from the spreading, then you've won.