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How To Structure The Contents of Your eBook

A good place to start is with a rough outline of your book such as a table of contents. Note that this will likely change over time as you write.

That contents should start with an introduction and this is one of the most important aspects of your book – especially if you’re giving away free previews. Your objective here is not to kill time treading water so that you can bulk out your word count. Instead, this should be where you hit home right away by selling the dream and outlining precisely what it is that your readers can expect to learn.

So if you have a fitness ebook, you start by telling why fitness is so important and by painting a picture of what life could be like if your readers were stronger, slimmer and fitter. If your book is more about solving a specific problem, then your aim is going to be to focus on that problem and to describe the pain point.

From there, you then outline the nature of your book and what makes it different. Ideally, you’ll provide some kind of tip and some kind of value as you do this. That way, your audience will right away see that you’re capable of delivering on your promises and will right away see that their money would be well-spent.

Finally, end by highlighting precisely what they can expect to learn if they keep reading and how that will help address the issues you’ve outlined.

Next you’ll launch into the first chapter. In this part you need to provide the basic foundation that your readers will need to understand the rest of the book. So if you’re writing about internet marketing, then you should explain what internet marketing is and how it works.

That means explaining the basic business model and a bit of the history. Conversely, if you’re writing about this diet or that, then you should explain the essentials that your readers need to know regarding nutrition. That doesn’t mean you need to write a science textbook, just make sure you’re prepping the audience with the knowledge they need.

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Browser extensions are small software programs that improve and personalize your online experience. With so many extensions (or add-ons) out there, it is difficult to make the right choice. Some of them address your need for privacy, others your need for protection and security while browsing on various websites, from sites where you pay taxes to sites where you simply access your online banking account.

Since there is a long list we can organize, we will try to present you only some of the best extensions that block sites from tracking you, block ads and scripts and keep you safe on unknown web locations.

Using a browser extension you have a greater control over your browser behavior. You can block ads from some websites and pop-ups that may act like carriers for financial and data stealing malware.

At the same time, you have the possibility to block others from breaching your privacy settings. But, you should also be aware that you need to test these extensions and know what they are capable of doing.

Prevent Ads and Pop ups with AdBlock Plus (or Free)

AdBlock Plus is an extension for Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome that can be used mainly for blocking ads and pop-up windows. It has the ability to stop you from accessing web locations controlled by hackers and it can also disable third-party tracking from websites. It is easy to use, without losing time with too difficult to use settings and options.

Prevent Being Tracked w/ Disconnect & Do Not Track Me

There have been some talks recently in the online environment about finding the best solution for stopping companies in tracking your browsing habits while navigating online.

Disconnect, available for Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer is a very useful extension which manages to block third party tracking cookies and you have the ability to control the scripts on the site using a simple toolbar menu. It also blocks your social media account from tracking your browsing history and private data. Do Not Track Me, available for Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer, comes with a browser toolbar that indicates the tracking cookies, scripts and plug-ins that function on the site and gives you the option to choose which one you want to disable, leaving the others to continue working.

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A password cracker is a tool that allows a user to quickly cycle through a large list of potential passwords, and run them against just one single again (or multiple). This means that your “simple” password could easily be cracked in a matter of minutes (or hours). It's beyond crucial that you put forth emphasis into protecting EVERY password to every single account that you register online. Not just your accounts, but the credentials to them because there's a number of ways you could be at risk.

This guide sets out to help you better understand the risks out there, and allow you to identify ways that you can improve your password and account security as well. Methods Of Hacking (How You Can Get Hacked)

Dictionary attacks: Avoid consecutive keyboard combinations— such as qwerty or asdfg. Don’t use dictionary words, slang terms, common misspellings, or words spelled backward. These cracks rely on software that automatically plugs common words into password fields. Password cracking becomes almost effortless with a tool like John the Ripper or similar programs.

Cracking security questions: Many people use first names as passwords, usually the names of spouses, kids, other relatives, or pets, all of which can be deduced with a little research. When you click the “forgot password” link within a webmail service or other site, you’re asked to answer a question or series of questions. The answers can often be found on your social media profile. This is how Sarah Palin’s Yahoo account was hacked. Simple passwords: Don’t use personal information such as your name, age, birth date, child’s name, pet’s name, or favorite color/song, etc. When 32 million passwords were exposed in a breach last year, almost 1% of victims were using “123456.” The next most popular password was “12345.” Other common choices are “111111,” “princess,” “qwerty,” and “abc123.”

Reuse of passwords across multiple sites: Reusing passwords for email, banking, and social media accounts can lead to identity theft. Two recent breaches revealed a password reuse rate of 31% among victims.

Social engineering: Social engineering is an elaborate type of lying. An alternative to traditional hacking, it is the act of manipulating others into performing certain actions or divulging confidential information.

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Browser Features And The Risks They Pose

We rely on our browsers to access various web pages and locations and to have a complete online experience, our browsers use and employ various elements, such as Java, ActiveX and cookies to generate content for the required web pages.

Before we can configure our browser and increase our online security, we must understand a few terms since we have to deal with them again and again in our attempts to protect our sensitive data.

These features are usually enabled by default in our browsers to improve our online sessions, but at the same time these options pose a big security risk for our operating systems and databases. The recent years have revealed that online criminals use available vulnerabilities in our browser and in its additional features to control operating systems, retrieve private data, damage important system files or install data stealing software. The features presented below are important for your browser’s operation and for your online security, therefore we must acknowledge their role before we can decide if we need to disable them or not.

• ActiveX is a software component or an add-on of Windows operating systems and it comes already installed on our computers if we have Internet Explorer. ActiveX is required by some websites to view certain elements or take actions, improving the general browsing experience, so when you access an online website, you may be requested to install it. At the same time, we must acknowledge that online criminals may use ActiveX in creating and adding malicious ActiveX software to web pages in order to damage computers. If you don’t need ActiveX in your computer activity, do not install it, especially if you don’t trust the publisher or the website.

• Java is a programming language developed to create applications on our computers or active content on a website. Java has two parts: the Java application that runs on our computers and the browser plug-in, which we recommend you to disable unless you really use it.

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Protect Home Networks

It is possible for a computer owner to be unaware they are using a network at home. If more than one computer shares the same Internet connection or if wireless Internet access is being used, a home network is present.

Securing a single computer is not much use if it is part of a network. The whole network must be protected as well to prevent malicious software from simply hopping from computer to computer to avoid attack.

Different kinds of home networks face different kinds of risks. In the case of a wireless connection, anyone within the broadcast range of the network may be able to look at any data contained within the network.

Most networking devices employ their own security mechanisms. Using this in combination with security defenses installed on each computer's should provide enough protection to thwart attempts from hackers to hi-jack the network and use the computers connected to it. Most routers function as Network Address Translators (NAT) which makes them a safe connection to the Internet.

While no measure can guarantee total immunity from attack, these steps should increase the security of a computer or network enough to protect against any typical attack.