by Ruth Belena

Created on: October 24, 2009

Opportunities to make money reading books do exist in online service jobs and sales. It is possible to make money in online jobs involving editorial work, writing book reviews and marketing online. All these options involve reading books, and require a few essential skills.

* Editorial jobs

You should also be aware that the process of proofreading and editing is quite different from the experience of reading books for pleasure, and that you can only make money online in proofreading and editing if you have previous training or practical experience. The books you will be required to work on are likely to be technical subjects, guides or manuals, rather than fiction.

You will find suitable clients when you register with reliable freelance job sites, or you could promote your editorial service with a business website.

* Book reviews and article writing

If you love reading newly published titles you can get paid for writing book reviews. If you enjoy literary analysis you can make money writing knowledge articles about books.

- Become an Amazon affiliate and make money with your own blog, Squidoo lenses and hubs at HubPages. You should create blog posts, lenses and hubs on individual book titles and write enticing reviews for your readers. Add customized links to those titles on Amazon and you get commission on each sale from any of your affiliate links.

- Set up a website about a particular author or literary genre, featuring book reviews and analysis. Us it to sell used books and find more affiliate programs for your literature website.

- Write book reviews, author biographies and literary analysis for paid-to-write article sites, where you receive upfront payment or make money from page views.

- Sell original book reviews, or use them yourself, as exclusive content for websites, blogs, ezines and newsletters. The best way to sell your book reviews is to join webmaster forums, freelance job sites, and article content sites. Some of those sites will have requests for articles on books and authors.

* Marketing

Whether you are promoting your business website, book blog or you review pages, you need to know how to be successful in online marketing. You will only make money if your site, blog or webpage attracts enough target visitors, by using keywords, backlinks and networking.

- Use search engine optimization in all your posts, reviews and marketing articles.

- Get multiple backlinks to your articles to achieve a higher page rank in search results.

- Participate in webmaster forums, writing communities and at network sites where you can find followers and promote your links, by sharing your thoughts and opinions on books and about creative writing.

Reading books to make money, in online jobs and sales, is a real possibility. If you genuinely love reading and you possess writing skills or experience in editorial work, all you need to make money is knowledge of effective online marketing.

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