✍️ How I Wrote and Sold My First eBook Using AI (No Fancy Degrees, Just an Internet Connection)

How I Wrote and Sold My First eBook Using AI (No Fancy Degrees, Just an Internet Connection)

Look. I’m no Shakespeare. I’ve never written a novel. And I definitely don’t have the patience to stare at a blank page for six hours hoping the “creative spirit” lands on my shoulder. But guess what? In 2025, writing an eBook is as doable as making your morning coffee... maybe easier (especially if your coffee machine hates you like mine does).

In this article, I’ll walk you through how I used an AI book writer to go from random idea to full-on eBook—and even made my first few dollars from it. No fluff. No tech jargon. Just real steps that work—even if your writing experience is mostly texting memes to your friends.

💡 Step 1: Come Up With an Idea That Actually Helps Someone

You don’t need to reinvent the wheel. You just need to ask yourself: “What’s something I know a bit about that someone else might Google at 2 a.m.?” In my case, it was: “How to start a side hustle using free AI tools.”

Why did I pick that? Because I’d wasted way too many hours trying tools like Jasper, Framer, and Gemini CLI, and I figured someone out there might want the shortcut instead of the headache.

If you’re stuck, here’s a little cheat sheet of ideas people search for right now:

• “How to make money with AI in 2025”
• “Best AI tools for small business owners”
• “Write and publish an eBook without experience”

🤖 Step 2: Use AI Book Writing Tools (Because Typing Everything Manually Is So 2022)

I didn’t want the book to sound robotic, so I used GravityWrite to lay the foundation. It gave me a clean outline, suggested chapter titles, and helped draft each section in normal-sounding language.

Other tools worth checking out:

• Sudowrite – Great for fiction and storytelling
• Squibler – Structured writing and publishing-ready export
• Writesonic – Easy interface with multiple tone options

Pro tip: Don’t just copy and paste. I went through each paragraph, added personal stories (like that time I launched a digital product while my cat walked across the keyboard), and made the tone sound more like me.

🖼️ Step 3: Make It Pretty (Yes, People Judge Books by Covers)

I used Canva to whip up a clean book cover—title in bold, white background, one simple icon. Done. It looked like something you’d click on while scrolling your phone in line at a coffee shop. Mission accomplished.

For formatting, I wrote everything in Google Docs, then exported as PDF. Smooth, simple, no tech headaches. (Unless you count Docs crashing once because my internet hiccupped... but we’re not naming names.)

💸 Step 4: Publish and Sell (Even If You Don’t Have a “Following”)

I uploaded the book to Gumroad, priced it at $9. Then I shared it in:

• r/SideProject on Reddit — shared what I learned from writing it
• Medium — wrote a related article that links to the eBook
• Pinterest — yes, I made a “minimalist tech” pin. It surprisingly worked.

In the first 4 days, I sold 11 copies. That’s $99. Minus a few fees, still lunch money for the week and a serious confidence boost.

📈 SEO Tips to Get Your eBook Found

A good book is great. But a searchable book? That’s money. Here’s what I did to boost discoverability:

• Used keywords like “how to write an eBook with AI,” “AI book generator,” and “sell ebooks online 2025” in my blog and product pages
• Optimized my product title and description for long-tail SEO
• Added alt text to my images on Pinterest and Medium
• Linked between my blog, Gumroad page, and Medium article

Think of SEO as your silent salesperson working for you 24/7—without asking for coffee breaks.

🧃 Final Thoughts: You Don’t Need to Be a “Writer” Anymore

Writing a book used to be reserved for the literary elite, the PhDs, or the people with an uncanny obsession with semicolons. Not anymore.

With AI writing tools for eBooks like GravityWrite and Sudowrite, writing your first book is now something you can actually do this weekend—maybe even by Sunday night if you skip Netflix.

The tools are there. The readers are searching. And your ideas? They’re way more valuable than you think. So stop sitting on them. Write. Publish. Promote. And who knows—maybe your book will fund your next coffee machine that actually works.