As an eBook aggregator, Smashwords provides authors with a platform for publishing and distributing their books to numerous outlets.
For now, the home page of the original site has a message reading, «Palatium Books ApS has stopped working
as an ebook aggregator, providing indie authors» books to ebook subscription services throughout the world.»
As an ebook aggregator, Smashwords delivers titles downstream in bulk on a schedule and not individually.
As eBook aggregator, XinXii converts eBooks to the ePub and mobi format and distributes to major eBook retailers all over the world (Amazon, iBookstore, Casa del Libro, Kobo...)- for free.
Not exact matches
Ingram is a huge
aggregator of books,
ebooks, and other content for the retail market, and today I learned that they're entering the public library market
as well.
Despite its position
as one of the smaller
ebook aggregators, XinXii already hosts a catalog of over 25,000
ebook titles from more than 15,000 authors, with new content being added to the collection daily.
The report presents 145 pages of data and commentary on a broad range of
eBook issues, including: spending on
eBooks in 2010 and anticipated spending for 2011; use levels of various kinds of
eBooks; market penetration by various specific
eBook publishers; extent of use of
aggregators vs offering by specific publishers; purchasing of individual titles; use of various channels of distribution such
as traditional book jobbers and leading retail / internet based booksellers; use of
eBooks in course reserves and interlibrary loan; impact of
eBooks on print book spending; use of
eBooks in integrated search; price increases for
eBooks; contract renewal rates for
eBooks; use of special
eBook platforms for smartphones and tablet computers; spending plans and current use of
eBook reader such
as Nook, Reader and Kindle; the role played by library consortia in
eBooks; Continue reading Primary Research Group releases Library Use of
eBooks 2011 Edition →
Flipick is also offering a complete publishing solution with a fully active online
ebook store, which launched this week,
as well
as an
aggregator store which mainly sells in the education markets in India.
Also, while this post pertains to «digital»
eBooks, the process and «
aggregators» also can be used with Print - on - Demand,
as well.
In my article 5 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Decide How to Distribute Your
eBook I recommend indies ask themselves these 5 questions
as they weigh self - distribution vs. using an
aggregator:
if I was to use Ingram
as an
aggregator... do they send the
ebook to Amazon?
As a workaround, you can consider using an
aggregator service that distributes your
eBooks to the iBookstore, Nook, and elsewhere.
We collaborate with publishers and content
aggregators such
as Greenwood Publishing, World Bank Publications and leading organizations like SPIE, JSTOR and OCLC to help them with conversion projects from print & electronic files into proprietary XML formats and different
eBook formats such
as ePub, mobipocket etc..
Several sites act
as aggregators and will distribute your books on multiple
ebook vendors.
That will make the distributor the publisher of record (
as in, their name will show up in the publisher slot on most retail sites); also, you're not supposed to use the ISBN except on sites to which the
aggregator distributes, but you'll want to use the same ID number for the
ebook everywhere it's for sale.
We also had the opportunity to engage with other parts of the book ecosystem besides publishers and
aggregators, such
as authors and author groups, agents, booksellers, and smaller publishers who were making
ebooks available to libraries.
Anuriev says he sees digital content accounting for up to 15 percent of the overall Russian market, from his vantage point
as an analyst with the country's largest
ebook aggregator.
Equally
as important,
ebook publishers and
aggregators have existing clients.
For example, Apple iBooks refers to Smashwords
as an authorized
aggregator because we're authorized to distribute
ebooks to iBooks.
As Brookes describes: «
ebook aggregators are companies that take a file from the user, convert it into multiple formats and make it available through multiple distribution channels (platforms, stores, libraries).»
Most of the
aggregators offer various services other than
ebook distribution and aggregation such
as ebook conversion, cover design, editing and some even have print - on - demand services.
An
aggregator deals with
ebook authors directly and interfaces between them and
ebook retailers such
as Apple.
In terms of applications supported, the tablet is a pioneer in Romania, offering loads of special apps,
as news
aggregators,
eBooks virtual library or interactive TV.