The focus of this week's Free Content Alert column is
ebook distributor Smashwords, which occupies a unique niche in the world of free ebook collections in that its focus is indie ebooks.
Nate Hoffelder presents Self - Published eBooks are Coming Soon to a Library Near You posted at The Digital Reader, saying, «Leading indie
ebook distributor Smashwords expanded their network in May to include OverDrive.
While sites like Barnes and Noble's NookPress and
ebook distributor Smashwords make headlines through their blogs and travel by word of mouth, too many authors are overlooking the opportunities that Kobo's Writing Life platform has to offer.
Not exact matches
Los Gatos High School English 9 Honors students collaborated with the Los Gatos Library and
Smashwords, a
distributor of self - published books, to create and publish what they believe to be the first self - produced
ebook by a high school class.
Smashwords and Amazon are huge
distributors for
ebooks.
An agreement announced today between
ebook distributor and self - publishing platform
Smashwords and OverDrive, the largest provider of digital content to public and school libraries, is going to give self - published authors one of the few remaining pieces in the publishing puzzle, namely the ability for libraries to... [Read more...]
3M Cloud Library was set up in the BEA Digital Zone to talk about its library lending offerings, but the real news from 3M lately was the recent partnership with
Smashwords that puts the
ebook distributor's titles in the catalog for libraries to choose from.
Smashwords also has some perks that make me wish the outfit had made more inroads into the
ebook market on its own merits (as a seller and not just a
distributor), such as the ability to issue coupons, to offer affiliates a greater percentage of the sales price, and the fact that authors receive a higher royalty rate there than at any of the other stores.
As the world's largest
distributor of indie
ebooks,
Smashwords lets you bypass having to deal with multiple author platforms by letting you upload your book and immediately start selling at more than 20
ebook retailers.
Popular
eBook distributors are IngramSpark,
eBook Partnership,
Smashwords, and BookBaby.
Most popular
ebook distributors (e.g. Amazon, B&N,
Smashwords, etc.) charge no upfront costs to publish, but keep a percentage of book sales.
You can sell the ePub directly on Barnes & Noble's website, on Apple's iBookstore, or through a
distributor, such as IngramSpark,
eBook Partnership,
Smashwords, or BookBaby.
An agreement announced today between
ebook distributor and self - publishing platform
Smashwords and OverDrive, the largest provider of digital content to public and school libraries, is going to give self - published authors one of the few remaining pieces in the publishing puzzle, namely the ability for libraries to stock their work.
Smashwords — In addition to
ebook creation,
Smashwords is a
distributor to some twenty
ebook markets, including iBooks, Kobo, nook, Kindle, and more.
Smashwords is an
ebook distributor founded in 2008.
With international
distributors like
Smashwords, you won't reach many of the German
ebook stores (the Tolino Alliance stores).
When using any
distributor, you should make sure that you adhere to the Fixed Price Law, which means your book must be available for the same price on all German sales channels (this will be easy on German
ebook distributors, but you have to pay attention when using
Smashwords, for instance).
Last week, we talked about publishing your
ebook by uploading your file to a
distributor such as
Smashwords or Draft 2 Digital.
It's relatively easy to make a book available online these days through POD
distributors such as Createspace and
ebook distributors such as
Smashwords.
Instead of publishing your book directly to all of the individual platforms, you can choose to go through an
eBook distributor such as
Smashwords.
Well as for how big the market is — I don't have any hard and fast numbers for you but Amazon sold more
ebooks than paper books this year, and
Smashwords (an
ebook distributor) publishes over 70,000
ebooks and counting.
Just recently the popular
Smashwords eBook distributor partnered with the company ScrollMotion to open up a new distribution channel delivering
eBooks to major mobile devices.
It is up to the
eBook distributor (like
Smashwords), or the store selling your book or
eBook, as to whether or not you need an ISBN.
While some other
ebook distributors rely on plagiarism detection software or sites, and still others like
Smashwords actually use a staff of people to review content prior to publication, Amazon has found that the sheer number of
ebook uploads to its catalog makes that impossible.
I'm aiming for Bowker, Ingram (Lightning Source), an
ebook distributor (ebookpartnership), Createspace (Amazon only), direct to Amazon / B & N / Kobo to make discounted brief sales easier, and a limited use of
Smashwords.
Coincidentally, in a year spent collaborating with other platforms to form new connections and new opportunities for authors,
ebook distributor and self - publishing platform
Smashwords also saw a 45 % increase in titles published to the site.
Reputation -
Smashwords is the world's largest and most trusted indie
ebook distributor.
Smashwords is the world's largest, and the original,
ebook distributor for indie authors.
Smashwords is a top destination for self - publishers, also non-English ones, and is the most successful multi-channel
ebook distributor.
When you're done, you are ready to hit the compile button and then upload to one Kindle,
Smashwords or your favorite
ebook distributor.
eBook retailer and
distributor Smashwords announced a deal today that will distribute its entire catalog to the digital reading market of India via its own Flipkart platform.
As part of its Choosing a Self - Publishing Service 2014 guide, Alli examined the opportunities authors have for assistance in publishing their works, and has awarded
ebook distributor and self - publishing platform
Smashwords its first ever Self - Publishing Service Award.
You write a novel, get it formatted, design a nice cover, obtain an ISBN, and then download it onto Kindle, or
Smashwords, or any of the hundreds of
ebook distributors, and it's available globally to anyone with an ereader.
IngramSpark has a good one, or you can even use some of the
eBook distributors like Bookbaby or
Smashwords.
As he says himself,
Smashwords has become one of the largest
distributors of
ebooks from SELF - PUBLISHED authors and small independent presses.
Smashwords, the original
ebook distributor, literally wrote the book on universal formatting with the Style Guide that teaches authors to do it in ways that will convert and be readable at any retailer.
Just recently the popular
Smashwords eBook distributor partnered with the company ScrollMotion to open up a new distribution channel delivering
eBooks to Major Mobile devices.
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Smashwords distributes to dozens of other
ebook distributors and retailers, including B&N and Apple iBooks, so you don't have to worry about all these others.
Currently, very few
ebooks are sold outside the handful of primary
ebook distributors (Amazon,
Smashwords, iBooks, and the Barnes and Nobles website for the Nook).
Launched in 2008,
Smashwords is an independent publisher and
distributor of multi-format
ebooks.
Smashwords has grown to become the leading
ebook distributor serving indie authors, small presses and literary agents and The Wall Street Journal has named Mark one of the «Stars of Self - Publishing.»
As an up and coming
ebook and audiobook
distributor, it's quite a challenge getting people to come to my site as opposed to Amazon, or even
Smashwords.
Regardless of the positive and negative criticism, one should not overlook the number of
distributors that
Smashwords works with if you are willing to maximize an
eBook's discoverability to the greatest extent.
Being «the world's largest
distributor by title count of indie
eBooks from self - published authors and small presses,»
Smashwords makes sure that your book will receive the maximum exposure globally.
Smashwords, the granddaddy of
eBook distributors, sends its books to Barnes & Noble, iBooks, and Kobo, as well as sellers in India (Flipkart) and Germany (txtr).
It has made the rise of the indie
ebook distributor, like
Smashwords, possible along with the rise of the indie
ebook author.
Setting up an account to sell on
Smashwords is easy and they are a popular
eBook distributor.
ISBNs from CreateSpace (print),
Smashwords (
ebook), and Draft2Digital (
ebook) are free, but they should only be used with your book on that
distributor.
Here are the main
distributors (where you load the book once and they distribute it to all the
ebook platforms): • Draft2Digital •
Smashwords
Smashwords is the world's largest indie
ebook distributor.