BookShout, the ebook distribution platform that has seen a great deal of recent success in partnering with
publishers to produce sales dashboards and seamless, device - agnostic file integration for ebook consumers, announced
at today's DBW event that several industry veterans from across
major publishers have joined BookShout's
team for its new print distribution initiative.
With a minimal staff and an advisory board that includes Peter Balis, director of digital strategic partnerships and business development for John Wiley & Sons and Lisa Sharkey, senior VP and director of creative development
at HarperCollins, the
team has spent the past year planning the platform and negotiating with several
major publishers.
The amazing
team here
at Smashwords: Our development
team spends every day dreaming up and developing new tools to give our authors and
publishers a competitive advantage; our service and vetting
teams dedicate their days to supporting our authors,
publishers and sales channels; our merchandising
team works to promote our authors
at major retailers and library platforms; our marketing
team focuses almost 100 % of its effort empowering indie authors with best practices knowledge they can use anywhere, even if they don't publish with Smashwords; our finance
team manages the inflow and outflow of money to ensure our authors and
publishers are paid on time, every month; and my wife, advisor and confidant, Lesleyann, without whom I would have never co-written a novel about soap operas that started this grand adventure.