eBook Writing and Self Publishing with Smashwords
Self Publishing with Smashwords – What is Smashwords?
From Smashwords.com Website and Mark Coker
Smashwords is an eBook publishing and distribution platform for eBook authors, publishers and readers. We offer multi-format, DRM-free eBooks, ready for immediate sampling and purchase, and readable on any e-reading device.
For readers, Smashwords provides an opportunity to discover new voices in all categories and genres of the written word. Once you register, the site offers useful tools for search, discovery and personal library-building, and each week we add new features based on feedback from members.
At Smashwords, our authors and publishers have complete control over the sampling, pricing and marketing of their written works.
Smashwords is ideal for publishing novels, short fiction, poetry, personal memoirs, monographs, non-fiction, research reports, essays, or other written forms that haven't even been invented yet.
It's free to publish and distribute with Smashwords.
What is Smashwords?
Smashwords publishes and distributes eBooks. Authors and publishers retain full control over how their works are published, sampled, priced and sold. If an author wants to charge one dollar or ten thousand dollars, or give it away for free, they have that freedom. Smashwords was launched in May 2008, and in this time we've become the leading eBook publishing platforms for indie authors and publishers, with over 45,000 eBooks published.
Who publishes on Smashwords?
Over 18,000 serious writers and hundreds of small independent publishers publish and distribute with Smashwords. Many Smashwords authors have been previously published in print through mainstream publishers, or have had their works published in well-respected literary journals. Starting March, 2009, Smashwords introduced new publishing options for publishers who want to publish and centrally manage two or more authors. The Publisher solution went public and was announced in May.
What does Smashwords offer readers?
Smashwords is a virtual playground for those who love the written word. Readers can sample most works for free (and in many cases, read up to half of the book before they commit to a purchase decision); read in multiple DRM-free formats; create digital libraries of purchased and sampled works; publish reviews (including YouTube video book reviews); and “favorite” their favorite authors, publishers and works.
What does it cost to publish on Smashwords?
It's free to publish on Smashwords. There are no hidden fees. We earn our revenue by taking a cut of all net sales. The cut is 15% of the net for sales at Smashwords.com or on Stanza, 15% or more of the net proceeds from our retail partners, and 18.5% for sales that are originated by affiliate marketers. If your book is purchased via one of the major online retailers we distribute to, your royalty is 60% of the suggested list price you determine. Our distribution commission is only 10% of the list price for sales through retailers.
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Most first time authors just don't know where to start when it comes to getting their eBook in the major online ebook stores. Smashwords will help you get your ebook in these stores as well as converting your ebook into various formats.
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