Smashwords Book Apps

Smashwords this week announced that they have reached an agreement with ScrollMotion to convert their 33,000 title Platinum catalog into individual book apps, which will be available on all the major phone and tablet platforms via a growing host of app marketplaces.



This brings yet another level of marketing clout to ebooks distributed through Smashwords' already impressive list of retail outlets, with no additional effort required on the part of the author. Indeed, Smashwords is rapidly becoming the digital distributor of choice for many self-published authors.



Still, while this inherently increases the visibility of an author's work, promoting those books remains mainly in the author's hands, for tips on which see today's other post.



To read the full press release click here.