Draft2Digital: Why I’m Leaving Smashwords

I love Smashwords and I’ve got nothing but respect for the service. Enabling authors to upload our books to the likes of Apple’s iBookstore and Barnes & Noble all from the comfort of one portal is very handy, particularly to those of us based in the UK who can’t upload directly through those stores.

However, Smashwords is also a bit of a nightmare.

The user interface is slow, the epubcreator leaves much to be desired, and although the best of intentions are in place with the ‘meatgrinder’, it o...