Smashing those Words

I wonder how much you know about Smashwords? Everyone thinks ‘Amazon’ when it comes to independently publishing books, but Smashwords has done a huge job of making it possible to publish your own books over the past few years.

Smashwords is quite different to Amazon, and I’m always surprised by the number of writers who don’t understand this. You publish with Amazon, you sell with Amazon – end of story. And only for Kindle.

You publish with Smashwords, and they distribute your books to all sorts of other places worldwide. Barnes and Noble, the iBookstores, Kobo, etc. Also to library services. You don’t necessarily sell much at Smashwords itself. In two years I haven’t hit two hundred sales – but through the other e-stores they distribute to, I’ve sold many, many thousands. More than this, they convert your books so they’re suitable for most brands of e-readers.

Right now Smashwords are sponsoring ‘Read an Ebook Week’. They’ve invited all their authors to drop some prices to encourage people to read more. In my case, I’ve made ‘The Wrong Sister’ free. If you’d like a copy, go here and quote code RW100 to save $2.99. Have a good look around the Smashwords site – I’m sure you’ll find other books you’d like, too.                 

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