I was asked not long ago how difficult it is to publish ebooks. My answer was that it is not difficult at all. I had suggested to the woman was asked, to take a look at Smashwords.com, and then download and read the free Smashwords Style Guide by Mark Coker. His guide can be most helpful in learning how to format your book for Smashwords. Mark takes you through the process, step by step. And I must say, the steps are easy to follow and to make the necessary changes to your Microsoft Word Document manuscript so it is ready to upload.
Smashwords enables authors to have their books distributed to numerous ebook retailers for their Ebook Reader platforms. If you’re interested in having your book/books available for the various applications and online stores, such as Barnes and Noble’s Nook, the Kobo, Diesel ebooks, iPad, iPhone, and Sony, then Smashwords is the place to be. Smashwords distributes your ebook to the Apple iBookstore, Barnes & Noble, Sony Reader Store, Kobo, and the Diesel eBook Store, and will be adding more retailers soon. And your book will earn 85% Net at Smashwords, and 60% of list price at major ebook retailers. Also, you set your own price on your book.
Smashwords also offers a free, Book Marketing Guide by Mark Coker, that can be of value to a new author. Getting your book published is only part of the “game.” Yes, you have written your book and now have it published, but there is still more work to do to promote your book. The marketing guide gives ideas for making it easier for a reader to find your book.
My cover designer is Judy Bullard and she has done covers for me for more than a decade. She now does ebook covers for other authors and is on Mark Coker’s list: Smashwords Independent Service Providers - Ebook Formatting and Ebook Cover, which he will send out for those people in need of designers or formatters. For Mark’s list send email to list@smashwords.com . Judy has designed a number of ebook covers for authors who publish at Smashwords. Check out Judy’s gallery .
All author contracts with Smashwords are non-exclusive, and authors retain ownership rights to their works and are free to publish elsewhere, if they choose. In other words, publishing ebooks with Smashwords gives the author control over his or her work. You choose your own price, your own cover, and will be able to have your own author page at Smashwords. Smashwords is also on Facebook, and you can follow Mark Coker on Twitter, and follow his blog.
It is my belief that books that sell are ones that are well-written, well-edited, and have sharp covers. So put your best work out there. The interest in ebooks and ereaders continues to grow.
I have published a number of books of mine and Don Pendleton’s at Smashwords. And I will be publishing more. Our books can be found at our Smashwords Author pages:
Linda Pendleton Page
Don Pendleton Page
It is my belief that books that sell are ones that are well-written, well-edited, and have sharp covers. So put your best work out there. The interest in ebooks and ereaders continues to grow.
I have published a number of books of mine and Don Pendleton’s at Smashwords. And I will be publishing more. Our books can be found at our Smashwords Author pages:
Linda Pendleton Page
Don Pendleton Page
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