Smashwords Reveals Number of Bestselling Authors Overwhelmingly Female Over on the Smashwords blog, CEO and founder Mark Coker posted some… Mercy Pilkington11 April 2014One comment2 minute read
Ellen Hopkins, eBooks, and the Fight Against Censorship Young adult author Ellen Hopkins is no stranger to controversy. Her teen… Mercy Pilkington13 March 2014One comment3 minute read
Smashwords Announces Author Promo for Read an eBook Week Pioneering self-publishing and ebook distribution site Smashwords made an announcement for all… Mercy Pilkington1 March 20142 comments1 minute read
Smashwords Once Again Named to Forbes’ List The quiet underdog in the ebook publishing and distribution arena has long… Mercy Pilkington24 January 2014One comment2 minute read
Smashwords Launches Series Manager, Receives Award Nomination from BISG As book discovery continues to plague authors of every ilk in a… Mercy Pilkington11 September 20132 comments1 minute read
Smashwords Releases Data from eBook Sales Study The ebook distribution site Smashwords, spearheaded by founder Mark Coker, is often… Mercy Pilkington8 May 2013One comment2 minute read
2012 Was the Year of the Indie…What Now? It took long enough, but several sources have finally declared 2012 to… Mercy Pilkington1 January 2013One comment2 minute read
Smashwords’ CEO Mark Coker on the Tsunami of Self-Publishing Mark Coker published his own predictions for publishing in 2013 on the… Mercy Pilkington23 December 20124 comments3 minute read
Self-Publishing Gains Ground, Acceptance Publisher’s Weekly posted a recap article of the recent Miami Book Fair,… Mercy Pilkington21 November 2012One comment1 minute read
Self-Pubbed Authors Make a Showing on NYT Bestseller List Does anyone still remember the arguments from only a year or so… Mercy Pilkington1 August 2012One comment2 minute read
Why A Traditional Publisher Can Hurt Your Career Mark Coker, CEO and founder of the hugely successful ebook distribution platform… Mercy Pilkington28 July 20123 comments2 minute read
Smashwords’ Mark Coker and Advice for the Indie Author BookExpo America’s preshow event, uPublishU, kicked off what will become a week… Mercy Pilkington3 June 2012One comment2 minute read
KDP Select: A New Perspective Some of the first uproar over Amazon’s newest publishing option, KDP Select,… Mercy Pilkington18 December 20114 comments2 minute read
How Readers Discover New eBooks Mark Coker the CEO of Smashwords recently ran a poll in which… Michael Kozlowski26 September 2011No comments1 minute read