Romance Still Tops Bestsellers at Smashwords eBook distribution platform Smashwords has forged a lot of the paths that… Mercy Pilkington1 February 2015One comment2 minute read
Smashwords Continues to be Successful, by Leveraging the Amazon Boogeyman Smashwords is continuing to be a self-publishing juggernaut with 101,300 authors now… Michael Kozlowski3 January 20156 comments2 minute read
Data Conversion Laboratory Webinar Explores eBooks in the K12 Classroom One of the last groups to adopt ebooks in a widespread and… Mercy Pilkington14 July 2014One comment2 minute read
The Stigma Around Erotica Continues Despite the fact that Fifty Shades of Grey is old news–at least… Mercy Pilkington13 July 2014One comment2 minute read
Smashwords’ Survey Indicates Shifting Trends in eBook Pricing, Sales Self-publishing and ebook distribution platform Smashwords announced this week the results of… Mercy Pilkington8 July 2014No comments2 minute read
Smashwords Launches Summer Author Promotion Just in time for summer travel, Smashwords is offering up an author… Mercy Pilkington30 June 201415 comments2 minute read
Smashwords Adds Daily Sales Reports for Authors With so much emphasis and recent news on authors and what they… Mercy Pilkington12 June 20144 comments2 minute read
iOS8 Means eBook Discovery for Indie Authors Apple’s fall release of iOS 8 was unveiled in a press conference… Mercy Pilkington4 June 2014No comments2 minute read
Overdrive Inundates Libraries with 200,000 Horrendous Indie eBooks Smashwords is a self-publishing service that allows authors to submit eBooks and… Michael Kozlowski2 June 201444 comments2 minute read
BookExpo 2014 In Pictures Author Rick Riordan and Hachette’s Vanessa Vazquez met up with the team… Mercy Pilkington31 May 2014One comment1 minute read
Coker: Publishers Are Disposable to Amazon Smashwords‘ CEO and founder Mark Coker has written an in-depth look at… Mercy Pilkington27 May 20143 comments2 minute read
Smashwords Wins Inaugural Self-Publishing Service Award from ALLi The Alliance of Independent Authors is an advocacy organization that works to… Mercy Pilkington27 May 20142 comments2 minute read
Self-e Plans to Curate Self-Published Titles for Library Inclusion With exciting new announcements like the one this week from Smashwords, who’s… Mercy Pilkington23 May 20142 comments2 minute read
PW Launches BookLife Self-Publishing Platform While the company website is a little stark right now, make no… Mercy Pilkington20 May 2014One comment1 minute read
Smashwords, OverDrive Brings Indie Titles to Libraries An agreement announced today between ebook distributor and self-publishing platform Smashwords and… Mercy Pilkington20 May 20142 comments2 minute read
Smashwords Authors can Now Distribute via Txtr Indie Authors who self-publish through Smashwords are in for a treat. The… Michael Kozlowski20 May 2014No comments2 minute read
IndieReader Launches First of Its Kind App and eBookstore for Self-Published Works Self-published authors have a new sales and distribution opportunity, thanks to the… Mercy Pilkington14 May 2014One comment2 minute read
Smashwords Authors Benefit from B&N eBook Pre-Orders One of the truths we’ve been hearing from forward-thinking publishing industry experts,… Mercy Pilkington12 May 2014One comment2 minute read
Scribd Subscription Reading Adds Titles from Wiley When ebook subscription-based reading was a new concept over four years ago,… Mercy Pilkington1 May 2014One comment2 minute read
Self-Publishing: How Good Is Good Enough? With both camps still divided on the self-publishing front, the same tired… Mercy Pilkington25 April 20145 comments2 minute read
Mark Coker’s Indie Author Manifesto To say that self-publishing has unleashed something profound around the world is… Mercy Pilkington23 April 2014One comment2 minute read
Smashwords Authors Get a One Year Free Subscription to Scribd Smashwords signed a distribution agreement with eBook subscription service Scribd last December. Indie… Michael Kozlowski23 April 2014One comment2 minute read
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