BookExpo 2014 In Pictures

Author Rick Riordan and Hachette’s Vanessa Vazquez met up with the team…

Coker: Publishers Are Disposable to Amazon

Smashwords‘ CEO and founder Mark Coker has written an in-depth look at…

Smashwords Wins Inaugural Self-Publishing Service Award from ALLi

The Alliance of Independent Authors is an advocacy organization that works to…

Self-e Plans to Curate Self-Published Titles for Library Inclusion

With exciting new announcements like the one this week from Smashwords, who’s…

PW Launches BookLife Self-Publishing Platform

While the company website is a little stark right now, make no…

Smashwords, OverDrive Brings Indie Titles to Libraries

An agreement announced today between ebook distributor and self-publishing platform Smashwords and…

Smashwords Authors can Now Distribute via Txtr

Indie Authors who self-publish through Smashwords are in for a treat. The…

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…

Smashwords Authors Benefit from B&N eBook Pre-Orders

One of the truths we’ve been hearing from forward-thinking publishing industry experts,…

Scribd Subscription Reading Adds Titles from Wiley

When ebook subscription-based reading was a new concept over four years ago,…

Self-Publishing: How Good Is Good Enough?

With both camps still divided on the self-publishing front, the same tired…

Mark Coker’s Indie Author Manifesto

To say that self-publishing has unleashed something profound around the world is…

Smashwords Authors Get a One Year Free Subscription to Scribd

Smashwords signed a distribution agreement with eBook subscription service Scribd last December. Indie…

Smashwords Reveals Number of Bestselling Authors Overwhelmingly Female

Over on the Smashwords blog, CEO and founder Mark Coker posted some…

Ellen Hopkins, eBooks, and the Fight Against Censorship

Young adult author Ellen Hopkins is no stranger to controversy. Her teen…

Smashwords Announces Author Promo for Read an eBook Week

Pioneering self-publishing and ebook distribution site Smashwords made an announcement for all…