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
German eBook Distributor XinXii Rolls Out New Author Tools One of Europe’s leading ebook distribution sites, XinXii, has quietly been making… Mercy Pilkington3 February 2014One comment2 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, Wattpad See Increase in Use In the past year, open reading platform and forum Wattpad saw an… Mercy Pilkington6 January 2014One comment2 minute read
Smashwords’ Predictions for Publishing in 2014 This time of year brings with it a host of predictions from… Mercy Pilkington31 December 2013One comment2 minute read
New Startups Focus on Tracking eBook Reading Data How long does it take for someone to complete a book? When… Michael Kozlowski26 December 2013One comment3 minute read
Scribd, Smashwords Partner to Put Indie Authors’ Work in Subscription Service This might be a biased statement given the amount of news that… Mercy Pilkington19 December 20133 comments2 minute read
Vellum Self-Publishing App for Mac Aims to Do It All… A new self-publishing app for Mac by software veterans Brad Andalman and… Mercy Pilkington19 December 2013One comment2 minute read
Smashwords Unveils New Website, New Features It’s a testament to the company model that self-publishing platform and ebook… Mercy Pilkington18 December 2013One comment2 minute read
Self-Published Bestsellers Available for Holiday Reading Just in time for the holidays, GalleyCat has released its weekly bestseller… Mercy Pilkington27 November 2013One comment2 minute read
Who’s Who in Pioneering Stand Alone eBooks? A post today for Huffpo’s Books section is worthy of a share… Mercy Pilkington22 November 2013One comment1 minute read
Smashwords Adds Dropbox Delivery for eBook Reading Along with the incredibly wide variety of devices that ebook distribution platform… Mercy Pilkington15 November 2013One comment1 minute read
Bowker: Smashwords Is Top Producer of eBooks Self-publishing and distribution platform Smashwords released the news that Bowker has declared… Mercy Pilkington12 November 2013One 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 Announces New Publishing Milestone and New Subscription-Based Distribution Agreement Digital self-publishing platform Smashwords made two impressive announcements today, and in some… Mercy Pilkington5 September 2013One comment2 minute read
Smashwords to Distribute to India’s Largest eBook Retailer Flipkart eBook retailer and distributor Smashwords announced a deal today that will distribute… Mercy Pilkington29 August 2013One comment2 minute read
Smashwords Unveils New Indie Author Interview System Smashwords is one of the largest self-publishing websites in the world and… Michael Kozlowski22 August 20133 comments2 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
A Little Competition for Smashwords? When the free ebook distribution platform Smashwords was created, critics claimed that… Mercy Pilkington25 April 201310 comments3 minute read
Amazon Owns Goodreads… What Now? So far, the official press releases and arranged interviews about Amazon’s purchase… Mercy Pilkington29 March 2013One comment4 minute read
Smashwords/Douglas County Deal Required a Lot of Work Previously we reported on Douglas County acquiring 10,000 self-published ebooks from Smashwords.… 9 January 2013No comments2 minute read
Self-Published eBooks Reach Amazon UK Top 100 Bestseller List If there was still any doubt about the potential for success and… Mercy Pilkington8 January 2013One comment2 minute read