Self Publishing: How to Distribute Your Book Using Smaswords

Live Free with Angela Kay Austin

English - September 03, 2020 08:00 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
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Writing a #book is half the battle. Now, as an indie published author, you have to consider, editing, cover art, marketing and distribution. How will the #reader get your book? How will they even know that it is available?

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When I began in this whole game of self-publishing, the major distribution partners for indie published #authors were Amazon and Smashwords. Of course, over the years more and more players have joined the game, but many have failed. However, Smashwords is still working with #self-published authors.

When #authors speak about "going wide" with their books, that usually includes distribution through the major players for electronic books: #Amazon, #BarnesandNoble, #KOBO, #GooglePlay and Smashwords. These resources allow authors to distribute their books across #America without incurring a lot of fees.

Join me as I chat with Mark Coker, CEO/Founder of Smashwords about book distribution. I think you will be surprised. I know I learned a lot.

Smashwords, the world's largest distributor of self-published ebooks, makes it fast, free and easy for any author anywhere in the world to publish and distribute an ebook. Since 2008, Smashwords has helped more than 146,000 authors, publishers and literary agents release over 540,00 titles and distribute their work globally to top ebook retailers, subscription services and public libraries. Visit Smashwords at http://www.smashwords.com

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Smashwords: @Smashwords
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Free Smashwords Ebook Resources:
1. Smashwords Style Guide (https://www.smashwords.com/books/view... The Smashwords Style Guide has helped tens of thousands of authors produce and publish high-quality ebooks. This free guide offers simple step-by-step instructions to create, format and publish an ebook. It's required reading for any author who wants to distribute their book via Smashwords to major ebook retailers such as Apple iBooks, Barnes & Noble, Scribd, & Kobo.

2. Smashwords Book Marketing Guide (