And then along came Apple, OverDrive, Scribd, and many other great partners we continue to love and support to this day. As soon as our books hit distribution, they began selling. By the end of that first year, we had opened up Barnes & Noble to self-published ebooks for the first time, and then Sony. We laughed at ourselves - at our own audacity to pursue such a lofty goal - and went for it. So we decided to try to become the Ingram of self published ebook distribution. Self published authors didn't have a way to get their ebooks in stores. Ingram, the world's largest book distributor, offered ebook distribution to retailers, but only to the large publishers. In 2009, after experiencing how poorly our authors' books were selling in a dinky online bookstore with a strange name no one had ever heard of, we decided to become an ebook distributor. Since authors needed the ability to sell their ebook, we created the ability to sell in what became the Smashwords Store. In 2018, Smashwords launched with the first ebook publishing platform allow any writer, anywhere in the world, to self-publish an ebook at no cost. By 2017, the business plan was complete and development began. Mark thought it was wrong that a small number of gatekeepers had the power to censor not only what writers could publish, but also what readers could read. Publishers were reluctant to take a chance on it because previous novels that targeted the same type of reader - daytime television soap opera fans - had sold poorly. Despite representation by one of the most famous literary agencies in New York, publishers refused to buy it. Mark Coker came up with the idea for Smashwords in 2015 after co-writing the novel, Boob Tube, with his wife Lesleyann. Other Questions How can I help support Smashwords and its authors? How do I change the email address for my Smashwords account? How do I close my Smashwords account? GETTING PAID: Earnings and Payment Schedules Getting Paid outside the US
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ISBNs: Everything You Need to Know Smashwords Dashboard: Manage Your Book Here Selling Ebooks at the Smashwords Storeĭistributing Via Smashwords (Apple, B&N, OverDrive, Scribd, Kobo, Gardners and more) Correcting retailer listing errors (improper pricing, missing metadata) Distributing to Apple Books (+ how to find books there) Special considerations for erotica authors How to Publish and Distribute Ebooks with Smashwords New to Publishing? Watch our online video workshops! How Smashwords Works (Introduction to Publishing on Smashwords) Pricing and sampling Coupons DRM and piracy Copyright explained Preparing Your Book for Smashwords (before you upload) Book cover requirements Publishing your Book at Smashwords Preorders (how to set up) Presales (how to set up) Multi-author box sets (how to set up) How to credit multiple co-authors in the metadata Problems uploading (troubleshooting) Audiobooks (how to produce and distribute with Smashwords) Fixing Common Formatting Errors Fixing the AutoVetter "copyright error" message Nuclear option/asking for help Thank you Smashwords authors and publishers for your continued support as we work to bring these two companies together to create better futures for all of us, you first and foremost. Eventually, all publishing operations move over to Draft2Digital. The main FAQ on the Smashwords website is now reader-centric, consistent with our transition to become a store only. Current Smashwords authors and publishers will retain access to their Smashwords Dashboard and tools, and access to this FAQ, until sometime later in 2023 when we migrate all publishing operations over to Draft2Digital. In March 2023, Smashwords stopped accepting new publishing accounts. How to use this FAQ: This FAQ covers common questions related to publishing, distributing, and selling ebooks through Smashwords.
Looking for information about the merger between Smashwords and Draft2Digital, and what it means for authors, publishers, and customers of Smashwords? Visit Smashwords FAQ for Authors and Publishers If you are an author interested in publishing your ebook, see our guide on
Do you have a question about how to read the ebooks we sell, or about buyingĮbooks? Then you may want to visit our Reader FAQ
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