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  Smashwords introduces ebook publishing and distribution service for literary agents

  1978 readers From the press release: Smashwords, the leading distributor of indie ebooks, today introduced a new service for literary agents. The service provides literary agents simple but powerful tools to manage the publication and distribution of their clients’ indie ebooks. Service highlights include free ebook conversions, centralized metadata management, distribution to major

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  Smashworeds renegotiates deals with publishers, ups royalty rates, adopts agency model

  3357 readersFrom an email I just received from Mark Coker of Smashwords: We’ve renegotiated our ebook distribution agreements with Barnes & Noble, Sony and Kobo. Effective yesterday, our 10,000+ Smashwords authors and publishers now determine their ebook prices at retail. No more discounting. The move also allows us to increase the royalty rates we pay authors

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  Smashwords Founder Thinks 2011 Is Year For Indie Authors

  1574 readersSmashwords founder Mark Coker thinks 2011 is poised to be the year for indie eBook authors. With eBook adoption growing, Coker predicts that eBook sales will grow, agents will play a bigger role in the process, eBook prices will drop, and international...

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  Smashwords 2011 Predictions for Book Publishing

  1861 readersIt’s annual prognostication time when folks like me stick out their necks and try to predict the future. I invite you to join in the fun. Brush up your crystal ball and share your publishing predictions for 2011 in the comments field below. Earlier today, Jeff Rivera over at MediaBistro interviewed me for my ten

• Smashwords Puts Authors and Publishers in Control of Pricing

  3256 readersSmashwords Puts Authors and Publishers in Control of Pricing http://blog.smashwords.com/2010/11/smashwords-puts-authors-and-publishers.html Effective today, all Smashwords retailers are pricing Smashwords books at the price set by the author or publish...

• Smashwords Puts Authors and Publishers in Control of Pricing

  783 readershttp://blog.smashwords.com/2010/11/smashwords-puts-authors-and-publishers.html Effective today, all Smashwords retailers are pricing Smashwords books at the price set by the author or publisher. No more discounting. It also means we have significantly increased the royalties we pay our authors and publishers. --- Saved by iamPariah at 03 Dec 2010, url details

• Smashwords Puts Authors and Publishers in Control of Pricing

  715 readershttp://blog.smashwords.com/2010/11/smashwords-puts-authors-and-publishers.html Effective today, all Smashwords retailers are pricing Smashwords books at the price set by the author or publisher. No more discounting. It also means we have significantly increased the royalties we pay our authors and publishers. --- Saved by iamPariah at 03 Dec 2010, url details

• Smashwords Hits 200,000 Titles

  149 readers Self-publishing platform Smashwords has now published 200,000 ebooks by indie authors, founder and CEO Mark Coker told Digital Book World. When we sat down with Coker for a wide-ranging interview in May 2012, the company had published about 121,000 titles. The Los Gatos, Calif.-based firm was founded in 2008 after Coker found it difficult to self-publish

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  Smashwords: Smashwords Year in Review 2011

  2578 readers Welcome to my annual Smashwords year in review. 2011 was another strong year for Smashwords and our authors. We’re ending the year with over 92,000 titles published, up from 28,800 at the end of last year. In my 2010 year in review post, 75,000 was my stretch goal for this year, so we beat it by a good margin. Smashwords

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  Baker & Taylor to Distribute Smashwords eBooks via Blio

  1510 readers The world’s largest self-pub eBook distributor picked up another eBookstore. Baker & Taylor has announced today that you’ll soon be able to choose from Smashwords’ catalog of 100,000 original titles published by 37,000 indie authors and small publishers. The eBooks will be available via Blio apps for iOS, Android and PC. Libraries will also be