If you want to distribute your ebook through Amazon directly and then also to “every ebook vendor beyond Amazon,” Smashwords is my recommended choice.
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Selling Out: Going Wide or Going Exclusive to Amazon
A lot of publishers selling ebooks decide to put all of their eggs in the Amazon basket. I don’t, I sell wide — that is, at as many retail and distribution outlets as possible.
Attention Bloggers: The Future of Book Publishing Has Arrived
Why bloggers should be taking advantage of their ability to self-publish books from their content archives.
Updating Your Ebook After Publication
Issuing an update for The Self-Publisher’s Ultimate Resource Guide ebook edition
This Week in the Blogs, October 2 – 8, 2011
Blogs for Self-Publishers for October 2 – 8, 2011 including Mark Coker, Dean Wesley Smith, Liz Castro, Richard Francis and Roz Morris
Independent Publishing: That's Evolution!
Independent Publishing: That’s Evolution! by Thomas Burchfield and how Scribd.com, Smashwords.com, Bookbaby.com and ebookarchitects.com helped
Mark Coker of Smashwords at BAIPA: Indie Revolution in Full Swing
Mark Coker of Smashwords at BAIPA: Indie Revolution in Full Swing as the e-book distributor continues its fantastic growth fueled by indie authors
BAIPA Book Awards 2011 and Mark Coker of Smashwords
BAIPA Book Awards 2011 and Mark Coker of Smashwords who will speak at the next BAIPA monthly meeting
Need Ebook Conversions? Check the Ebook Conversion Services Directory
Need Ebook Conversions? Check the Ebook Conversion Services Directory and find format, delivery and pricing information from dozens of conversion companies
Independence in The Era of the Aggregators
Aggregators—people or companies who gather material into a whole for another purpose, or as representatives of all the parts of the whole—are in new prominence. Particularly with Apple’s iBookstore, a new retail location of incredible potential. But who will sell to the iBookstore? For independent publishers and small presses, Apple has anointed eight companies as […]