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Smashwords, Inc., based in Los Gatos, California, is a platform for self-publishing e-books. The company, founded by Mark Coker, began public operation in 2008 and was acquired by Draft2Digital, LLC in 2022. Authors and independent publishers upload their manuscripts as electronic files to the service, which converts them into multiple e-book formats for various devices. Once published, the books are made available for sale online at a price set by the author or independent publisher. History Coker began work on Smashwords in 2005 and officially launched the website in May 2008. Within the first seven months of launching, the website published 140 books. Due to initially low profits, the firm switched to a distribution model that offered retailers a "30% commission in exchange for digital shelf space". Smashwords achieved a profit in 2010 and has distributed some of its books via Apple, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Sony, and KDP, Amazon.com's e-book publishing website. In 2012, Smashwords announced that it would partner with 3M Cloud Library, which would allow for the option for their authors' books to be available in libraries, and that it had reached about 127,000 titles by 44,000 authors. Coker, a former Silicon Valley publicist, started Smashwords in 2008 with the claimed goal of using technology to democratize publishing—allowing writers to appeal directly to readers without having to deal with gatekeepers such as agents and editors. In keeping with this mission, Smashwords applies no editorial screening. The only e-books the firm rejects are ones that contain plagiarism, illegal content or incitement to racism, homophobia or violence. Smashwords does not use digital rights management. References External links Official website . Discover the Mark Coker popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Mark Coker books.
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Smashwords Book Marketing Guide
Mark CokerThe 2020 edition of The Smashwords Book Marketing Guide, now covering ebook presales! Offers 66 book marketing ideas and dozens of insights that will help authors, publishers and ...
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Guide des Styles Smashwords
Mark CokerLe Guide des Styles Smashwords a permis à des milliers d'auteurs de produire et de publier des livres numériques de haute qualité. Ce guide gratuit vous explique, étape par étape, ...
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The 10-Minute PR Checklist - Earn the Publicity You Deserve
Mark CokerLearn how to achieve virtually any business objective with the help of smart, strategic PR.LEARN HOW TO… Promote your company, people, products and services Earn more press cover...
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Smashwords Style Guide
Mark CokerThe Smashwords Style Guide has helped thousands of authors produce and publish highquality ebooks. This free guide offers simple stepbystep instructions to professionally create, f...
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Der Smashwords Formatierungs- Leitfaden
Mark CokerDer Smashwords Formatierungsleitfaden hat Tausenden von Autorinnen und Autoren geholfen, qualitativ hochstehende EBooks zu produzieren und zu veröffentlichen. Dieser kostenlose Lei...
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Guia de estilo do Smashwords
Mark CokerO guia de estilo do Smashwords tem ajudado milhares de autores produzir e publicar ebooks de alta qualidade. Este guia grátis oferece instruções simples, passoapasso para criar, fo...
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The Secrets to Ebook Publishing Success
Mark CokerLearn the 30 best practices of the bestselling ebook authors. This updated January 2014 edition of The Secrets to Ebook Publishing Success has already helped tens of thousands of ...
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Flash Fiction 40 Anthology - July 2009
Flash Fiction 40In May 2009, Editor Unleashed and Smashwords cosponsored The Flash Fiction 40 Contest. Writers submitted stories of 1,000 words or fewer on the Editor Unleashed forum. Maria Schnei...