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Why The Kindle Is Better Than The Nook

| Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Video, Nook, Ereaders, Pubit, Kindle, Barnes and Noble Nook, Self-Publishing, Barnes and Noble, Kindle vs Nook, Amazon Kindle, Metadata, Smashwords, Amazon, Books News

By David Gaughran for Indiereader.com It has become common within the publishing industry to complain about Amazon’s dominance, with many incorre...

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PayPal Takes Controversial Stance Against Sex

Andrew Shaffer | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Paypal, Erotica, Smashwords, Epublishing, Mark Coker, Ebooks, Books News

On February 18, PayPal contacted Smashwords with an ultimatum: Remove the "edgy" erotica, or face deactivation of their PayPal account. Since PayPal is integrated into the Smashwords website, Smashwords had no choice but to comply.

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How Will We Read: A Book by You?

C. M. Rubin | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Ereaders, Pitchfest, C. M. Rubin, Author Solutions, Decline of Bookstores, Self-Publishing, How Will We Read?, Smashwords, Lulu, Future of Books, Kevin Weiss, Ebooks, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Books News

Write, edit, design, publish, market, sell your own book and book rights with highly experienced publishing staff assisting you? The self-publishing opportunity has changed significantly.

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What Authors and Readers Need to Know About eBooks

Anne Hill | Posted 06.17.2011

Read More: Nook, Authors, Content Farms, Book Publishing, Ibook, Amazon Kindle, Ebooks, Amazon, Self Publishing, Mike Essex, Smashwords, Digital Publishing, Future of Publishing, eBook Pricing, Ebook Marketing, eBook Publishing, Books News

The smart money says that things will get worse before they get better. Publishers will have to start thinking more like software start-ups. Are you ready for some aspirin yet?

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Think Top eBook Buyers Are In Big Urban Areas? You'd Be Wrong

Mark Coker | Posted 05.30.2011

Read More: Book Publishing, Ebook Market Data, Ebook Retailing, Ebooks, Barnes and Noble, Ereaders, Smashwords, Books News

Have you ever wondered where the most voracious ebook readers live? I wondered, so I crunched Smashwords ebook sales data. Some of the numbers are surprising

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Meet Mega Bestselling Indie Heroine Amanda Hocking

Tonya Plank | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sony eReader, Kindle, J.A. Konrath, Amanda Hocking, Barnes and Noble Nook, Self-Publishing, Bestselling Books, Book Marketing, Online Book Publicity, Pubit, Karen McQuestion, Smashwords, Indie Authors, Bestselling Authors, Amazon, Ipad, Ebooks, Books News

Amanda Hocking is really something of a wunderkind. At only 26 years old, the Minnesota native has written a total of 17 novels. Since self-publishing...

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Can Technology FIX Publishing?

GigaOM | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Scribd, Nook, Ereaders, Book News, Books, Barnes and Noble, E-Books, html5, Amazon Kindle, Ipad, Barnes and Noble Nook, Apple Ipad, Kindle, E-Reader, Ebook, Vook, E-Book, Smashwords, Ebooks, Books News

While paper books are still the norm, e-books now account for up to 20 percent of book sales in categories like romance and sci-fi. The shift in publi...

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Would You Read An eBook In Installments? The Founder Of Smashwords Wants To Know (POLL)

Mark Coker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Literature, Future of Publishing, Serialized Ebooks, Ebooks, Ereaders, Dickens, Book Publishing, Mark Coker, Poll, Self-Publishing, Mobileread, Smashwords, Books News

I wonder what Charles Dickens would think of serialized ebooks. The topic has been on my mind recently as I re-evaluate the policy regarding serial ebooks at Smashwords.

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Does Digital Self-Publishing Threaten Traditional Industry?

The Wall Street Journal | Geoffrey A. Fowler and Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Blogs, Ereaders, Self Publishing, Movie Deal, Book Publishing, Apple, Mcquestion, Ibooks, Kindle, Barnes & Noble, Digital Publishing, Lulu, Smashwords, Self Publish, Ebooks, Amazon, Ipad, Books News

Writer Karen McQuestion spent nearly a decade trying without success to persuade a New York publisher to print one of her books. In July, the 49-year-...

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Apple Tells Publishers What Price To Charge For iPad eBooks

thebookseller.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ereaders, Book Publishing, Apple Ipad, Apple, Ibookstore, Smashwords, iPad eBooks, eBook Prices, Books, Ipad, Ebooks, Agency Model, Books News

The so-called agency model is a "mirage" with Apple dictating to publishers what they can charge for books sold via the iBook Store on Apple's iPad, a...

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Publish Your Own Book On Apple's iBooks

Macworld | Dan Moren | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Scribd, Authors, Ereaders, Book Publishing, Apple, Ibooks, Kindle, Vampires, Self-Publishing, Lulu, Smashwords, Ebooks, Books News

A huge number of people think they might write a book some day--back in 2002, a survey pegged it at 81 percent of Americans. But what happens after yo...

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eBook-Only Publishers Cropping Up Everywhere

Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harlequin, Samhain, Or Books, Kindle, Book Publishing, Romance, Lulu, Ereaders, Publishing, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Going Rouge, Carina Press, Iuniverse, Scribd, Atlantic Bridge, eBook Publishing, Publishers, Ebooks, Books, Romance Novels, Self-Publishing, Nook, Uncial, Smashwords, Books News

A recent article from Publishers Weekly announced the launch of Carina Press, a new imprint of romance publisher Harlequin that will exclusively publi...

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Book Publishing 10 Years From Now: Smashwords Founder Mark Coker's Predictions

mediabistro.com | Jeff Rivera | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Publishing, Reading, Book Publishing, Bookstores, Bookselling, Future of Publishing, Smashwords, Books, Ebooks, Digital Reading, Ereaders, Mark Coker, Books News

Today, we had the opportunity to ask Mark Coker of Smashwords what his predictions are for the year 2020....

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