It’s November and that means NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). If you are like me, this free source (donations recommended) is a wonderful challenge to write a 50,000 word novel between November 1-30. I have written two YA novels through this event and plan to get a good chunk of my third done. Smashwords, in […]
Smashwords Direct – Smashwords Accepts epub file uploads
After years of wanting this feature, Smashwords launched (Dec. 2012) a much needed improvement to their system – Smashwords Direct allows the support of ebooks that “contain richer, more sophisticated formatting”. “Smashwords Direct allows you to upload your own professionally designed .epub file to Smashwords. You can use Smashwords Direct to replace a Smashwords Meatgrinder-generated […]
Smashwords Mark Coker talks about e-Publishing (March 2011)
Mark Coker, founder of Smashwords.com, talks about his ebook publishing and distribution platform. Smashwords makes it easy for any author in the world to upload a finished manuscript and instantly e-publish as a multi-format ebook to most of the major ebook retailers.