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aprilm

11 years ago

Sorry, I can't answer your question, but

this book may help.

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troy23

11 years ago

aprilm - Thank you for that.
Wish I had a Kindle to read it though.
Shame nobody seems to have heard of this site
I thought it would be quite popular.

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Myles Sinclair 11 years ago

Originally Posted by troy23

aprilm - Thank you for that.
Wish I had a Kindle to read it though.
Shame nobody seems to have heard of this site
I thought it would be quite popular.

You don't need a Kindle to be able to read Kindle books. Just download this bit of software from Amazon and you can view the books on your PC - Amazon.co.uk: Kindle for PC--read Kindle ebooks on your PC
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- Yogini 11 years ago
  
  I paid someone on fiverr and she formatted it so that it was accepted both at smashwords as well as within their free premium service where it goes to barnes and nobles, kobo, apple etc. They have specific requirements which are different than kindle uses. They have a free guide book here: Smashwords — Smashwords Style Guide — A book by Mark Coker
  
  Also, they recently changed the size for the covers. Keeping it simple works best so it goes through the "meatgrinder" and is accepted for various publishers in their premium services. I find I get most of my smashwords sales from apple and barnes and nobles.
  
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  Sandra Martinez 11 years ago
  
  I read their book, and visited the site. Haven´t tried them, but the impression I got was that formatting was defective. So I moved on.
  
  If you have only text and no images, then it might work for you.
  
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Alexa Smith Banned 11 years ago

Originally Posted by troy23

Wish I had a Kindle to read it

Are you using the internet on a computer, or a smartphone or something? If you have a computer, you can download a Kindle-for-PC from Amazon. It's free.
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troy23

11 years ago

Yogini

Do you have the name of the Fiverr person who did the formatting?

Would be helpful for me to pass the book to someone trustworthy for formatting purposes.

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Yogini

11 years ago

Troy,

It was this gig and it was accepted both by smashwords and the premium catalog there so she knows what she is doing:

Beth46 will prepare your document for smashwords for $5, only on fiverr.com

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troy23 11 years ago

Yogini

Thank you for the link - much appreciated
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- David Braybrooke 11 years ago
  
  Did you try asking here Troy? Smashwords -- About Smashwords -- Support FAQ
  
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troy23 11 years ago

No I did not, but people have been very helpful here
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AanSpire

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Yogini

Troy,

It was this gig and it was accepted both by smashwords and the premium catalog there so she knows what she is doing:

Beth46 will prepare your document for smashwords for $5, only on fiverr.com

Debbie

I wish I'd heard of fiverr sooner! As far as Smashwords, I've read great things about it, especially for the indie author.

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Randall Magwood

11 years ago

Smashwords is for the Sony Ebook Reader. It's like a Kindle, but I dont think it gets as much publicity and traffic as kindle does. But put your product up on there, and start profiting. There's a free book about how to upload your first ebook to Smashwords. PM me for it.

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mywebwork 11 years ago
Originally Posted by Randall Magwood

Smashwords is for the Sony Ebook Reader.

That's correct, but only partially.

Smashwords is usually the second place that eBook authors submit after their book has been on Amazon (many wait the 90 days to run it through KDP Select first).

Smashwords accepts submissions in EPUB format and can distribute to
- Barnes & Noble Nook
- Apple iBookStore
- Kobo
- Sony eReader
As well as their own eBookstore.

While you can join to submit to all of those stores independently and can get a slightly better profit there are a few advantages to using Smashwords.
- You submit to the iBookstore for free
- You have only one file to submit
- For B&N, it's the only way non-US authors can get in the Nook store
As for the Smashwords guide, it's available in every format known at this link for free:

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/145431

A few other free guides, good for both Smashwords and eBook creation in general:

Smashwords — Smashwords Style Guide — A book by Mark Coker

Smashwords — Smashwords Book Marketing Guide — A book by Mark Coker

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Liesel

11 years ago

Yes, I use Smashwords, but in the last couple of months I have found that it is much more lucrative to go direct to most of those sites.

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Michael Ten

11 years ago

I have heard good things about Smashwords.... at least, things that have interested me in it....

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cindy98

11 years ago

At long last, smashwords now has the option of uploading EPUB formated books.
This is a God send as the word .doc file upload NEVER worked for me and many of my author friends!

But the EPUB format is perfect and should have been available from the start. Now it's available, uploading into their premium account is much easier. I use Ultimate Ebook Creator which generates perfect EPUB files.

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Don Schenk

11 years ago

If I recall correctly, Smashwords charges a fee for each ebook you sell through them.

A couple days ago I came across bookbaby(dot)com. It is owned by the same folks as CDbaby. It looks like they can put your book into the various formats, get it into iTunes for iBooks, and even sell audio book versions if you have it audio recorded.

They charge a one-time fee, and no continued payment every time a book sells.

It may also be worth taking a look at it.

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Elvis Michael

11 years ago

BookBaby? Lol this Derek Sivers guy is a genius. I was a fan of CD Baby for several years until ReverbNation caught my eye. But I always have faith in this guy nonetheless.

I published a bunch of books through Smashwords about a year ago without issues. I just tried publishing again a few days ago, and it gave me that dreaded "cover image not big enough" message-- bummer.

Troy, i suggest you spend an hour or two reading through their monumental guide. It will save you more money in the long run if you plan on publishing frequently. Once you digest the information, you can format your books just as fast (if not faster) than a Fiverr person. Good luck.

**EDIT** Old Thread Alert. Anyway, hope you've gotten those questions answered by now, Troy.

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troy23

11 years ago

I've started using the Kindle Select program so I guess I am restricted from putting my book anywhere else.

That said - I am disappointed at the sales.
One would think from reading some of the other threads and WSO's that Kindle is a way to quick riches.

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Elvis Michael

11 years ago

What are your niches? you don't have to give an exact answer, but are you publishing fiction/non-fiction in general?

Anyway, i usually publish my books in multiple places (only some of them go on KDP Select.) The money tends to add up this way, in my case. For example, there's one book that earns me more money on B&N than on Amazon. Yet, i have another book that's doing the complete opposite.

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troy23

11 years ago

Dating - I went into a sub niche - online dating.

I've been told the book is good and I produced a set of videos also.
Maybe I am doing something wrong, but for $2.99 I thought there may be one or two takers after a month.

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WordpressManiac

11 years ago

I only used it for an affiliate website. I used the mysmashaffiliate plugin if anyone is interested, just google it.

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MikeScantlebury 11 years ago

Originally Posted by WordpressManiac

I only used it for an affiliate website. I used the mysmashaffiliate plugin if anyone is interested, just google it.

Are you a Smashwords affiliate? It seems Smashwords will pay people 11% of any sales they generate for authors. I think that's pretty mean. I'd be willing to pay 5 times that, and I have six books on Smashwords currently.
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Cyberdog1

11 years ago

Smashwords is very good if you don't manually want to upload to another ten systems.

It's not just for sony ereader - that's nonsense. You can upload your details and then when you get into their premium catalogue you will be listed on barnes and noble(nook)/Kobo Books/Apple bookstore et al

It's perfect for getting your e-book to multiple outlets in one click - THIS book is now on WHSMITH in the UK (kind of prestigious!) and it was uploaded through Smashwords, completely free!

Yes smashwords is perfect, use it in conjunction with KDP and you're all set!

They even list all erotica genres

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