Chapter 14
Using Smashwords to Distribute Your E-Book to Other Retailers
In This Chapter
Obtaining an ISBN for your e-book
Setting up an account at Smashwords
Uploading your e-book to Smashwords
Distributing your e-book to a variety of stores
Adding payment information at Smashwords
Although Amazon has a straightforward, author-friendly system for adding your e-book to its site, other online stores arenât as obliging â Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Sony, and Apple all have different requirements. (After attempting to wade Although all the different documentation, I needed a restorative cup of tea.)
Thankfully, you can easily distribute your e-book to multiple stores by using Smashwords. Though Smashwords doesnât yet have an arrangement to distribute to Amazon, the site has agreements with most other major online bookstores. It also sorts out the conversion of your Word document into EPUB and MOBI files (and other versions) for you.
This chapter leads you through the Smashwords process, ...
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