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• A Spark of Heavenly Fire Outtakes #2

  
  Bertram's Blog — Authority: 468
  A Spark of Heavenly Fire takes place during the month of December. To celebrate, all month I will be posting outtakes from the book. It’s not as easy as it sounds. Since the original version is no longer in my computer, I have to retype the pages from my handwritten draft copy.  Hope you enjoy this behind ...
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• Ebook Now Available from Smashwords

  
  Refuge of Delayed Souls — Authority: 118
  Refuge of Delayed Souls - Volume Two ***Commences 11 December 2009 *** Volume One RoYds can now be purchased at smashwords.com for $1.99 Watch the Book Trailer The Ebook is available in the following formats: Online reading : HTML Online reading : Jarvascript Kindle: .mobi Epub : ...
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• Smashwords Hits Kindleverse, Tiering Ensues

  
  Munsey's Technosnarl — Authority: 120
  So Smashwords, they of the 42.5% royalty, has just entered the Kindle Store .  This isn’t quite the game-changer you’d think .  Now, don’t get me wrong, clearly, the Smashwords deal was designed to steal yet more of the Nook/Sony thunder.  And, actually, thinking about the implications of Amazon giving ...
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• Free Ebooks Now Available for Deployed Military Personnel

  
  MRS. LIEUTENANT: A SHARON GOLD NOVEL — Authority: 126
  I just came across the September 11th blog post "Smashwords Supports Operation Ebook Drop." The post begins: The other day on the Amazon Kindle message boards, Smashwords author Ed Patterson met a U.S. soldier stationed in Iraq who wanted to download ebooks for his Kindle, yet Whispernet (Amazons wireless download ...
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• Have YOU Smashed Your Words Yet? -- c.anne.gardner

  
  POD People — Authority: 127
  All true self-published authors understand that being self-published means making a lot of business decisions. Those business decisions generally fall into two catgorical extremes: astronomically expensive with little to no return on investment or fiscally sound with incremental returns over the long-term. Let’s not ...
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• Major News from Smashwords and Kindle

  
  Becoming A Writer - Seriously — Authority: 116
  Smashwords has just announced that authors who publish through its sytem may choose to have their books distributed through the Kindle Store .  This is big news indeed for writers seeking publication and distribution.  Details of the arrangements with Amazon and its authors are spelled out in its announcement ...
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• Smashwords books to show up in Kindle store: Shipping to Amazon starts November 25

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 645
  News release follows. – D.R. Smashwords , a global publisher and distributor of independently published ebooks, today announced it will supply ebooks to the Amazon.com Kindle Store. Kindle is Amazon’s wireless reading device that allows customers to downloads books, blogs, magazines and newspapers to a crisp, ...
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• Way to Go, Smashwords!

  
  Munsey's Technosnarl — Authority: 120
  Smashwords just got a deal to supply the Kindle store at a better rate for indie authors.  The number is most impressive, 44.5%, and reflects, I guess, Smashwords’ better vetting and production values.  That % is better than the 35% you’d get for going it alone in dtp.amazon.com. Personally, I still ...
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• You Got That Right, Ecclesiastes!

  
  Publishing in the 21st Century — Authority: 119
  "All is vanity." Ecclesiastes ********************** The uproar over Harlequin Enterprises launch of a self-publishing venture reminded me of something my father used to say. He was an honest businessman, but every once in a while, when he saw an unscrupulous competitor getting stinking rich, he would shake his head ...
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• You Got That Right, Ecclesiastes!

  
  E-Reads — Authority: 588
  "All is vanity." Ecclesiastes ********************** The uproar over Harlequin Enterprises launch of a self-publishing venture reminded me of something my father used to say. He was an honest businessman, but every once in a while, when he saw an unscrupulous competitor getting stinking rich, he would shake his head ...
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• FastPencil and BookHabit: New Avenues to Publication and Sales

  
  Becoming A Writer - Seriously — Authority: 116
  Smashwords will help you get your book published in a flash.  But what if you don’t have a book yet?  FastPencil may be the answer. This new online service not only provides publishing capabilities, it also adds in collaboration and editing capabilities, ideal for teams building a book together, or for ...
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• Guest Blogger - Neil Ayres

  
  Hawkins Bizarre — Authority: 108
  This week, it came to my attention that the lovely Neil Ayres of the veggiebox blog has published The New Goodbye - a collection of short stories - as an e-book through Smashwords . (Thats Neil, in the photo.) The Smashwords site describes The New Goodbye like this: In this collection ...
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• Saturday Midday Links Roundup: Writers Organizations Mad at Harlequin

  
  Dear Author: Romance Novel Reviews, Industry News, and Commentary — Authority: 141
  TBIResearch believes that Amazon is losing quite a bit of money on the ebook market as it tries to drive down prices of books. Publishers are trying hard to maintain a higher price, but researchers and retailers believe that consumers will not pay a high price for ebooks. The good news according to the research ...
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• Smashwords acquires BookHabit of New Zealand

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 645
  From the Smashwords press release : Los Gatos, Calif. and Wellington, New Zealand – November 19, 2009 — Silicon Valley based Smashwords, Inc. has acquired Wellington New Zealand company BookHabit Limited, consolidating Smashwords’ position as the world’s premier ebook publishing and distribution platform for ...
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• Marvellous Hairy is now an eBook!

  
  The Skwib — Authority: 422
  For those of you waiting to experience the thrills, the laughter and the dementia of Marvellous Hairy until it was in eBook form, your wait is over. You can find it in all the major formats at Smashwords for only $3.99 US. Yes, you read that correctly. $3.99 US. You not only save paper, you save yourself a ...
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• Smashwords Partner With Shortcovers For Expanded Distribution Deal

  
  POD, Self Publishing and Independent Publishing — Authority: 131
  Smashwords , the e-book retailer, has announced a distribution partnership with Canadian e-book publisher and retailer, Shortcovers . From the 18th November Smashword’s premium catalogue will be distributed through their online network of 189 countries. This deal is in line with recent distribution deals signed ...
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• Smashwords teams up with Shortcovers

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 645
  Smashwords announced today that it has teamed up with Canadian publisher Shortcovers who will distribute Smashwords books in 189 countries. Here’s an excerpt from the press release: Shortcovers by Indigo Books & Music, Inc. (TSX:IDG), a leading global eBook service, and Smashwords, a global publisher and ...
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• Almost Everything You Need — In One Post

  
  Becoming A Writer - Seriously — Authority: 116
  As an online resource center, Becoming A Writer Seriously sometimes passes on links to posts on other blogs that contribute significantly to discussion about how writers can become more productive and successful.  You’ll find some important software links here too.  There’s so much good stuff here that I ...
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• Lulu’s Labors Lost?

  
  Munsey's Technosnarl — Authority: 120
  So, I saw the bit about Lulu “partnering” with Ingram to “sell mainstream books” in addition to Lulu’s self- and micropress offerings on I think ireaderreview , and it’s been bugging me for a couple of days. See, if you’re adding Ingram to your “bookstore,” by incorporating their catalog for sale ...
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• Self Publishing Book Expo – Report

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 645
  I went to the Expo yesterday and was quite impressed. It was the first one and everything ran like clockwork – good job! The quality of all the speakers I heard was top notch and the price is right ($30). I would recommend that authors keep an eye out for it next year. The Expo is primarily about regular books, ...
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