Mark Coker
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How Literary Agents Can Survive the Digital Revolution - Posted August 12, 2011
Some publishing experts predict that the digital publishing revolution will destroy the livelihood of literary agents. Smashwords founder Mark Coker has helped thousands of indie authors self-publish, but he st... [GalleyCat]
How a Single Father & Self-Published Author Went from Poverty Level to Earning $18,000 in a Quarter - Posted December 9, 2010
Self-published fantasy novelist Brian S. Pratt earned more than $18,000 in a single quarter while selling 17 eBooks on Smashwords. According to Smashwords founder Mark Coker, Pratt is... [GalleyCat]
Smashwords Moves To Agency Model - Posted December 2, 2010
Self-publishing online community Smashwords has moved to an agency pricing model for eBooks. This means that authors and publishers that use the site to publish eBooks can set their own retail prices for their titles. This also means an inc... [AppNewser]
How to Choose an eBook Platform - Posted January 21, 2010
Some digital reporters just cover eBook formatting. Over at our digitally obsessed sibling eBookNewser, editor Craig Morgan Teicher will actually format a eBook of his stories in a series of blog posts.
Here's an excerpt from ... [GalleyCat]
Smashwords To Supply Books to Amazon Kindle Store - Posted November 24, 2009
This week the digital self-publishing company Smashwords announced that they will now supply ebooks to the Amazon.com (AMZN) in the Kindle Store.
According to the release, the company "will pay authors and publishers 42.5 percent of the digital list price (set by the author) for book sales through Amazon." According to... [GalleyCat]
Sony and Smashwords Form Distribution Partnership - Posted September 29, 2009
The self-publishing eBook website Smashwords inked a distribution deal with Sony Electronics, allowing readers to sell books in the Sony eBook Store days after uploading a Microsoft Word copy of their manuscript.
Here's more about joining the Sony Publisher Portal, from the release: "[On ... [GalleyCat]










