Mark Coker's literary ambitions were badly shaken three years ago when he couldn't find a publisher for the novel he had written with his wife. Now Coker is trying to shake up the industry that ...

In a deal that unites two of the largest independent distributors of self-published books, Draft2Digital has agreed to acquire Smashwords for an undisclosed price. The purchase is expected to be ...

A little over two weeks after PayPal threatened to limit Smashwords's account if it didn't "correct" their titles containing bestiality, rape, and incest, Smashwords's founder Mark Coker and his ...

Self-publishing platform Smashwords has just unveiled its biggest website redesign since it launched in 2008. In a blog post, founder Mark Coker said: We made hundreds of changes large and small. We ...

Memo to book publishers: Beware of the rejected novelist! That may prove to be the moral of the story of Smashwords, a digital self-publishing platform started by entrepreneur Mark Coker after a ...

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Ebook distribution platform Smashwords, which celebrated its tenth anniversary earlier this year in May 2018, has officially passed 500,000 total released titles, offered from more than 100,000 ...

Over the past few years, it has became easier than ever to self-publish a novel thanks to services such as Amazon, CreateSpace, and Smashwords. That lower barrier of entry has not extended to ...

A number of authors opened their email inboxes yesterday to a pleasant surprise: the payment of old royalties from ebook publishing and retail site Smashwords. These royalties, typically within the ...