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manny-pacheco's picture
Mar.05.2013
It’s the most wonderful time of the year for folks who own a Kindle, Nook, Kobo eReader, Android Tablets, Diesel iPad, Apple iPad, Sony eBook, etc. The online home of my eBook - Forgotten Hollywood Forgotten History - is offering for one week: 25% off the purchase of my work...
terry-odell's picture
Nov.26.2012
First – today’s the last day to take advan­tage of my free book at Smash­words and my 50% off books at All Romance eBooks.  Links are here, from last Friday’s post. I’m also giv­ing away stuff at Fresh Fic­tion. Click here, and look in the right side­bar for the two give...
nina-amir's picture
Nov.12.2012
You’ve probably heard tales of writers making tons of money and hitting the bestseller lists with indie ebooks, and you’re wondering if you could do the same. But you might have questions about the best place to publish and distribute your ebook. And you should have those questions... In this...
margaret-duarte's picture
Oct.04.2012
I recently attended a "sit-up-and-take-notice" workshop about how to produce, distribute and sell your work in the evolving eworld given by Mark Coker, founder and CEO of Smashwords.  His opener jolted my writer self like a sip of vanilla latte on a cold, groggy morning. "There's never...
bob-mustin's picture
Sep.23.2012
I do have a print book soon to be out (honest), with an indie publisher. I really like the publisher - we e-mail back and forth regularly, and I really like our contract terms. Still, I've been exploring other publishing avenues than the traditional, even the increasingly popular, such...
marcy-a-sheiner's picture
Sep.14.2012
 A little over a year ago I published my first ebook. At that time, I posted the following on my personal blog: My first ebook, on Smashwords.com., is named for a line in the infamous song about San Francisco,  Halfway to the Stars. SF is home to a busy, thriving sex scene...
collin-kelley's picture
Jul.28.2012
My eBook short story collection, Kiss Shot, is almost ready for primetime. Over the weekend, I made the corrections suggested by my editor along with a couple of small rewrites. The next step is formatting the manuscript for the various eBook uploads (Amazon's is apparently the easiest, while...
iain-mavro-coggins's picture
Jun.16.2012
Please stay tuned for more information as I get my debut novel off the ground. Visit me at Wordpress for details, or check in with me on Facebook.
terry-odell's picture
May.14.2012
I’m busy this week — Today and tomor­row, I’m blog­ging at Just Roman­tic Sus­pense (with a give­away). Tomor­row is also my day at The Blood-Red Pen­cil. And Thurs­day evening, I’m over at Tri­an­gle Vari­ety Radio for another interview. Mark Coker of...
sofia-diana-gabel's picture
May.11.2012
Well, I finally did it. I uploaded a short story to Smashwords. I've been toying with the idea for a long time, but wasn't sure if I should take the plunge and put a story on there or not. I'd love to know how many authors in Red Room use Smashwords and if they've had success or if he experience is...