Our thanks to Jim Azevedo, marketing director at Smashwords, for this guest contribution! Ebooks released as preorders sell more copies than ebooks simply uploaded the day of release. Yet even as ebook preorders are a proven sales booster, most indie
Smashwords founder Mark Coker recently wrote a post and an accompanying infographic entitled, Indie Author Manifesto. Said Mark in the post, “Over the next couple years I think we’ll reach a point where more first-time writers aspire to indie-publish than
We have stringent criteria when it comes to protecting and promoting our authors. First, a team member has to be responsive and timely. Second, they have to really know their stuff. Third, they need to be super cost-effective; that’s one