Smashwords

Ebook formats are a double-edged sword. If you start rambling off their mysterious acronyms, the eyes of most authors and book readers glaz...

The other week, publishing industry veteran Shelley Lieber, the subject of today's Smashwords interview, posted a thought-provoking comm...

Last night, I wrote a short post about the value of the written word. I often receive emails from authors who thank us for giving them th...

For fun, we added a new word counting ticker to the Smashwords home page. To our pleasant surprise, indie authors now publish over 34 mill...

This Sunday March 8 marks the kick off for Read an Ebook Week , an international online literary event designed to raise awareness about the...

Just a few short months ago, Greenwich Village author Norman Savage was on the verge of earning a book deal with a large New York publisher ...

I just returned late last night from the O'Reilly Media Tools of Change conference in New York City. This was my third year at the con...

It takes courage to write a book. It takes even more courage to blaze your path as an indie author. Dan Poynter, the subject of this exclus...

Author April Hamilton , a long time friend of Smashwords and advocate for indie authors, has launched Publetariat , a new online community f...

Smashwords today announced its official sponsorship of Read an E-Book Week , to be held March 8-14. I encourage readers of this blog to g...

This is the first in a series of occasional interviews in which I'll profile interesting figures involved in the indie author movement. ...