Sony embraces small publishers and unknown authors on Sony Reader eBook store
The shift toward digital books is helping small-fry authors and publishers to get in front of wider audiences than ever before. That trend is being reinforced today as Smashwords announces that it has a distribution agreement to get its books published on Sony’s new eBook portal.
Smashwords lets authors publish their books in online formats in a matter of days. Now those books can be downloaded to the Sony Reader, the company’s eBook reader gadget. Smashwords… Continue Reading
Smashwords launches as publishers toy with selling books online
Smashwords is a new startup that will allow writers to publish their books in a variety of online formats, although we doubt it expected to be launching the same day two major publishers announced online initiatives.
The news from the publishers is that HarperCollins has decided to place some books online for free, in hopes of boosting sales, while Random House will test selling a book online by the chapter. More on them in a moment.
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