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Title: An oldie but a goodie...
Post by: R. C. on March 10, 2021, 03:30:35 AM

After going wide with marginal (early) return, I am seeking opinions:

Smashwords, worth the effort or another time suck? (Formatting to meet the requirements is a PIA, but doable.)

eBooks.com, is there an ROI for the effort? (I can use Lulu to get into the eBook market.)

Cheers,
R.C.

Title: Re: An oldie but a goodie...
Post by: alhawke on March 10, 2021, 01:23:49 PM

If you can get it passed trough their formatting requirements, it won't hurt. They have sales about 2x/yr through their Smashwords store. I don't sell a lot through them, but I get a bite now and then usually during their sales.

I use Vellum and they always take my book without a problem. But if my book didn't publish easily, then ... :icon_question:

Title: Re: An oldie but a goodie...
Post by: cecilia_writer on March 10, 2021, 06:21:12 PM

I usually upload ebooks to Smashwords first as if they get through the vetting there the formatting is probably ok.
For reasons of incurable laziness I only use Smashwords for publishing wide. I actually sell some books on their own site too.