A new service was launched a couple weeks back called Smashwords. It is a self-publishing site but with a focus on the digital book. In an interview at teleread the creator of the site said he developed the site thanks to his own experience with publishing:
I found it frustrating that a publisher could stand between an author and their potential audience, especially in today’s age where print on demand and the Internet are such forces for disintermediation.
When a reader clicks on one of the available titles at the Smashwords they get the following information:
Description
Tags
This book is available in:
PDF format
RTF format
Kindle (.mobi) format
Plain Text format
Palm Doc (PDB) format
Online Reading (Javascript) (sample the first 40 percent!)
Online Reading (HTML-only)
Purchase this book in order to read it.
Reviews
Write a Review Add a Video Review
Stars: (out of 5) 1 star 2 star 3 star 4 star 5 star
Report This Book
