{"id":8134,"date":"2013-03-04T00:33:02","date_gmt":"2013-03-04T07:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/?p=8134"},"modified":"2013-03-04T00:33:02","modified_gmt":"2013-03-04T07:33:02","slug":"read-an-ebook-week-2013-at-smashwords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/read-an-ebook-week-2013-at-smashwords\/","title":{"rendered":"Read an Ebook Week 2013 at Smashwords"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In case you didn’t know, the first week of March is Read an Ebook Week<\/a>. Apparently, this is something that the early adopters of ebooks started back in 2004 to help popularize the new reading format and break down some of the initial wariness from the general public.<\/p>\n

Well, Smashwords does a Read an Ebook Week promo<\/a> every year, and I’ve enrolled all of my books at a 50% discount.\u00a0 If you want to check out one of my $.99 short stories like\u00a0“Memoirs of a Snowflake,”<\/strong><\/a> or Part II (Fidelity<\/strong><\/a>) and Part III (Sacrifice<\/strong><\/a>) of the\u00a0Star Wanderers<\/strong> series, you can now pick those up for free.\u00a0 If you want to try out one of my novels, like\u00a0Bringing Stella Home<\/strong><\/a> or\u00a0Desert Stars<\/strong><\/a>, they’re all under $3.\u00a0 In fact, with the promo code REW50, all my books are under $3 on Smashwords right now.<\/p>\n

Also, if you’re a Smashwords affiliate, I’ve juiced the affiliate bonus for all of my titles to 35%.\u00a0 Since I sell all my full-length novels at $4.95, you can make about $1.75 for each referral–almost the full 85% for a novel selling at $2.99.<\/p>\n

Some indie writers aren’t too keen on Smashwords, but I’m definitely a fan of the site.\u00a0 Mark Coker has done a lot of great things, opening doors and breaking down walls to help us get our stories out to the world.\u00a0 He’s also been good to readers, especially international readers, who have to pay an extra $2 surcharge for any ebooks they buy on Amazon.<\/p>\n

Once you purchase a book on Smashwords, you have access to multiple DRM-free formats, including mobi (Kindle), epub (Nook, Kobo ereader), PDF, and straight up HTML for online reading, among others.\u00a0 Anytime the author uploads a new version, you have access to that as well (or any of the previous versions since the initial purchase).\u00a0 All the books are screened before going up on the site, so the formatting is generally pretty clean.<\/p>\n

So yeah, between March 3-9, feel free to check out my books on Smashwords<\/a>!\u00a0 And while you’re at it, check out some of the other great authors as well.\u00a0 There’s a lot of good stuff up there–a lot of black swans that would never have made it in traditional publishing, but thanks to the ebook revolution now have a decent chance.\u00a0 Who knows what you’ll find?\u00a0 It might just be your next favorite book!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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