Mark Coker's literary ambitions were badly shaken three years ago when he couldn't find a publisher for the novel he had written with his wife. Now Coker is trying to shake up the industry that ...

Self-publishing platform Smashwords has just unveiled its biggest website redesign since it launched in 2008. In a blog post, founder Mark Coker said: We made hundreds of changes large and small. We ...

A little over two weeks after PayPal threatened to limit Smashwords's account if it didn't "correct" their titles containing bestiality, rape, and incest, Smashwords's founder Mark Coker and his ...

Smashwords, an e-book self-publishing platform, and digital library vendor OverDrive have reached an agreement to distribute its titles via the OverDrive network of public libraries. The deal will ...

Smashwords is one of the largest self-publishing websites in the world and pumps out hundreds of new titles each day. It is one of the most vibrant ecosystems for authors, and publishes exclusively ...

Over on the Smashwords blog, CEO and founder Mark Coker posted some interesting information about the demographics of the bestselling authors on the site. According to the Smashwords bestseller list, ...

Librarians need to take sharp notice of the sudden and disruptive trebling of intellectual content: mainstream (which we’ve always focused on), small and independent publishing (which has ramped up ...

Sony announced a partnership with Smashwords and Author Solutions Tuesday which will allow any author to upload a book to their eBook Store, giving self-published writers unprecedented access to the ...

Interested in self-publishing an e-book? CNET Executive Editor David Carnoy offers some basic tips for e-book publishing and lays out your best options for publishing quickly and easily. Executive ...