Apologies if this is in the wrong section.
According to this L.A times article, the big present this year for gadget lovers is the e-reader and i quote
"To give its online bookstore a competitive advantage, Sony today is announcing it is throwing the doors open to independent authors to publish electronic books on its site. Sony said it has partnered with two companies, Smashwords and Author Solutions, to help independent writers self-publish digital books on Sony's eBook Store, which currently sells more than 130,000 titles. It also distributes millions of free public domain books via a partnership with Google. Amazon, on the other hand, boasts 350,000 titles for its Kindle readers."
Also Digital Beat to a more focused article, stating that
"Self-published authors can now visit the Sony Publisher Portal and click on Smashwords to sign up for a free publishing account. Then they can format a book in Smashwords’ style andchoose their distribution preferences, and their book will be made available for immediate sale at Smashwords.com. The book can show up a few days later on Sony’s eBook Store."
I'm just wondering what people's thoughts are about this?
and Author Solutions? What sort of rep do they have? (because i thinking i remember a Victoria Strauss post about them taking over Trafford)
According to this L.A times article, the big present this year for gadget lovers is the e-reader and i quote
"To give its online bookstore a competitive advantage, Sony today is announcing it is throwing the doors open to independent authors to publish electronic books on its site. Sony said it has partnered with two companies, Smashwords and Author Solutions, to help independent writers self-publish digital books on Sony's eBook Store, which currently sells more than 130,000 titles. It also distributes millions of free public domain books via a partnership with Google. Amazon, on the other hand, boasts 350,000 titles for its Kindle readers."
Also Digital Beat to a more focused article, stating that
"Self-published authors can now visit the Sony Publisher Portal and click on Smashwords to sign up for a free publishing account. Then they can format a book in Smashwords’ style andchoose their distribution preferences, and their book will be made available for immediate sale at Smashwords.com. The book can show up a few days later on Sony’s eBook Store."
I'm just wondering what people's thoughts are about this?
and Author Solutions? What sort of rep do they have? (because i thinking i remember a Victoria Strauss post about them taking over Trafford)
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