Saturday, July 20, 2013

Thursday, July 4, 2013

Pride in Ownership

Indie authors can take pride in the new Smashwords' Indie Author bestseller lists on Publishers Weekly.  Indie Bestsellers

Smashwords keeps pushing the boundaries of Indie books and establishing itself as the place to be as an Indie writer.  Every point of contact that I have had with Smashwords has been encouraging to me as an artist. 

My experience with Smashwords has been A+++  My books are really getting out there.

When I first started out in 2011, I thought Amazon would be the major player, but I feel like Amazon is tip-toeing around trying to keep the publishers on top and the indies can scramble for the crumbs below.  I don't feel any pride in ownership with Amazon, but I feel extremely proud to see my books distributed worldwide on many different devices and in many channels with Smashwords.

I know Amazon is doing the same thing, but why don't I feel any pride in ownership?  I just don't feel like Amazon knows what to do with Indie writers. 

Hurray for Indie writers and the new bestseller list!  I'm going to shift my focus to not only publishing on Smashwords, but being a Smashwords consumer!