Smashwords Book Publishing

This is one of the hardest and difficult publishing platforms. But you will never regret if you master their requirements. With Smashwords, your book must be created or saved in Word 97-2003 format in order for it to pass the test of conversion.

If you wrote your book in the later versions of Microsoft Word, then you must read the Smashwords’ Style Guide by Mark Coker the founder and president of Smashwords. This book is available as a free download book just like some of my books.

You have to learn by practicing as you struggle to publish your books. It was a struggle for me when I got started and now I know what to do before I upload my book for publication. I have no conversion or Auto-Verification errors anymore.

I used to have many errors until I learned the secret. I almost gave up using Smashwords, because my book could not get converted into those multiple formats such as the .epub, .mobi, and more.

To get started, go to www.smashwords.com and then click Join Now For Free, if you don’t have an account yet. Create your account and log in. Then click on the “Publish” page on the top of the menu.

There a publication begins. You will have to enter your book title, enter short and long descriptions, and then choose the categories.

The design of the site is also changing all the time, please keep checking because this book may be out of date as soon as it is published!

You can now upload your book’s cover image and the book file, by clicking on the appropriate button shown on the site.

Then choose your key words so that your book can be found by someone searching those words on the internet.

Now, agree with the terms and conditions of Smashwords. You can choose to publish your work immediately or later. You can set up your book’s list price or make it free for life.

You can even choose the sample percentage of your book. This sample will be downloadable, for those who did not purchase the book. It can help me decide to buy or not to buy your book after reading the sample.

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