tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post8621849135216971006..comments2018-06-16T15:00:13.665-07:00Comments on <b>Smashwords</b>: Smashwords Announces Distribution to Gardners Books: Expanded distribution to over 400 retail stores, 2,000 public libraries and 400 academic librariesMark Cokerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05039664167177159146noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-71966929484278002712016-02-08T11:41:00.978-08:002016-02-08T11:41:00.978-08:00Thanks, Mark. Do you have a rough idea on when the...Thanks, Mark. Do you have a rough idea on when the premium catalog installation at Gardners will be complete? I see through your Channel Manager that my title shipped Jan 15th to Gardners Extended Retail, and not yet to Gardners library. The Smashwords-supplied title is not up yet on any of the retail sites--Just the BookBaby-supplied one.James Sterngramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15604087529674302977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-18147270241692319852015-11-12T08:29:36.412-08:002015-11-12T08:29:36.412-08:00James, typically when authors are transitioning fr...James, typically when authors are transitioning from another distributor to Smashwords, I suggest they leave the other distributor&#39;s versions up until the Smashwords-delivered version appears. This way, you avoid creating an unnecessary period of unavailability.<br /><br />I tend to always shy on the conservative side when it comes to the timing of these new distribution relationships reaching full implementation. There&#39;s always a possibility of delays, especially with our massive volume, and we also do a lot of extra testing and validation once with the partner once shipments commence before we allow them to live. The goal is mitigate potential errors.<br /><br />Our expectation is that all delivered books will be available on Hive, though it&#39;s my understanding that all Gardners-powered retailers have some discretion over which books they carry.Mark Cokerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05039664167177159146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-14441705586315417342015-11-12T07:38:15.380-08:002015-11-12T07:38:15.380-08:00Hi, Mark. Great news. I&#39;d rather be listed wit...Hi, Mark. Great news. I&#39;d rather be listed with Gardners through Smashwords and not BookBaby, and I now see I&#39;m already opted in with Smashwords. I just searched the &#39;notable retailers&#39; listed above and found my title is offered by all of them (except Hive) through BookBaby. I can tell by the slightly different book description I have over there.<br /><br />So my questions to you or anyone else are: What will happen to your auto opt-ins who are currently listed with Gardners by other aggregators, assuming they don&#39;t opt out with those others before Gardners and their partners try to populate the Smashwords titles? Will we have double listings? Is it soon enough to wait and remove BookBaby distribution after this happens?<br /><br />Lastly, do you know if Hive will take all Smashwords titles or if they&#39;ll curate as they seem to be doing with BookBaby?<br /><br />Thanks.<br />James Sterngram<br />Author, <i>Help for Hysterical Humans Who Hope to Be Happy in Heaven or Here</i>James Sterngramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15604087529674302977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-20104856483581285232015-11-05T03:11:34.672-08:002015-11-05T03:11:34.672-08:00Amazon are opening their own bricks and mortar boo...Amazon are opening their own bricks and mortar book store in Seattle, Washington, using the statistics from online sales to know what books to stock. Is this a trend? I&#39;ve heard tell that print books, you know the ones with the nice smell, are coming back into fashion.henrytobiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14402350994278097448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-49173594644478519812015-11-04T13:09:26.638-08:002015-11-04T13:09:26.638-08:00Glad to see more stores being added!Glad to see more stores being added!Ruth Ann Nordinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15277679843442868070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-85785559719482093442015-10-25T08:55:36.634-07:002015-10-25T08:55:36.634-07:00Thanks, Mark, for the status report on preorders. ...Thanks, Mark, for the status report on preorders. Since you plan to further assess this topic, I would like to add another. Will the Gardners retailers price match the free books on Apple, Kobo, and Barnes and Nobel?<br /><br />Linda, the definition of a &quot;substantial time lag&quot; for a vendor to take down a Smashwords book may vary by retailer. The standard for a retailer in the most developed countries may be faster than for a developing country that is creating infrastructure and determining best practices for e-business. A more viable long-term solution may be technology to verify that all network sites are clear before the author moves the book to Amazon Select.<br /><br />Bruce McClellinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01407847691004279530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-25633498848687261762015-10-24T06:34:33.977-07:002015-10-24T06:34:33.977-07:00Mark, I don&#39;t want to lose these vendors like ...Mark, I don&#39;t want to lose these vendors like we lost Flipkart because they couldn&#39;t honor a book take down request fast enough to suit Amazon and the people who want to switch between Smashwords and KDP Select.<br /><br />If there is a possibility of a substantial time lag in a vendor&#39;s implementation of a takedown request, I suggest you note that in the Opt-in Section. Then people can opt out. And those of us who stay in Smashwords don&#39;t lose another vendor.Linda Banchehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18143074276306710646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-3290588545566669652015-10-21T22:52:44.250-07:002015-10-21T22:52:44.250-07:00Thank u very much for your efforts to extend the r...Thank u very much for your efforts to extend the reach of my book to many European countries.books are written for people to read and share the thoughts. I am indeed happy about the new arrangement. Thanks.Ittyerah Tholathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04516837767229326623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-68928018610926954902015-10-21T16:05:22.115-07:002015-10-21T16:05:22.115-07:00Bruce, we expect they&#39;ll be able to do regular...Bruce, we expect they&#39;ll be able to do regular preorders, but not &quot;assetless&quot; preorders. We&#39;ll have a better sense of their full capabilities with preorders in a few weeks.Mark Cokerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05039664167177159146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-82884406723675194812015-10-21T07:32:47.515-07:002015-10-21T07:32:47.515-07:00Mark, can Smashwords authors sell preorders throug...Mark, can Smashwords authors sell preorders through Hive, which Gardners owns, plus the other retailers in the Hive network?Bruce McClellinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01407847691004279530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-78167870319174566712015-10-19T09:16:33.619-07:002015-10-19T09:16:33.619-07:00Jo Robinson, I&#39;ve been told that my book is ve...Jo Robinson, I&#39;ve been told that my book is very interesting. You can read the sample download on Smashwords. You can see GENUINE reviews of my book on Smashwords, Amazon.com, Amazon.uk and Goodreads. The reviews are from friends and acquaintances, but still genuine - you cannot get reviews without giveaways. Several of my stories are about Apartheid, servants in South Africa and other reminiscences. henrytobiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14402350994278097448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-26200480717311496102015-10-19T07:48:47.080-07:002015-10-19T07:48:47.080-07:00This is a nice reminder of the global presence of ...This is a nice reminder of the global presence of Smashwords authors. By expanding the availability of Smashwords books in the world marketplace, local markets will open up or grow and provide more Amazon authors with an alternative to Kindle Select.Bruce McClellinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01407847691004279530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-21363697591088483662015-10-18T07:54:07.829-07:002015-10-18T07:54:07.829-07:00Sounds like an interesting read Henry Tobias. It&...Sounds like an interesting read Henry Tobias. It&#39;s great to make sure that the history isn&#39;t lost and forgotten. Jo Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08374920401211231201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-13782996468780503732015-10-18T07:49:03.541-07:002015-10-18T07:49:03.541-07:00The iPhone is very popular Mark - in fact cellphon...The iPhone is very popular Mark - in fact cellphones in general are had by everyone. I use the oldish Samsung Galaxy S3, but it&#39;s really nice to use to read with when the power goes out - as it does - I&#39;ve got a basic Kindle with no backlight so that&#39;s pretty useless unless there&#39;s sunlight or power. I&#39;m looking forward to any new eBookseller to launch here!! There are millions of us around here, and we all love a good read, and absolutely not one decent eBook seller, that&#39;s why Takealot sounds like such a big deal here - I would say that they&#39;re pretty much the biggest as far as eBooks goes locally, and with a bit of local advertising could really lead to nice local sales. With Takealot part of the Smashwords deal there&#39;s no way South African writers should stay exclusive with Amazon. Up to now I&#39;ve actually been an advocate of Amazon exclusivity because of the perks you get there with visibility and so on - wrote a book about it and all, but this news totally is a game changer for me - will have to update the book :) It will be great not to be the poor relation in the Indie world any more.Jo Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08374920401211231201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-8025297287392054642015-10-18T07:19:47.931-07:002015-10-18T07:19:47.931-07:00For me this is good news. I write British English ...For me this is good news. I write British English and my book &#39;Just for Fun&#39; an eclectic anthology of short stories and essays has British humour. I was born in England and raised in South Africa which is also reflected in the contents of my book. I write about Apartheid, and other aspects of life in South Africa.henrytobiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14402350994278097448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-43641171202648094512015-10-18T07:09:35.454-07:002015-10-18T07:09:35.454-07:00Thanks for the insight, Jo. How popular is the iP...Thanks for the insight, Jo. How popular is the iPhone in South Africa? I&#39;m looking forward to the day iBooks launches there.Mark Cokerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05039664167177159146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-23605167879891817102015-10-17T21:00:31.653-07:002015-10-17T21:00:31.653-07:00Thank you! There isn&#39;t much happening in Sout...Thank you! There isn&#39;t much happening in South Africa as far as ebooks are concerned, and definitely crickets when it comes to Indie published books. Takealot would probably be the most popular. They sell quite a variety of things online and probably not many ebooks. They used to be called Kalahari, and a while ago they started selling an ebook reader in beta form - not sure what happened to it because it wasn&#39;t very good and ebooks had to somehow be loaded manually. Other than Takealot you can buy ebooks from Exclusive books, but they&#39;re quite pricey and only traditionally published works. ebooks are quite a new thing here, and I only know a few people who have ebook readers - only Kindle that I&#39;ve seen so far - you can buy those locally easily enough. Also so far I&#39;ve only seen others here buying ebooks from Amazon.com. Most of them quite keen for Amazon to open shop here so they can pay in local currency - you pay an extra $2 for every Amazon ebook from here. I have looked around for a way to publish locally, but other than trying for traditional publishing, so far I&#39;ve only found vanity presses, and they publish on Amazon too. As far as the other languages here go - there are loads and loads of Afrikaans readers and a huge market for books in the various African languages, but so far it&#39;s only Amazon or paper traditionally published books for us. I&#39;m very excited to have the opportunity to be able to offer mine in my own country now - opens up a whole new world of possibility. Jo Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08374920401211231201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-5713104712784504052015-10-17T09:10:37.791-07:002015-10-17T09:10:37.791-07:00Great, Jo, we look forward to working with you! I...Great, Jo, we look forward to working with you! If you don&#39;t mind, could you share with authors here some insight into the South African ebook market? Which ebook retailers are the most popular there? I know our authors have a presence there via our distribution to Kobo and of course the Smashwords Store, though the other majors don&#39;t seem to be doing much there yet.<br />‌Mark Cokerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05039664167177159146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-86870390712038988242015-10-17T07:46:52.212-07:002015-10-17T07:46:52.212-07:00Thank you for replying Mark. As a South African I...Thank you for replying Mark. As a South African Indie writer who has no South African platform to sell my eBooks, this is quite a big deal. Will be leaving Kindle Unlimited and publishing with Smashwords too in that case. Thank you for this! Jo Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08374920401211231201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-25544607172922982042015-10-17T07:36:47.318-07:002015-10-17T07:36:47.318-07:00Jo, the books will appear in their ebook store - h...Jo, the books will appear in their ebook store - http://www.takealot.com/books/ebooks - and my expectation is that yes, they will list all our books.Mark Cokerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05039664167177159146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-47141813997525514472015-10-16T23:20:48.288-07:002015-10-16T23:20:48.288-07:00Would this guarantee that our books would be displ...Would this guarantee that our books would be displayed for sale at takealot South Africa?Jo Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08374920401211231201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-87728337405276438342015-10-16T12:15:02.195-07:002015-10-16T12:15:02.195-07:00re PLR: Antony - I don&#39;t know! I was under the...re PLR: Antony - I don&#39;t know! I was under the impression that my publisher had registered all my digital titles for PLR simply to future-proof them. But what you quote from the PLR website seems to be saying something else. I guess it&#39;s an area that is fast evolving and has not been fully tested yet legally. I would say, if you can, do, but if not, keep a watching brief on when the law changes. Sorry I can&#39;t be more precise, but this seems a very imprecise science!Alan Porterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05402210334717124824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-14488892045317875562015-10-16T10:10:20.456-07:002015-10-16T10:10:20.456-07:00I love this reader-driven model of library acquist...I love this reader-driven model of library acquistions for ebooks. I just switched my library prices on my already free titles to free for libraries. I only wish I knew how to get links to those library listing pages so I could direct market to library users in the UK. Tracy Falbehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11123036773665001783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-65392365036096127302015-10-16T08:06:14.685-07:002015-10-16T08:06:14.685-07:00Yay! [*Kermit flail*] [*jumps up and down*] [*h...Yay!<br /><br />[*Kermit flail*]<br /><br />[*jumps up and down*]<br /><br />[*happy dance*]<br /><br />Thank god! No more stumbling through clunky BookBaby to get my titles into the Gardiners catalog.Anna Erishkigalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04308973517820331789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-65298057841942516672015-10-16T07:25:27.341-07:002015-10-16T07:25:27.341-07:00From the plr site q&amp;a section: Why are you ad...From the plr site q&amp;a section:<br /><br />Why are you advising not to register ebooks and digital audio downloads?<br /><br />Due to copyright law, the extension of the PLR scheme only permits ebooks which are downloaded on library premises to fixed terminals and then taken away on loan to be included within PLR legislation. However, libraries have advised us that they do not have facilities to enable ebooks to be downloaded onto portable devices and taken away from the premises, and that all ebook and digital audio lending is carried out ‘remotely’ to home PCs and mobile devices.<br /><br />PLR is unable to make payments for remote ebook and digital audio lending as it continues to be covered under copyright law. Due to these current restrictions, we would not recommend that ebooks and digital audio downloads are registered for PLR. We will advise if copyright legislation is changed to include remote loans, or if libraries allow ebook loans to be taken away from the premises.<br /><br />So to register or not to register?Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02624321712162237592noreply@blogger.com
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