10 Trends Driving the Future of Authorship (Smashwords tutorial series, #4)

Learn the 10 publishing industry trends that will most impact the future for book authors. Mark Coker, founder of Smashwords, examines how the simultaneous rise of ebooks, self-publishing and democratized access to retailers will forever transform the publishing landscape. Learn how the power center in the publishing industry is shifting from publishers to writers, and how self-published authors now how the tools to out-sell and out-compete the big publishers. Learn why the former stigma of self-publishing has been replaced with growing pride as indie authors scale all the international bestseller lists. Meanwhile, the stigma of traditional publishing is increasing as publisher missteps cause authors to lose faith in big publishers.

[YahReAWanarom]

I need to take some time before they can understand. Now I was truly beginning to Smashword. Thank you for the opportunity I have been through these instructions.

[platingandetch]

It's 2022 now. This video could use an update.

[AstralDrivingSchool]

Excellent presentation Mark and also your inspiring talk in Edinbrough last month with great dissemination of Marketplace data.

[kimberlygray]

Mark this is great! Thank you! Love the changes at smashwords, taking authors to a higher level of opportunity, cheers
kimberly

[TheTwistNews]

All he says is true, but there are so many hundreds to thousands of titles per topic that you are doing well if you sell a few copies per month. While he advocates low prices, this year my book prices have greatly increased. I have also made other changes to increase my book sales. You cannot earn in the Indie enviroment of 2020 unless you increase your prices.

[IYUIUYIUY]

Smashwords scammers! I published 4 books with their help, when it was time to pay royalties, they blocked my account.