Major News from Smashwords and Kindle

Smashwords has just announced that authors who publish through its sytem may choose to have their books distributed through the Kindle Store.  This is big news indeed for writers seeking publication and distribution.  Details of the arrangements with Amazon and its authors are spelled out in its announcement press release.  With this development, Smashwords now can publish to all of the major e-book formats, making an author’s book available on virtually all current e-book readers.

By the way, did you know that one week ago, Amazon made available to the public a FREE downloadable reader for Kindle books on one’s PC.  One can now read Kindle titles without having to purchase the expensive reader.

As you already know, if you follow this blog, the Kindle Reader has gone international, with its e-book readers to be available in many countries.  There was a hitch with Canada, however.  This problem has been resolved, as explained in a post on the Publisher’s Weekly daily blog.

Smashwords has also announced with the past few days distribution arrangements with two major international ebook distributors.  Read the announcement about arrangements with Shortcovers, a major online distributor.  We’ve already announced the acquisition of BookHabit by Smashwords, but here’s a full announcement of this development.

LATEST NEWS ABOUT BARNES AND NOBLE’S NOOK READER: Barnes and Noble has just announced that its new Nook e-book reader has already sold out, within days of its introduction.  The company is now taking pre-orders for delivery in January.

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