So I was not busy enough, right?
And I decided to find me something to do in my spare time (what spare time?!!) this summer.
Fact is, if I want to reach the largest audience possible with my books, I need to widen my distribution.
Granted, Amazon holds 80% of the market – but what about the remaining 20%?
Also, what about those readers that keep asking for epub and pdf versions of my ebooks and don’t feel confortable enough with the idea of justpla in converting the .mobi files*?
So, I’d like to try and put a book or two of mine on Smashwords.
And to do so, I have to learn to format my files for the Smashword Meatgrinder – that is, to prepare files that can be uploaded to that platform, and then be converted.
The process, from what I saw, is a lot different from the standard procedure I use to create my Kindle books.
Not necessarily harder, but different.
And that’s the main snag.
Thank goodness I have a nice selection of handbooks here with me.
Now I only have to sit down and read them, and then start experimenting.
On the other hand, I could just adopt a double standard, and upload epubs directly to Smashwords and mobis directly to Amazon…
Decisions, decisions… I’ll keep you posted.
————————————————–
* Using Calibre, for instance.
Karavansara 