[Smashwords]

Hi, I'm Mark from Smashwords. We launched our public beta last week and are starting to build our collection of digitally self-published works by independent authors.

All of the books are available DRM-free and in multiple formats. Several of the books are free.

If you're an ebook author, I invite you to publish with us. Simply upload your finished manuscript in Microsoft Word .doc format, and we convert it into multiple ebook formats. Authors set the price and sampling privileges, and receive 85% of the net sales proceeds from their works. Our publishing agreement is non-exclusive, so authors are free to publish elsewhere if they like.

Since we're in public beta, I invite folks to visit the site and provide suggestions for how we can better serve authors and readers.

Thanks,
Mark