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Originally Posted by Xanthe
Just going by that blurb on Smashwords, it seems to me that the market for that book is going to be smaller there than it would on Amazon. You're targeting a specific audience that is interested in reading about child abuse (and sorry, no matter how well-written or important your book might be, it's not a topic that I would choose to buy a book about).
Out of curiosity, I looked at my Smashwords account. I've bought six books from them, haven't read a single one of them and off the top of my head, don't know which ereader they are on - or if they've even made it to the ereader and aren't just sitting in a file on an external drive. By the time I get around to reading them, I won't remember where I got them from and will probably just go to Amazon to put up a review if I feel strongly one way or the other about the books. Some of that might be happening with your reviews.
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I agee with the Child Abuse thing, it's just something people tend to avoid. You see enough of it on TV these days, most people don't want to read fiction about it as well. However, Amazon does have a wide ranging and huge reader base so you'll get you best sales there. Smashwords tends to be more male oriented, so topics that may interest women more will probably be less popular there. That's not to say that you can't be successfull there, there are many successful female authors there, but keep in mind that it's a more male dominated site than most. Or so it seems to me anyway.