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To all those fellow authors who have taken note of the significantly longer time it now takes to attain "premium catalog" distribution status; you should be aware the ebook industry is literally exploding. Unfortunately it has taken on an "american idol" like status where everyone now apparently believes they are an author. This is especially so if you can string more than three sentences together, preferably containing the words vampire and lesbian in them. (Tongue in cheek.) The result is the same as on the TV show; thousands of people jumping on the bandwagon in hopes of fame and fortune. There is no quality content control on the Internet save the ability of distributors such as Smashwords to control the format quality. Thus they are flooded with thousands of submissions a week now compared to a year ago when it took less than three days for the whole process on my first novel.
Lastly, Smashwords is most certainly not "FREE". They make a cut on each and every book in their catalog as is fair and proper.
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