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On the Smashwords front, I believe they are distributors because otherwise, as my publisher, based in the States, I would have to pay withholding tax on anything I sold through them. I don't ergo they are distributors of a product made in Britain - my book.
On the indie front, I'm with the people who say we're just authors.
I use a professional editor on all my books, I use beta readers for feedback before they are published, the covers are professionally designed... I write press releases about them and send them out, I ring/write to book shops in the hope of getting wider dead tree distribution. In short I do everything a publisher would do although I have a very small budget. I think that might mean I'm not 'pukka' indie. I'm probably a publisher but thus far, I only publish my own books.
Hmm... we could debate this one all day. ;-)
I like the phrase 'indie author' because it sounds like 'indie band' most of which are pretty cool. I'm probably not one though. Not really....
Cheers
MTM
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