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Originally Posted by VydorScope
The amount of time it takes is not predictable. Some have had theirs done in days, others months. Mine was free in Apple, Kobo, B&N, Diesel, Sony, Bookie Jar, Smashwords, Google, and OBooko for 1/2 year before it went free on Amazon. It has been free ever since. Using the "make it free" thread on kboards helps I am told.
If you send an EPUB they do not mess with it. They check it to make sure it meets their quality standards, and tell you to fix it if it does not. If you send in a DOC to ANY of the services (D2D, Amazon, Smashwords, etc) it will go through their version of a "meatgrinder."
Smashwords can get you into more places then D2D currently. I have not used D2D, but I suspect they are an up and coming competitor for Smashwords which hopefully will make Smash better. ( I have looked at them and read threads about them, so know a little that way)
The ONLY complaint I have with Smash is they are slow. Slow to push books out, slow push out updates, slow to respond to customer service requests, and slow to report sales and royalties.
Personally I push directly to: Amazon, Kobo, B&N and Smash currently. You need a Mac, or use Macincloud, to push to Apple and I have been told it is very much annoying. I have a Mac, but I have not tried yet. I let Smashwords deal with it.
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Thanks Vincent. That's super-helpful information. I'll take another look at Smash. I don't like the "slow" part but that they tell you if something is wrong with the epub is good and having more outlets. I assume the % they take is similar to D2D. One question (somewhat unrelated): If I submit (through D2D or Smash) to Apple (with an eye toward going free in Amazon) do you think it would be a good idea to leave out an "Amazon Author Page" link? (What I'm thinking is Apple may be snooty about seeing the amazon author page link and take longer to accept it.)