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Old 06-24-2014, 03:11 PM   #110
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Originally Posted by DBDigital View Post
Actually it is not a requirement, it is suggested. While if you don't have it in, they may say "please add" but you don't have to. If they continue to push it, send a email and it will be approved (providing there wasn't any other issues). They are not the publisher of record and can't force you to have that in your book. Well I suppose they can be, if you use one of their free ISBN's. But if you have your own, then they have no claim on being your publisher of record.
My experience is they refuse to approve it. I've asked. I have two books that were never approved and the only thing showing incorrect is the copyright statement--which is in there, but does not mention Smashwords. When I've sent emails asking if it is required to be approved I either get no answer or I get a "It must pass the validation."

I suppose I could waste time pushing, but I could also go to D2D or one of the other services.

I like working directly with the retailers. I see most of my sales that way and I get good customer service. Smashwords could have been a convenient way to upload to a lot of places at once, but there are too many gotchas. Don't get me wrong; I don't think they are terrible, but I have had no luck uploading my own epub versions (copyright gets in the way again) and I don't want to keep a special file that is just for Smaswords. If I use their conversion tool, I have to have a special file for them only. It became too cumbersome so none of my newer books will be on Smashwords.
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