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Originally Posted by Katti's Cat
If Smashwords doesn't cost you anything (I'm not a writer so I don't know) why not put it there as well.
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This issue recently came up with the threads detailing Smashwords content being picked up by B&N, Sony, and now Amazon: The thing about having your work included in Smashwords and the other markets, is that they become needles in barn-sized haystacks, and it is unlikely that anyone will ever see them.
(Sure, they'll appear on Smashwords' front page... but only for a few minutes, until they're bumped off by a few vampire stories and sex vignettes.)
The only way to get them noticed on Amazon, B&N, Sony, etc, is to spend money on advertising... and frankly, I know I can't compete with the ad budgets of the big publishers. I can do a better job promoting my book through this site and others, sending out press releases and newsletters, etc.
With this in mind, going through the trouble of creating another version of the book for Smashwords (because their conversion system is very particular these days) may not be worth the effort.
In illustration, my best novel is in Smashwords right now, and I have made only 2 sales there (not counting the 10 books I've given away for free to our soldiers)... whereas the sales of that same book on my website are in the comfortable double-digits right now.