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Originally Posted by dreams
Welcome, Joseph. I purchased your book last night and have it on my summer reading list.
Is there a reason that you only made the ePub version available at smashwords? One of the great things about smashwords and Fictionwise multiformat (especially for those of us with more than one device) is that more than one format is available when purchased.
I have friends who will buy through smashwords because they have both the Sony and a Kindle or a Sony and a PDA (mobi). I have s Sony Reader and although the ePub is great, I really like how the lrf version looks on my Sony.
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Thanks for posting, Dreams.
To asnwer your question, I made the Epub format the only one available through Smashwords simply because at the time, it was the only 'universal" format that allowed an embedded image gallery. I realize that most readers don't care about having a digital book look exactly like the paperback version, but it was important to me. Also, for your friends who have both Sony and Kindle readers, the Kindle version of Cyberdrome from Amazon is
completely DRM-free, so you could convert it for the Sony if you wanted. Also, I think the Epub version could be converted to mobi format as well. In either case, without using a converter, even if I offered lrf and mobi versions on Smashwords, they would still have to purchase a copy of each format, right? Or, do you in fact get to download multiple formats for each purchase?
If I'm misinformed about this, maybe you can educate me on the subject. I'm fairly new to Smashwords and I want to make Cyberdrome as user-friendly as possible...