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What about experiences placing free ebooks into the distribution channels? "We Don't Plummet Out of the Sky Anymore" was published 6 April, approved 11 April (that was during their "Holy cow are we backlogged!" phase), then shipped to Barnes & Noble on 16 April and Apple's iBookstore on 17 April.
I was under the impression that it had already shown up in the iBookstore from the number of downloads I was seeing, but the other day I finally had the chance to look at a friend's iPad and discovered that it is apparently still not listed in Apple's catalog despite being five and a half weeks out. (Nor is it yet listed on Barnes & Noble's site, although I didn't really expect to see that one for at least a few weeks more.)
Will free ebooks actually be carried in the iBookstore? I was under the impression this would be the case, but re-reading the fine print seems to indicate that prices in the iBookstore must end in .99... which free does not.
One last question: At whatever point an ebook finally appears in the channels to which it has been distributed, will downloads via that channel also be reflected in the Smashwords dashboard, or will there be periodic/quarterly updates to let authors know how their stories have performed?
- M.
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