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Just one clarification, folks.
Serials are already 'banned' from Smashwords. If it's part of a book, like a chapter in your standard novel, it's considered unacceptable. What Mark's asking isn't "Should we ban?" but "Should we STOP banning?".
FWIW, I think there IS a grey area here. A group of 10k word stories could be considered parts of a serial book, or as a series of short novelettes.
I don't consider something like my Maisy May ebook - 30k words, about 1/3 the size of a regular novel and Book 1 of 3 - to be a problem for Smashwords. I'm certain that it's NOT the sort of 'serial' they have an issue with. However, the sort of thing I publish on my blog IS - 500-2000 word chunks of story still being planned out and written.
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