You can directly mail PDF and other supported format documents on your Kindle. If for some reason, you need to switch to VoiceView to navigate your Kindle using audio commands, you can simply long-press the power button for 9 seconds and then tap using two fingers separated anywhere on the interface.
Your Kindle will switch to VoiceView mode and start looking for active Bluetooth devices nearby. For step-by-step instructions, you can read this article. If you wish to purchase free books available on Kindle store, here is what you need to do. Press the triple dot menu icon from home page and go to kindle store.
If you are interested in improving your vocabulary, Kindle has two tools you could use: Word Wise and Vocabulary Builder. The Word Wise gives you hind to commonly looked words in the book itself, and the Vocab builder keeps a track of every word you have checked out in the dictionary using long press while reading and can be used to revisit them option is present in the main menu.
These are some of the best Kindle Oasis 9th generation features apart from the obvious ones like fast highlighting, adjusting auto-brightness, and searching through a book. The kindle essentially remains an e-book reading device, and if you love reading books, you will enjoy the experience. If not, look for large display options on the Android side of things. One other best thing about Kindle is that you can browse the web via an experimental browser and can access Facebook and Twitter for seamless sharing.
Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. When you press the Menu button, it displays choices related to the screen you are viewing.
The sample screen below shows you the screen you would typically see when you press the Menu button from within a book. You can continue typing on the keyboard while the Symbol menu is displayed. Press the Symbol key again to dismiss the Symbol menu. Your Kindle will automatically switch to the faster 3G network when available. This service offers the convenience of 3G delivery for a weekly fee. When you travel outside the U. Kindle does not connect to enterprise or ad-hoc Wi-Fi networks networks that allow peer-to-peer connections without a wireless access point.
To add a new Wi-Fi network, follow these steps: 1. It shows you what you are reading, and where you are in your reading. It also allows you to remove content from your Kindle and to move content from Amazon to your Kindle. Read below for more details.
You can attach the files to an e-mail message and send the files to your Kindle e-mail address. Amazon will convert the files if necessary and send them back to your computer or to your Kindle, whichever you prefer. Archived Items — items stored at Amazon that you can re-download to your device.
Pages — indicates the total number of pages in Home. Use the Next Page or Previous Page button to navigate the pages. Page Viewing Collection Details 6. Page Managing Your Content 6. In the Add Other Device Collections view you will see a list of all Kindles that are associated with your Amazon account. Use the 5-way to select the other Kindle that has the collections you want to add. You can repeat this step for as many devices as you wish to add collections from.
You can rotate your device sideways for widescreen viewing. Its start location indicates the start- ing point for your current reading session.
As you progress further into the content, a solid bar growing longer indicates your overall reading progress. Press the Text key located on the bottom row of the keyboard. Page 44 Sync to Furthest Page Read — connects to Amazon Whispernet and compares your current reading location with the one saved at Amazon. If you are further along in your book using another device, Kindle gives you the choice to go to the furthest page read. Whispersync synchronizes the bookmarks, notes, highlights, and furthest page read among devices registered to the same account.
Page Looking Up Definitions Chapter 3 Reading on Kindle Whispersync is on by default to ensure a seamless reading experience for a book across multiple Kindles. If you would like to turn Whispersync off, follow these steps: 1. Page Using Bookmarks Tip: All of your annotations and bookmarks on a Kindle book are backed up at Amazon in case you transfer your Kindle to another person or lose your device.
When you download a previously annotated book from Amazon, your annotations and last location read will come down with it. Go to the bookmarked page. Press the Menu button. Press the 5-way to select. If someone that you follow has highlighted a passage in a book, we will highlight that passage and display the name s of the people that highlighted that passage.
Page Updating Popular Highlights In A Book Backup, your notes, highlights, and bookmarks will not be backed up by Amazon, and they will not be displayed on other devices registered to your Amazon account.
Also, if you lose or damage your device, there will be no way to retrieve your notes, highlights, and bookmarks. Page 52 1. Move the 5-way down to select the note you want to delete. Press the Delete key to delete the note. Your annotations are listed in the order that they occur in the content.
Connect your Kindle to your computer using the USB cable. Your Kindle should appear on your computer in the same location you would normally find an external USB drive.
When your Kindle is set to portrait orientation, PDF documents are displayed in their original layout and fit the entire screen of the device. White margins of PDF documents are automatically cropped to maximize the amount of content shown on the screen. Options that are not available in PDF files are dimmed in the menu.
Go to … You can listen to audiobooks from Audible. If you are not already on the Home screen, press the Home button. By default, content is spoken with a male voice, but using the 5-way, you can select a female speaking voice. You can also slow down or increase the rate of speech as well as pause or turn off Text-to-Speech. Additionally, Kindle also keeps and searches the metadata for the content you have stored on Amazon.
USB Connection. Plug your Kindle into the USB slot small rectangular slot of your computer using the cable that came with your Kindle the Kindle Fire doesn't come standard with the USB cable, so you'll need to obtain the cable separately, or, use the email option described in 2 below.
When you attach your Kindle to your computer via the USB cable, it makes your Kindle appear as a hard drive on your computer. After you purchase the book, from the book's book page click to download the "Kindle". MOBI format. Next, navigate to where you see the Kindle show up as a hard drive on your computer. Next, just drop the book's file it should end in file name of. Then disconnect the Kindle from your computer and the book will be ready to read. If you already downloaded the. Amazon's support page provides complete details.
For Kindle Fire only, Click here for how to set up your free Kindle email address, and how to load ebooks or email ebooks to your Kindle Fire using either the email or USB cable method. How do I download books to my Kindle from my Mac? First, go to your web browser's Preferences and click Downloads. Make sure to click on the box that directs your browser to ask you where you want to save downloads. If you don't do this first step, your files may go to your Downloads folder, and then it will be difficult to move them to your Kindle.
Next, click to your Smashwords Library to find the link for your purchased book. Then click to download the. MOBI file. When your browser asks where you want to save the file, navigate to your Kindle's "Documents" folder, and drop the file there. After a few seconds, unplug your Kindle's USB cable and you're ready to read. How do I add an ebook to my Kindle App on Android? Download the. Plug your Android device via USB into your computer.
On your Android device set it to 'USB storage' this may be a pop up query, but you may have to activate it from your device settings. Eject or dismount your phone safely from the computer before disconnecting the cable. I tried to download a MOBI book to my Kindle with the instructions above, but it's not showing First, make sure you're placing the file into the Kindle's "Documents" folder.
In some situations, if you power down the Kindle and restart it, the file transfer will work. How do I download books to the Sony Reader? Sony is no longer an ebook retailer, yet many readers continue to use the Sony Reader to read ebooks. Here's the step-by-step: 1. You'll know the Sony Reader is connected when you see the Reader Library software pop up on your screen. Go to your web browser, and click to the Smashwords Library where you can click to the book page for the book you want to download.
Scroll down the page to the table of download options. Click to download the EPUB version. Your browser should pop up a window asking if you want to open the file with the Reader software, or if you want to save the file.
Select the save option, which will allow you to download it. This is where you'll save the file. After you save the file there, wait about 30 seconds and then you can unplug the Reader from the USB cable and your book is ready to read. For the Nook, just attach the Nook to your personal computer via the USB cable makes it appear as a hard drive , and then download your books directly to your Nook's My Documents folder.
How do I download books to my Kobo Reader? Connect your Kobo Reader to your computer using the USB cable and then drag and drop books to add them to your library. In another window, go to the location of your ebooks on your computer and drag and drop them into the Kobo library window. These instructions are excerpted from Kobo's online documentation.
If you have better instructions, please contact us. Do I get charged for reading a sample? No, samples are free. Are books returnable if I don't like them? All sales are final. This is why most authors allow you to sample much of their book for free so you can try before you buy. Can I share my book with friends? Smashwords books are licensed for your personal reading enjoyment only, so you are not legally allowed to copy, share, or email the book to others, and you are not allowed to resell or distribute the book to others.
Smashwords authors are trusting you to honor their copyright and hard work, so please do not breach their trust in you. However, most authors offer generous samples of their books, so if you want to share a legal sample of the book, simply email your friends the hyperlink to the book page of the book, or use one of the social networking links to share a link of the book with friends on Facebook, Twitter and other sites.
How do I review a book? Anyone who has purchased a Smashwords book is able to review it by clicking back to the book page. Below the different file format options is a link where you can review the book.
Remember to select a star rating as well. Once you review a book, a link to your profile page appears in your review, and your review also appears on your personal profile page.
If a book is free, anyone can review it. If you do not see the review link, it means you haven't purchased the book yet. Authors are not able to review their own books. Can I publish book excerpts on my blog? Bloggers can excerpt a small portion of an author's book for review purposes.
For further information on excerpts and re-distribution, see the Smashwords Terms of Service. Is it safe to enter my credit card online? When you purchase through Smashwords, we create a secure communications connection between your web browser and our payment processing provider, PayPal. For your security, Smashwords does not store your credit card information after your purchase. Separate from Smashwords, it is recommended as a general safe computing practice that you maintain current security software on your computer.
Good free anti-virus applications include Avast! I'm the author, and although I set a sampling rate, the entire book appears downloadable As the author of book, you're able to access the book as if you purchased it. If you log out of your account, then visit your book page, you'll see the sampling rates are enforced for your customers. Mark Coker, the founder of Smashwords, has created a series of comprehensive online video workshops. These five videos comprising over 8 hours of instructional material will help you learn to publish like a pro.
It's like attending an all-day digital publishing seminar for free! Click below to access each video individually at YouTube:. How do I publish on Smashwords? First, register for a Smashwords account it's free and then carefully study and implement the Smashwords Style Guide for formatting requirements. Once you're confident the book is formatted to the Style Guide, click "Publish" and follow the simple instructions.
You will upload your manuscript or finished work in Microsoft Word's. If you're using Microsoft Word, save your finished manuscript as a.
If you're using a different word processor such as Open Office , be sure when you save the document, you select "save as: file type: Microsoft Word. Is your publishing agreement exclusive? It's non-exclusive, so you maintain all rights to your work and have the freedom to publish anywhere else you like.
Why can't I find any information about what Smashwords costs? Because we're free! We work on commission. We don't charge for our ebook publishing, conversion and distribution services, and we don't sell publishing packages. Who can publish on Smashwords? If you're the original author and you control the digital rights to the book, or if you're the exclusive digital publisher, you can publish and distribute the work with Smashwords.
Your work must be original, written by you or an author to which you have exclusive rights to publish. See our Terms of Service for more information. What can I publish? Smashwords is for finished, complete and original written works only no drafts, works-in-progress or partial works. It's great for short and long form fiction, personal memoirs, essays, poetry, screenplays or anything else you can write in a word processor. See our Terms of Service for additional content guidelines. In Step 3 on the Publish page, it's asking me if my book contains adult content.
What's the definition? If your book contains language, situations or images that are inappropriate for children under 18 years of age, you can tag your book as having adult content. This voluntary label helps us protect minors from viewing inappropriate material.
Books labeled as adult will not appear in Smashwords site search results if the customer or web site visitor has activated the Adult Filter. In the future, this label will also help our retail partners keep your book out of any kid-centric areas of their stores while maintaining full listings elsewhere in their store. If you tagged your book as adult at the time of your upload, but later decided it's not truly adult by the definition here, you can click to Dashboard: Settings and remove the label.
I uploaded my book direct on Amazon or some other retailer. Can I still work with Smashwords? After you publish, click to your Dashboard's Channel Manager and opt out of any Smashwords retail partners you're already reaching direct or through another distributor.
This will prevent us from double-distributing your work. How do I choose between Amazon and Smashwords? This is a common question, and the answer is, "You should work with both of us at the same time! The more stores that carry your book, the greater your opportunity to reach readers. Amazon only reaches ebook readers in about 14 countries, whereas Apple Books reaches 51 countries and dominates the Australian ebook market , Kobo reaches about countries and the Smashwords store reaches almost countries.
I heard Amazon requires exclusivity. Is this true? No, it's not true but this is a common misperception, and it's a misperception Amazon does little to clarify. Amazon offers two ebook self-publishing options. Exclusivity is dangerous and risky. It's like putting all your retirement savings in a single Internet stock. Although there's a chance it works for you, there's also a good chance you cause long term harm to your career.
It's much safer and sensible for you to diversify your portfolio of retail distribution. Some authors are drawn to KDP Select because they see it as their fast track to success. The truth of the matter is that for most authors, there's no shortcut. To make it as a successful author, it can take years. Each of the major retailers reaches millions of readers that can't be reached anywhere else. Authors who make their books exclusive to Amazon will have a much more difficult time breaking out at other retailers.
Much of the confusion about whether Amazon requires exclusivity or not arises from the fact that Amazon has designed their KDP platform to make it look like your account setup is incomplete unless you enroll in KDP Select. At every step of the upload process they prompt you to enroll in KDP Select. If you enroll in KDP Select, you must commit to make your book exclusive to them for at least three months.
The enrollment automatically renews unless you opt back out. Authors who enroll in KDP Select are taking a gamble, and they'll miss out on the broader global distribution enabled by Smashwords and its retail and library partners.
KDP Select is also like quicksand. Once you step into it, it's tough to get out. It destroys your readership at other retailers, and limits your platform-building. It makes your earnings entirely dependent upon Amazon. Who cannot publish on Smashwords? Do not upload content or books that appear elsewhere on the Internet authored by people other than yourself or by other pen names.
If we do a query on Google of a random text strings in your book and yes, we do this to test the originality of your work , and we discover the same content under other author names, or associated with private label article also called " Private Label Rights or PLR" or ebook licensing systems, your account will be closed without warning and all earnings will be forfeited, per the Terms of Service.
We have a zero tolerance policy for plagiarism, copyright infringement, underage erotica erotica featuring children under the age of 18 and PLR. Where will my book be sold? As an ebook publishing and distribution platform, Smashwords will distribute your books via multiple online channels, including but not limited to the Smashwords. See the Distribution section below for more information on how Smashwords distributes books, or visit our Distribution Information page. How does Smashwords work with multi-author publishers?
Hundreds of publishing companies publish and distribute their authors' books through Smashwords. Publishers can list an unlimited number of authors and their authors' books in their own co-branded Smashwords bookstore page. Learn more about whether the free Publisher status upgrade is right for you by reading the Publisher Account documentation.
How do I sell my books in the Apple Books Store? Smashwords is one of the few authorized aggregators that distributes ebooks to Apple Books. On the first day of the launch of the iPad in April , Smashwords had over 2, books in their store, and today we distribute over , books to Apple Books in 51 countries including the US, Canada, U. K, Australia, France, Italy, Germany and more.
We've created a handy checklist here of Apple Books store requirements - How to Publish an Ebook on the Apple Books to make it fast, simple and easy to publish your book to the Apple Books Store. Smashwords offers free ISBNs. How do I sell my ebooks in the Nook store? I live outside the U. Please see the Royalties section below to learn how to qualify for reduced or eliminated tax withholdings. What languages do you publish and distribute?
We support most languages. When you upload you book, you'll tag it with the book's language, and this will help us distribute it to retailers that support that language. We publish many other books in Japanese, Korean and Chinese, and as our retailers expand their language support, we'll distribute these books to them as well.
What languages does Apple Books not support? Apple Books store does not support the following languages: Persian, Old ca. How much money can I expect to make on Smashwords? You should keep your expectations low because most authors - whether self-published or traditionally published - don't sell many books.
Some authors don't sell a single book. Others sell thousands of books each week. The ebook market is still in its infancy. Just like in traditional print publishing, book sales depend to a great degree on word of mouth, driven by the quality of your book and your personal marketing efforts Read our free Smashwords Book Marketing Guid e for tips on how to promote your Smashwords book.
If readers love your book and tell their friends, and their friends tell more people, you could have a best seller. At Smashwords, we structured our business to make our authors and publishers as successful as possible.
Royalty rates may differ based on the country, retailer or VAT taxes. See the Channel Manager page for a fine-tuned breakdown. In some cases, you'll earn a higher earnings-share rate going through Smashwords than if you were to work directly with the retailer. Please see the earnings section below for more information, because your earnings will vary from retailer to retailer.
How is price determined? You can control pricing country by country as well using our Global Pricing Control feature, accessible in your Dashboard. In instances where your book is distributed to other online retailers, the retailers do not discount your work. If you choose the RSP option at Smashwords and would like to set a separate default price for retailers only, go to Dashboard: Settings.
Once you make a price change at Smashwords, we will automatically notify Smashwords retailers of the price change in our once-weekly updates to them some retailers receive more frequent updates. Please allow anywhere from one to three business days for price updates to reflect at retailers it's usually same-day for Apple Books and Kobo, instant for the Smashwords store, and business days at others.
How should I price my book? This is a personal decision for the author or publisher. When you sell a book, you receive two benefits. The first is you get a sale, which means you earn income. The second benefit is that you gain a reader, and a reader is a potential fan, and a fan will search out and purchase your other books and future books.
A fan is also a potential evangelist who will recommend your book to their friends. When examining these two benefits, the second - gaining a reader - is actually more important to your long term success as an author, especially if you plan to continue writing and publishing books. Here are some considerations on price: 1. Your ebook should be priced less than the print equivalent. Customers expect this, because they know your production cost paper, printing, shipping, middlemen is less.
Lower priced books almost always sell more copies than higher priced books. A longer book deserves a higher price than a short book. Consider the value of your book to the customer. As self-publishing guru Dan Poynter notes in his Self Publishing Manual, for a customer to buy your book at any price, they must believe the value of the book is greater than the cost of the book.
Just as over-pricing can be bad, so too can under-pricing. Consider the likely market of your book, and the cost of competitive books, and then price accordingly. A higher price is a double-edged sword. It implies potential value and worth, yet it can also price the customer out of purchasing it. Set a fair list price, and then consider using Smashwords coupons to let the customer feel like they're getting a discount on a valuable product.
If you write series, price the first book in the series at FREE. We've found that series with free series starters earn more income for the author than series with a priced series starter. Give it a try, you might be surprised! You can change your price at Smashwords at any time, so feel free to experiment Apple usually updates same-day, others are generally business days. There are multiple other factors that can influence how your potential readers judge your price. Click here for an interview with Mark Coker where he examines other factors to consider.
Click here to learn how ebook buyers discover ebooks they purchase links to the Smashwords Blog. The Secrets to Ebook Publishing Success , our free ebook that examines the best practices of the most successful Smashwords authors, also explores different strategies for pricing. How do I change the price? Simply go to your Dashboard, click Settings, and then change the price on the next page.
Once you make a price change at Smashwords, we will automatically notify Smashwords retailers of the price change in our updates to them. If your book is Premium Catalog approved, and it's not pending review, most price updates occur in business days. Apple Books is usually same day, often within hours of the update at Smashwords. I notice some authors give their books away for free. Do you recommend this? Yes, if you can use it strategically. We think FREE has a place in every author's marketing toolbox.
FREE books receive, on average, about 30 times more downloads than priced books. Free gets you the most readers because it eliminates the financial barrier that might prevent a reader from taking a chance on you, an author unknown to them.
How does sampling work? On the Publish page, in Step 2, authors determine what percentage of their book they want to make available as a free sample. Our online retailing partners may have sampling practices that differ from Smashwords. Remember, as the author, you're able to view and download your entire book. If you want to view your book as others will view it, click the logout button at the bottom of the screen, return to your book page, and you'll see how the sampling percentage is enforced.
I set a sampling percentage, yet it looks like my entire book is downloadable for free. Since you're the author, you're able to download your entire book. If you log out of your account then return to your book page, you'll see how your sampling percentage is strictly enforced. What sampling percentage do you recommend?
For a full-length book, 10 percent is generous and usually sufficient. For a shorter book, you should probably choose a higher percentage so the reader can get a good sense of your writing before they buy. I've written several full-length books. Is there an advantage to publishing more than one book on Smashwords? Yes, definitely. Think of each book as a fish hook in the ocean. Smashwords connects the hooks and creates a net by networking the books together.
You're casting a wider net. How do coupons work? Smashwords authors can use the Smashwords Coupon Generator to create custom coupon codes for readers, reviewers or contest participants. It's easy to create coupons. You can set coupons for cents or dollars off, or percentage off, free, and also set an expiration date. Coupons are a great way to build urgency for the customer to act. You can promote your coupon codes to your personal mailing list, your website, blog and social networks.
Go to your Dashboard to find the coupon generator. Smashwords Coupons work only at the Smashwords store. How can I participate in the "Special Deals" merchandising feature on the Smashwords home page? Special Deals is a continuous, automated merchandising promotion that features books on sale at Smashwords. To particiapte, visit Smashwords Coupons in your Dashboard, create a coupon for your book, and choose the option to make your coupon "public.
What is Smashwords Alerts, and how does it work? Smashwords Alerts is an exciting feature first announced August 24, Read the announcement here. Smashwords Alerts allows readers to receive automated email alerts whenever their favorite authors upload a new book. It's a great way for readers to never again miss a new book from their favorite authors. If you're an author, you can encourage your fans to subscribe to your alerts. Subscribing is easy - the reader simply visits the author's profile page at Smashwords and clicks the "Subscribe to Author Alerts" option.
Authors and publishers can track how many readers are subscribed to their alerts by visiting the Smashwords Dashboard under the "Marketing and Distribution Tools" column. Please note that due to Smashwords's strict email privacy rules, the reader's email address is never disclosed to the author or anyone else.
The reader is in full control of their subscription and can unsubscribe at any time. Can you describe the Smashwords Interviews feature? The interview is cross-linked across the Smashwords site, including your book pages, your profile page, and the Smashwords home page. You can read the original announcement at the Smashwords Blog. View other authors' interviews on the Interviews page.
To create your own Smashwords Interview, click to your Account tab, then scroll down to the option that reads, " Create or edit your interview. How long does it take my book to show up after I upload it?
Depending on the length of the ebook conversion queue, it usually takes about five minutes from the time you upload your book until it appears for sale on the Smashwords home page. The book goes live on the home page the minute the conversion completes, and then within 10 minutes the book is fully indexed within the Smashwords on-site search engine. There's no need to watch the spinning wheel on the conversion page.
You'll receive an email the moment conversion completes, and you can always check your conversion status by visiting your Dashboard.
Can I publish public domain books? If you don't control the copyright, you can't publish at Smashwords. Should I enable the Kindle format. The beauty of Smashwords from your customer's perspective is they can purchase the book once and access it in multiple formats. If they purchase direct off of their Kindle, they only get one format, and that format is burdened with DRM protection. Many Kindle users shop at Smashwords because they appreciate our unique book selection, and they appreciate that all our books are DRM-free.
So therefore, you want to make it convenient for them to purchase at Smashwords as well. What is your publishing policy regarding sexually explicit scenes, profanity or other material? Smashwords allows the publishing of written depictions of sexually explicit scenes, but we do not allow pornographic images within the books, and we do not allow erotica that depicts minors engaged willingly or unwillingly in sexual acts.
Fictional scenes of rape-for-titillation are strongly discouraged. We also prohibit the publishing of material that contains hate speech, or material that advocates violence against other people; or material that promotes racism, homophobia or xenophobia; or written materials that advocate destructive or illegal activities.
For all matter of an adult nature intended for mature audiences only, all characters depicted should clearly be adults age 18 or over, and the author should designate during the publishing process on the Publish page that the work is intended for adults only. Authors are also well-advised to include such warnings at the beginning of the book so customers are notified before reading further.
For more information, please see the Smashwords Terms of Service agreement. Retailers have cracked down on some categories of erotica. What are the guidelines to ensure maximum distribution of my erotic works? Please note that these are guidelines only. Smashwords and every Smashwords retailer maintains the right to carry or remove titles for any reason or combination of reasons. Every retailer struggles with grey areas, and since erotic fiction runs a spectrum, no retailer can fully delineate the boundaries of acceptability because every work is different, and boundaries may shift over time.
Authors who try to push the boundaries of grey are the ones who will invariably face the most scrutiny, and are the most likely to see retailers penalize their entire list. At Smashwords, we support legal erotic fiction and want to help our authors maintain maximum distribution. Unfortunately, the small number of erotic authors and publishers who pushed the line too far have resulted in a general trend toward increased crackdowns against legal erotic fiction at some retailers.
Here are our tips to maintain maximum distribution: First, carefully review the Smashwords Terms of Service. If your book doesn't meet the Smashwords ToS, it won't meet retailer requirements. However, the Smashwords ToS is more permissive than the standards set by some retailers which means that books that might be acceptable to Smashwords' Premium Catalog requirements will not be acceptable to all Smashwords retailers.
For example, not all Smashwords retailers will take erotic fiction where the primary theme is incest or pseudo-incest. These retailers don't want incest, PI, or bestiality. They don't want books where the dominant theme is rape, sexual violence, non-consent or gang bang with unwilling participants. None Smashwords included want extreme taboo erotica.
Barely legal characters who recently turned 18 years of age , while generally allowed at most retailers, will always receive special scrutiny. Similar to the Smashwords Terms of Service, no characters can be under the age of If characters are just 18 or barely over, the book's description should explicitly state that all characters are 18 or over, and the book must remain true to this claim.
Authors who try to push the lines of acceptability will invariably receive extra scrutiny for their entire list, and risk having all their books removed from Smashwords retailers, and from Smashwords as well. Most stores accept mainstream erotica, but they don't want erotica that pushes the line. When you upload erotic fiction, Smashwords will present you a supplemental questionaire which asks about the absence or present of certain taboo themes.
You must answer the questionaire honestly, otherwise you risk immediate account termination. What are examples of pushing the line? Here are the most common we see: 1.
Barely legal erotica that is really targeted at readers who desire underage erotic fiction. Excessive profanity or sexually explicit language in book descriptions. Keep book descriptions PG Cover images where the models appear underage. Cover images with floppy bits exposed or over-exposed. Book titles with profanity. Books that are truly erotic but are misclassified in non-erotic categories. Erotic fiction that contains illustrated or photographic images of nudity or people involved in sexual situations.
Erotic fiction should use words to paint pictures in the reader's imagination, not images. If it contains images, we consider it pornography, and pornography is never allowed at Smashwords or Smashwords retailers. Bottom line, act professional and don't push the line. Can I mail you my book on CD so you can upload it for me? Smashwords is a self-serve publishing service, so you must upload your book from your Internet browser. Can I publish under a pen name but be paid to my real name?
Sign in, click Account, then click Edit Account Information. If you plan to use a pen name, be sure when you sign for your Smashwords account that you choose a "screen name" that matches your pen name, because the screen name becomes part of your permanent web address for your author page.
You can locate your author page's link and screen name by clicking "Profile". Can I publish under multiple pen names? Currently, we only support one pen name per account, unless you upgrade to a Publisher account. However, if you only publish two others as a publisher, such as books written by your pen name and by your real name, then you won't achieve the anonymity that is the primary motivation for some authors to write under a pen name.
If the anonymity is not important, then upgrade to Publisher. If the anonymity is important, then the current solution is to open up a second Smashwords account attached to a different email address since each account must be tied to a unique email address. How do I credit multiple authors for a single book? Smashwords is alpha testing alpha is pre-beta a new feature that allows multiple authors to be linked to a single book. It's not yet a self-serve option. Here's how to take advantage of it: 1.
Publish your book in the account of the person who will control the book and receive payments. At the time you publish, you'll only credit the book to one author, though be sure to include all the author names in the book description, the cover image and inside the book's front matter. Please contact us to send our support team the hyperlinks to the author pages of all the authors you want attached to the book so their name appears in the "written by" metadata.
It's important to provide the link to their author page, because some authors have multiple accounts. Please also specify which author is the primary author. At most retailers, this is the author that will appear first in the list of co-authors. Choose the bestselling or best well known author because this can improve discovery if it's the first author the reader sees it won't make a huge difference, but every incremental advantage helps.
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