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Worlds largest ebook distributor for indie authors and small independent presses. Last week i presented a series of four 90minute workshops on ebook publishing at the pacific northwest writers conference in seattle. If you publish with amazon kdp, there is no restriction at all on publishing and selling your ebooks. Publishing your ebook is changing on smashwords the book. Smashwords how to publish an ebook with smashwords. How to publish ebooks for free on smashwords youtube. Learn how fast, free and easy it is to self publish an ebook. For faster answers, check these links before you email us authors publishers.
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