Hi folks,
Just a forewarning... I'm going to unpublish my novels from the smashwords catalogue on Monday 9th Jan '12. This means my books will no longer be available on ebook stores such as Barnes & Noble etc that smashwords distribute to. There are a number of reasons why I'm no longer publishing through smashwords, the biggest being the piracy issues. I'm considering having my own ebook store where readers can download epubs of my novels for their nook but until then my books will only be available through kindle. I know it's a pain in the behind but until Barnes & Noble change their policy and allow non-US residents to publish through pubIt! I won't have my ebooks available in epub (unless you're a reviewer).
I'm giving the heads up over the weekend and would really appreciate you guys spreading the word so that readers who have downloaded books 1 and 2 in a series can download book 3 while it's still available in epub - I'm thinking of those folks who have been reading Warriors of Ankh in particular because book 3 has just come out.... so if you have a Nook and you've been waiting on Shades of Blood to hit BN you can download it now for Nook in epub from Smashwords instead - http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/111333
The situation isn't ideal, I know, and I'm hoping to have a system all in place by the end of April. In the meantime the books are of course available for kindle (and remember, you don't need a kindle device to download and read kindle books... you can download onto your computer).
So... they'll be unpublished from Monday 9th Jan.
Cheers guys
Sam x
Yikes, sorry that piracy is happening to your books. Sad that they won't be available on BN for at least a while, but I know you're making the right choice for you.
ReplyDeleteThank Alex. Yeah piracy is such a pain in the ass so this is the way to go for now. I'm going to try and get it sorted out as soon as I can and of course I'll have personal epub copies created when distributing review e-arc copies
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Thanks for the heads up. I have yet to get Shades of Blood and need to do so before January because I need to know how the story ends. I hope things don't get too crazy and you find a way to get everything sorted out.
ReplyDeleteAlso sorry about the piracy, some people just don't care.
Thanks Nicole... I know, I don't understand the whole piracy thing, especially considering my books are fairly cheap to download. Oh well. Hopefully get it all sorted out soon.
ReplyDeleteAnd fingers crossed you enjoy Shades of Blood! :-)
I hear you Samantha. I just pulled all of my books off of Smashwords a few days ago as well. I've been told about a service that searches out pirated versions of your book and automatically takes them down. I'll pass on the information as soon as I find out more!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Keary, that would be awesome! Piracy is such a huge spoilsport for us so I'd really appreciate any service that could help. I think Smashwords may need to rethink their own service or they'll see themselves losing more authors.
ReplyDeleteP.S. Massive congrats on the film rights news for Eden. I cannot wait to see it hit the big screen! :-)