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Smashwords, Inc., based in Los Gatos, California, is a platform for self-publishing e-books.The company, founded by Mark Coker, began public operation in 2008 [1] and was acquired by Draft2Digital, LLC in [2] 2022.
In Canada, the copyright period for works is 70 years after the year the author has died. [3] Therefore, if the book was published during the author's lifetime and the author died 71 years ago or more, the book is in the Canadian public domain. Project Gutenberg Canada has received permission to redistribute books still under copyright in some ...
This subscription fee has been in place since at least April 2008. In addition, sellers pay a percentage fee for each book sold via the websites. [15] AbeBooks initially offered its services for a flat listings fee, based on the number of titles listed for sale. The model was changed in the early 2000s to include a commission on sales.
Gumroad is an e-commerce platform that allows creators to sell products directly to their audience. The platform was founded by Sahil Lavingia in 2011 and is based in San Francisco, California . Gumroad enables creators to sell digital products, such as e-books , music , videos , software , and physical goods .
In 2012, Wired named Kobo as the "only global competitor to Amazon [in the eBook market]" [43] with over 20 % of the worldwide market. [44] Kobo Inc. released eBook reading data collected from over 21 million readers worldwide in 2014. Some of the data said that only 45 % of UK readers finished the bestselling eBook The Goldfinch. [45]
Online only: An Italian meta-search site offering over 10 million titles. Matrubharti India: Online only: An India-based publisher and portal for free self-published eBooks in English and Indian regional languages. Powell's Books United States: Retail and online: A chain of brick and mortar stores that also sells online, based out of Portland ...
An ebook (short for electronic book), also spelled as e-book or eBook, is a book publication made available in electronic form, consisting of text, images, or both, readable on the flat-panel display of computers or other electronic devices. [1]
These stolen titles may retain a permanent metadata record on Google Books, Goodreads and Ingram if assigned an ISBN (Kindle Direct Publishing offers authors of print books a "free KDP ISBN" option which immediately places any assigned title into Bowker and Ingram's databases), although many plagiarized titles also occur in the form of Kindle ...