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| Founded | 2008 |
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| Founder | Mark Coker |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | Los Gatos, California |
| Distribution | Worldwide |
| Official website | www |
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.[3]
Authors and independent publishers upload their manuscripts as electronic files to the service, which converts them into multiple e-book formats for various devices. Once published, the books are made available for sale online at a price set by the author or independent publisher.
- ^ DeBare, Ilana (2011-05-12). "Smashwords gets e-books to market". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
- ^ Anderson, Porter (2022-02-09). "A Merger in Self-Publishing: Draft2Digital's Acquisition of Smashwords". Publishing Perspectives. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
- ^ "Draft2Digital to Acquire Smashwords, Creating Self-Publishing Juggernaut". Yahoo Finance. 2022-02-08. Retrieved 2023-10-16.