Operation eBook Drop began with author and army veteran Edward C Patterson after a chance encounter with a soldier stationed in Iraq who mentioned having a Kindle, but not being able to download any books.
Friday, Smashwords authors received a lengthy email from Smashwords CEO Mark Coker announcing that distribution through major retailers is in the works, “the first of which is Barnes & Noble and their various properties including Barnesandnoble.com, Fictionwise and their eReader app.”
I am anxiously awaiting the delivery of my very own Kindle 2. This is something I have wanted to own since I first saw the promotions on Amazon.com prior to the release of the original Kindle.
Wordclay has teamed up with Smashwords and is running a great deal this month on E-Book formatting. For just $75.00 (regularly $150) Wordclay will properly format your manuscript for you to be sold as an E-book in 9 different formats on Smashwords.
With Amazon.com launching its Kindle DX last week, it seems E-reading isn’t going away anytime soon. It’s only going to get bigger and better.
Read an E-Book Week is March 8th through the 14th, but you don’t need a Sony E-reader or Amazon Kindle to participate. There are lots of Ebooks available from Lulu which can be downloaded right to your desktop as a PDF file.
