I haven sold any books on Smashwords. Whats wrong?
Although some Smashwords authors sell books at Smashwords within minutes or days of publishing with us, some Smashwords authors never sell a single book. There are multiple potential reasons, but based on our experience the primary reason is lack of marketing on the part of the author. Since Smashwords is a self-service platform, and we don’t charge you anything to publish or distribute at Smashwords, it’s your responsibility as the author or publisher to get out there and generate demand for you book. To help you market your book, Mark Coker created the Smashwords Book Marketing Guide, filled with over two dozen actionable marketing ideas, all of which are free to implement.
Although some Smashwords authors sell books at Smashwords within minutes or hours of publishing with us, some Smashwords authors never sell a single book. There are multiple potential reasons, but based on our experience the primary reason is lack of marketing on the part of the author. Since Smashwords is a self-service platform, and we don’t charge you anything to publish or distribute at Smashwords. It’s your responsibility as the author or publisher to get out there and generate demand for your book. To help you market your book, we created the Smashwords Book Marketing Guide, filled with over two dozen book marketing ideas, all of which are free to implement. As we expand our distribution network to more and retailers, most Smashwords authors will generate the most sales from our retail partners.
