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	<title>Gigaom Search &#187; Companies &#187; Smashwords</title>
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		<title>One big way that book publishing startups can succeed now</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2015/03/07/one-big-way-that-book-publishing-startups-can-succeed-now/</link>
		<comments>http://gigaom.com/2015/03/07/one-big-way-that-book-publishing-startups-can-succeed-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2015 18:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s been more than seven years since the introduction of the first Kindle. Ebooks market share seems to be stabilizing at around one third of total books sold in the U.S. according&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Ebooks in 2015: Dull new world</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2015/01/01/ebooks-in-2015-dull-new-world/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2015/01/01/ebooks-in-2015-dull-new-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2015 19:50:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Owen]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ebooks are feeling a bit hungover heading into the new year. The 50 Shades of Grey exuberance of 2011 and 2012 feels long ago. The first seemingly viable ebook subscription services launched&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Self-published ebook site Smashwords expands to more libraries in deal with Overdrive</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/05/20/self-published-ebook-site-smashwords-expands-to-more-libraries-in-deal-with-overdrive/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2014/05/20/self-published-ebook-site-smashwords-expands-to-more-libraries-in-deal-with-overdrive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2014 11:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Owen]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More self-published ebooks are coming to a library near you, as self-publishing site Smashwords partners with Overdrive, the country's largest digital library distributor.]]></description>
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		<title>Apple, Amazon and the uncertain future of the book startup</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/05/10/apple-amazon-and-the-uncertain-future-of-the-book-startup/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2014/05/10/apple-amazon-and-the-uncertain-future-of-the-book-startup/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2014 15:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Owen]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[consumer electronics manufacturers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Startups]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Book startups face a number of challenges -- not least of which is the fact that they are competing with Amazon.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>41</slash:comments>
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		<title>Here&#8217;s how much Smashwords authors will get paid through ebook subscription service Oyster</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2013/10/25/heres-how-much-smashwords-authors-will-get-paid-through-ebook-subscription-service-oyster/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2013/10/25/heres-how-much-smashwords-authors-will-get-paid-through-ebook-subscription-service-oyster/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2013 18:48:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Owen]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Smashwords authors who make their ebooks available through ebook subscription service Oyster will get 60 percent of their book's list price if an Oyster user reads at least 10 percent of it.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t price your ebook at $1.99</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2013/09/23/dont-price-your-ebook-at-1-99/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2013/09/23/dont-price-your-ebook-at-1-99/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2013 12:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Owen]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[mark coker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Lefebvre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self-publishing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Evidence from Kobo's self-publishing platform, Writing Life, suggests that $1.99 is a bad price for ebooks. That's corroborated by recent data from self-publishing site Smashwords.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>28</slash:comments>
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		<title>What&#8217;s the best price for a self-published ebook? $3.99, Smashwords research suggests</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2013/05/09/whats-the-best-price-for-a-self-published-ebook-3-99-smashwords-research-suggests/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2013/05/09/whats-the-best-price-for-a-self-published-ebook-3-99-smashwords-research-suggests/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 16:44:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Owen]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Self-publishing platform and distributor Smashwords analyzed ebook sales for nearly a year. CEO Mark Coker draws some interesting conclusions on the best way to price a self-published ebook.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>iTunes launches Breakout Books section to highlight self-published titles</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2013/02/05/itunes-launches-breakout-books-section-to-highlight-self-published-titles/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2013/02/05/itunes-launches-breakout-books-section-to-highlight-self-published-titles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:18:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Owen]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apple has launched a new section of the iBookstore, "Breakout Books," that highlights popular ebooks from self-published authors.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Simon &amp; Schuster launches self-publishing arm with Author Solutions</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2012/11/27/simon-schuster-launches-self-publishing-arm-with-author-solutions/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2012/11/27/simon-schuster-launches-self-publishing-arm-with-author-solutions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Owen]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Colleen Hoover]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jamie McGuire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Weiss]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Simon &#38; Schuster hopes to get a piece of the rapidly growing self-publishing market in its new partnership with Author Solutions. The companies are launching a self-publishing service, Archway, that will&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Bowker: Number of self-published books up 287% since 2006</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2012/10/24/bowker-number-of-self-published-books-up-287-since-2006/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2012/10/24/bowker-number-of-self-published-books-up-287-since-2006/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Owen]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New statistics from Bowker show that the self-publishing industry in the United States is growing rapidly, with four companies dominating the space. Amazon's CreateSpace accounts for the most self-published print books,&#8230;]]></description>
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