Smashwords

Jim Azevedo, Smashwords Marketing Director, May 16, 2020 Webinar

The meeting will take place from the comfort of your own home, on your computer, using Zoom videoconferencing. You’ll need to register in advance for this meeting. It’s easy—just give us your name and email address (click the reservation link below). Please Note: Special Time  MEETING AGENDA 12:45 p.m. – Meet online 1:00 p.m. – […]

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TVW 3rd Writers Conference, Robert Dugoni, April 13, 2019

California Writers Club Tri-Valley Branch is pleased to announce its third full-day writers conference featuring keynote speaker Robert Dugoni on Saturday, April 13, 2019. Dugoni is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Amazon bestselling author as well as the winner of 2015 Nancy Pearl Award for fiction. He has twice been a finalist for

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Mark Coker “How to E-Publish and Sell Your Book” March 17, 2018

Mark Coker, a former Silicon Valley publicist, started Smashwords in 2008 with the lofty goal of using technology to democratize publishing—allowing writers to appeal directly to readers without having to deal with gatekeepers such as agents and editors. To date, Smashwords has published over 475,000 books. Smashwords is a no cost, no frills, way to

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April 18, 2015: Writers Conference

California Writers Club Tri-Valley Branch is pleased to announce its first full-day writers conference featuring Keynote Speaker, RITA Award® winning author and Christy finalist, Shelley Adina. Shelley is the author of twenty-four novels published by Harlequin, Time Warner, and Hachette Book Group, and seven published by Moonshell Books, Inc., her own independent press. Join us along

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Mark Coker, Smashwords – The Seven Secrets to Ebook Publishing Success

Mark Coker, founder of Smashwords, will provide an information–packed primer on ebook publishing. Attendees will learn best practices to easily produce, publish, distribute and market an ebook. The presentation draws upon Mark’s experience helping over 11,000 Smashwords authors publish and distribute over 25,000 ebooks. Smashwords is based in Los Gatos. The company operates the world’s

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