PUBLISHED NOV/DEC 2019 interview by Alexa Schlosser, Managing Editor, IBPA Independent magazine — The history of Smashwords—the world’s largest distributor of indie e-books—as told by the founder, as well as his thoughts on the future of e-book publishing. Mark Coker didn’t mean to get into e-book publishing. Prior to the founding of Smashwords in 2008, …

PUBLISHED SEPT/OCT 2019 by David Marlin, Co-Founder, MetaComet Systems — An abundance of digital sales platforms has given independent publishers exciting new routes to market—but with them have come new challenges around sales reporting and royalties. It is a headache familiar to many independent publishers handling their own digital distribution. You receive perhaps a dozen …

PUBLISHED JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2019 by Kelly Peterson, Director of Client Services, INscribe Digital — The rise of indie publishing is a breaking wave. But what is the sea behind it? As Vladimir Nabokov said, “The breaking of a wave cannot explain the whole sea.” The breaking wave we see now is the rise of indie publishing: …