{"id":567,"date":"2013-08-21T00:59:09","date_gmt":"2013-08-21T04:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertwlucas.com\/wordpress\/?p=567"},"modified":"2021-12-06T10:13:30","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T15:13:30","slug":"new-smashwords-research-helps-authors-and-publishers-sell-more-ebooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertwlucas.com\/wordpress\/new-smashwords-research-helps-authors-and-publishers-sell-more-ebooks\/","title":{"rendered":"New Smashwords Research Helps Authors and Publishers Sell More Ebooks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okay I admit it&#8230;with creating content for three blogs and working on a rewrite of my customer service textbook, I have fallen behind on my reading.\u00a0 That is too bad since there is a lot of interesting things happening in the publishing and writing industries. For example, Smashwords released a study that provides a lot of valuable statistics on everything from the best size for eBooks to the pricing strategy being used by self published eBook authors.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about what the study revealed, check out this link to the Huffington Post article (then come back here to read more articles)!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/mark-coker\/new-smashwords-research-h_b_3278022.html\">http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/mark-coker\/new-smashwords-research-h_b_3278022.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For ideas and strategies on how to create a personal brand, market and sell more books, get a copy of <em><a title=\"self publishing, electronic books, publishing industry\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00CHXCAA6\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00CHXCAA6&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=rwlnfw-20\">Make Money Writing Books: Proven Profit Making Strategies for Authors<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay I admit it&#8230;with creating content for three blogs and working on a rewrite of my customer service textbook, I have fallen behind on my reading.\u00a0 That is too bad since there is a lot of interesting things happening in the publishing and writing industries. 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