Today’s post is all about Smashwords.com because Any Tomorrow: The Calling has finally been accepted into the Smashwords Premium Catalog. This means that, besides being listed on the Smashwords website, it will be distributed to a range of other sellers also. The following schedule was provided for distribution.
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Channel |
Next Shipment to Channel |
Notes |
| Barnes & Noble | Every Thursday or Friday | Books appear approx 2 weeks after we ship |
| Sony | Every Thursday or Friday | Books appear approx 2 weeks after we ship |
| Kobo | Every Thursday or Friday | Books appear approx 2 weeks after we ship |
| Amazon | To Be Determined | Ship date TBD. Smashwords and Amazon are working to complete technical integration. |
| Apple | Every Thursday or Friday | Books appear approx 1 week after we ship |
| Diesel | Every Thursday or Friday | |
| Scrollmotion | To Be Determined |
I submitted Any Tomorrow: The Calling to Smashwords on May 1st.
Any Tomorrow: The Calling finished conversion on May11th.
Any Tomorrow: The Calling was accepted into the Smashwords Premium Catalog on May 23rd.
By the posted schedule it should be available at Apple next week, and at Barnes and Noble, Sony, and Kobo around the week of June 10th.
So, roughly it takes about six weeks to work through the whole process with Smashwords. And that’s okay. Now I no longer have to worry about what was holding up the process. Now I have real experience to gauge the timeline of the process with. I can’t wait to see what happens next.
Have you had a similar experience with Smashwords? How about other distributors? Share your experience or any other comments you might have by leaving a comment. Thanks!
© Copyright 2011 by Kevin Fraleigh.
My book Even Angels Need Miracles took about three or four weeks for premium catalog acceptance. It was distributed to Sony, Apple, Nook, a few others. The one that I want the most and is taking the longest is Amazon. Each time I check the distribution status I see the same message.
Smashwords and Amazon are working to complete technical integration.
Not sure what needs to be worked out or how long, but it’s frustrating that teh largest e-book distributor is not yet a challen for me.
You can wait for Smashwords and Amazon to see eye to eye or you can use kdp.amazon.com publishing without the ISBN that you used for Smashwords. I love Smashwords, and hope one day that Amazon loves Smashwords as well. If you decide to do the publishing for Kindle at Kindle, be sure to opt out from Amazon at your Smashwords dashboard.