Multi-platform ebook distribution retailer Smashwords announced on its blog yesterday that it has introduced a gifting feature that allows users to give ebooks from its catalogs as gifts simply by ...

Apple initially named five of the top six major publishers as launch partners for its iBookstore for the iPad. More recently, we heard that two independent publishers had signed deals to provide ...

Self-publishing platform Smashwords has just unveiled its biggest website redesign since it launched in 2008. In a blog post, founder Mark Coker said: We made hundreds of changes large and small. We ...

Smashwords has developed a new tool that company founder Mark Coker hopes will redress what he sees as the imbalance that has developed between indie authors and publishers with some online retailers.