Based on our record, Archive of Our Own seems to be a lot more popular than SmashWords. While we know about 627 links to Archive of Our Own, we've tracked only 8 mentions of SmashWords. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
Would check out this small book series written from the woman from smashwords.com which is more like her own personal memoir of what she went through in life with religion as well called "Disguised as a Man: Malachi Martin & Me" with a picture she took from his archives of him while they were together, with him younger on the front of the ebook series. She goes into minute detail of how they met in New York and... Source: 8 months ago
I also know that there is ebooks.com and smashwords.com, but I've never really used them and the prices always come up in dollars to me. Source: about 1 year ago
Really nasty? Go to smashwords.com and search for what you're looking for, and when you find it, buy it, read it, then write a story like that, only better. Source: over 2 years ago
eBooks.com and smashwords.com for DRM-free eBooks, the latter self-published works. Source: over 2 years ago
This question makes me think really hard, lol. You may not get much hand holding from most self-publishing platform companies. They'll have forums and/or Q/A's for you to refer to. I had to do a lot of research, reading other self-published authors journey's and Googling to answer my questions. Most self-publishing is trial and error, if you don't have a mentor/coach who has already taken that path and could walk... Source: over 2 years ago
I'm not sure how much value making something "not fugly" really matters. Design should be based on functionality, not anti-fugliness. In my experience, design considerations should come after building a successful growth "feedback loop." (Or whatever you want to call it.) At that point, you may decide making your website look "polished" isn't even necessary. IMDB was certainly quite ugly for a long time.... - Source: Hacker News / 17 days ago
On Archive Of Our Own , the theme for International Fanworks Day 2021 was fandoms/relationships that aren't well represented on the site. Based on an idea I'd had going back to 1992, I picked Mariah Carey and wrote this story. There are only 11 stories/works) about or involving Mariah on the site. Hell, she's been around 33 years and her first name still gets the red squiggle under it, meaning her name... Source: 5 months ago
It's the top-10 romantic relationships written about BG3 characters on AO3, the largest fanfiction website on the internet. Source: 5 months ago
For those not in the know, AO3 (the ArchiveOfOurOwn) is the largest (I think?) fanfiction website on the internet. Its interests are pretty different! ;). Source: 5 months ago
Elysian Fields is the place for Spuffy fanfic! I recommend doing an Advanced Search - you can search for and sort by word count, likes, etc. (similar to Archive of Our Own, also a place with Spuffy fics but not quite as user-friendly as EF). Source: 5 months ago
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