Do ebook preorders with Smashwords!

Benefits of preorders:

  1. Sell more - Books that originate as preorders sell significantly more copies, on average, than books that are released without a preorder.
  2. Smarter marketing - Preorders enable more effective advance marketing of your book. Capture the reader's order at the moment you have their attention and interest!
  3. Same day availability - Preorders enable your book to go onsale at multiple retailers the same day.
  4. Earn higher sales rank - At Apple Books, the world's second largest global ebook seller, all accumulated preorders earned during your preorder period credit toward your book's first-day sales rank. This causes your book to spike higher in sales rank. A higher sales rank increases the visibility, desirability and sales of your book.
  5. Book Not Finished Yet? No Problem! - Our "Metadata Only" preorder option, aka "assetless" preorder, allows you to establish a preorder up to 12 months in advance, even before you have a manuscript or cover.

Visit our preorder help page, or listen now to Episode 4 of the Smart Author Podcast , to learn how to make preorders work for you!

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