I just came across this wonderful page called Smashwords which has been available for some months now.

On the About page it says:

“Smashwords is an ebook publishing and distribution platform for ebook authors, publishers and readers. We offer multi-format, DRM-free ebooks, ready for immediate sampling and purchase, and readable on any e-reading device.
At Smashwords, our authors and publishers have complete control over the sampling, pricing and marketing of their written works.

Smashwords is ideal for publishing novels, short fiction, poetry, personal memoirs, monographs, non-fiction, research reports, essays, or other written forms that haven’t even been invented yet.

It’s free to publish and distribute with Smashwords.”

Authors

If you own an ebook-reader or if you have written a book yourself, you should definitely check out this site. There is a style guide available where you can learn how to prepare your documents. The source format is RTF. They encourage you to prepare your document in MS Word but you may also use OpenOffice and save as RTF.

After uploading your book there is a so-called Meatgrinder technology which converts your document into various ebook formats and make the numerous files available for download.

Resellers

If you have a blog you might want to check out their Affiliate Program. Your will receive a minimum of 11% to 80.5% of  the net sales price. What is even better is that you receive commissions on all purchases with a 48 hour period.

There are some affiliate links on the right of this article you might want to click.

Check out this YouTube video where Smashwords explained in detail: