Smashwords: Farewell Sony Reader Store

So that's why.

Panzer found this announcement from yesterday at the Smashwords blog. In the post Mark Coker explains why Sony is leaving the ebook market. He includes information for those who bought their ebooks at the Sony store and for Smashwords authors (like Panzer and me) whose ebooks were sold there.

I've always wondered why our sales were so low at the Sony store, when they were so good everywhere else. Mark's post explains it all.

To read about Sony's closure, tootle over to Smashwords: Farewell Sony Reader Store: Goodbye to our friends at the Sony Reader Store. Sony today announced the imminent closure of its Sony Reader Store in the US and Cana...