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'''Smashwords, Inc.''', based in [[Los Gatos, California]], is a platform for [[self-publishing]] [[e-book]]s. The company, founded by Mark Coker, began public operation in 2008<ref name = "sfgate">{{Cite news | title = Smashwords gets e-books to market |url = http://articles.sfgate.com/2011-05-09/business/30223603_1_e-books-mike-shatzkin-kindle |work=San Francisco Chronicle|first=Ilana |last=DeBare |date=2011-05-12 |access-date = 2011-12-29}}</ref> and was acquired by Draft2Digital, LLC in <ref>{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=Porter |date=2022-02-09 |title=A Merger in Self-Publishing: Draft2Digital's Acquisition of Smashwords |url=https://publishingperspectives.com/2022/02/a-merger-in-self-publishing-draft2digitals-acquisition-of-smashwords/ |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=Publishing Perspectives |language=en-US}}</ref>2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-08 |title=Draft2Digital to Acquire Smashwords, Creating Self-Publishing Juggernaut |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/draft2digital-acquire-smashwords-creating-self-153000396.html |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=Yahoo Finance |language=en-US}}</ref>
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