In this episode of The Future of Publishing, Mr. Coker shares his thoughts and strategies on evening the playing field for independent authors. He gives his prescient predictions on where the self-publishing phenomenon is headed. Without holding back, he voices his strongly felt views on the dangers to book publishing engendered by the ever-increasing industry consolidation, especially at retail.

Mark Coker
Mark Coker is Founder, CEO and Chief Author Advocate of Smashwords, the leading ebook distributor serving indie authors, small presses and literary agents. Since its 2008 launch, Smashwords has been used to publish close to half a million ebooks by 130,000+ authors. In June 2012, Forbes profiled Mark in a feature story titled, Apple's Biggest (Unknown) Supplier of E-Books. In both 2013 and 2014, Forbes Magazine named Smashwords one of America's Top 100 Most Promising Companies. In 2014, INC. Magazine named Smashwords to its INC 500 list of America's fastest growing private companies.