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Mark Coker

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Writer of short science fiction. Also gardener, husband, founder of Smashwords, patent-holding inventor, and Chief Strategy Officer and board member of Draft2Digital, the leading distributor of indie ebooks.

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Science Fiction Shorts:

Drone Wars
- the future of drone warfare; the urge to look away
The Fish of Terran 19
- mmm...fish
The Conclave
- mmm...chicken
La Petite Mort (novella)
- learn french

Long Fiction:
Boob Tube
- novel of the behind-the-scenes of daytime Hollywood soap operas back in the day.

Non-fiction:
The Smashwords Style Guide (how to create and format an ebook); The Smashwords Book Marketing Guide (how to market any book); The 10-Minute PR Checklist (how to implement a strategic PR program)

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Average rating: 3.9 · 1,981 ratings · 319 reviews · 14 distinct works • Similar authors

	Smashwords Style Guide - How to Format Your Ebook (Smashwords Guides 1) 4.05 avg rating — 623 ratings — published 2008 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Smashwords Book Marketing Guide - How to Market any Book for Free: 65 Book Marketing Ideas (Smashwords Guides 2) 3.94 avg rating — 615 ratings — published 2008 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Secrets to Ebook Publishing Success 4.04 avg rating — 460 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Boob Tube (a soap opera novel) by Mark Coker (Goodreads Author), Lesleyann Coker 2.92 avg rating — 184 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Drone Wars 4.14 avg rating — 35 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Conclave 3.72 avg rating — 25 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fish of Terran 19 3.71 avg rating — 17 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The 10 Minute Public Relations Checklist - How to Earn the PR You Deserve 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Mark Coker liked UP Hedgey's review of The Conclave: "A quick read about the only successful biodome on Mars. As the story concludes you find that success has a disturbing price. Like his last short this leaves me looking for more of Mark's shorts."
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Mark Coker liked Mandy White's review of The Conclave: "Deliciously dark This deliciously dark tale contains all the ingredients I enjoy in a story. It's science fiction that gradually morphs into horror as the story develops. The twist at the end is one I started to suspect about two-thirds of the way thr" Read more of this review »
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“All writers and their readers should stand up and voice their opposition to financial services companies censoring books. Authors should have the freedom to publish legal fiction, and readers should have the freedom to read what they want.”
― Mark Coker

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“Think of platform building as building a fire. Each platform-building activity adds another twig or log to the fire.”
― Mark Coker, Secrets to Ebook Publishing Success

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“I thought if anyone could have the freedom to publish a blog post or video online, and have their work judged by their audience as opposed to a gatekeeper, then why not a book?”
― Mark Coker, Smashwords Book Marketing Guide - How to Market any Book for Free: 65 Book Marketing Ideas

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