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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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	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 — 616 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 — 461 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 2.93 avg rating — 185 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
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	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 James's review of La Petite Mort: "Speculative fiction for social commentary.. if you understand it for what it says about the human race you will go far in life. Enjoy."
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Mark Coker and 5 other people liked Meenaz Lodhi's review of The Fish of Terran 19: "This book seemed a speculative SciFi short story. Daunting, exciting, it left me wondering who were the “fish”, who were the aliens..it even left me with shudders at the end! Going to read another shorty by Mark Coker, Conclave. "
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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.”
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“Think of platform building as building a fire. Each platform-building activity adds another twig or log to the fire.”
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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?”
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