Smashwords Signs with Apple for iPad eBook Distribution

Smashwords has inked a deal with Apple to make all the titles in its premium catalog available through Apple’s iBooks. The Smashwords premium catalog is the selection of titles the company distributes beyond its own Web site, to eBookstores like Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and now iBooks. To qualify for inclusion in the premium catalog, Smashwords authors must secure an ISBN for their eBooks as well as meet a few other guidelines. To get into the iBookstore presumably by launch, Smashwords authors must have their books accepted into the premium catalog by 3/31.