Smashwords is Mark Coker created book publishing platform & channel of retailers, sites, bookstore & libraries also very good existing which is linkedin approx. half to one million such channels which is very useful & effective for book marketing.
There more diverse among the Belt-Road.
China Belt-Road region focused on the One Belt and One Road of The Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st Century Maritime Silk Road in the ancient Chinese silk traders were road the belt for merchant silk & banking finance. Bangladesh is Belt-Road member states. Ancient we learned business & capitalism from China traders on which today’s super power America’s economy was built.
We can’t avoid the beliefs of people because many a people live & hope on it.
Buddhism are very inbuilt with the Mahabharat Family States.
I born & rised in the Mahabharat Family (states) country Republic of Bangladesh which is also under British Commonwealth royal throne and in the China Belt-Road regions. So it is very influencing of my writing due the Great Bharat history, culture, society and practice of life & livelihood together .