November Writing Challenges for Authors

November Writing Challenges for Authors

by | October 31, 2025 | Author How-To & Mindset | 0 Comments

Welcome to November, Authors! As we move on from spooky season, we enter a month historically known by authors as a chance to put words on paper and attempt to write a book in a month. Unfortunately, the organization responsible for National Novel Writing Month is no...
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How to Distribute to Libraries

How to Distribute to Libraries

by | October 23, 2025 | The Indie Advantage | 0 Comments

You probably noticed that ebook library distribution was a hot topic in indie social feeds the last several weeks. A rumor that Amazon would allow authors enrolled in their exclusivity program, KDP Select, to distribute ebooks to libraries sounded too good to be true....
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Checking In with Dale Roberts // EP243

by | September 18, 2025 | Self Publishing Insiders Podcast | 0 Comments

Dale Roberts from Self Publishing with Dale joins us to talk about his latest book, Email Marketing for Authors, and his outlook on the indie publishing space. ...
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Discover Your Author Mindset

Discover Your Author Mindset // EP240

by | August 28, 2025 | Self Publishing Insiders Podcast | 0 Comments

Adrienne Giordano takes her 30 years of experience to empower authors by fostering growth, accountability, and a good author mindset. ...
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Relive D2D Print Day on a chalk board.

Relive D2D Print Day!

by | August 27, 2025 | D2D Print, Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Earlier this year, Draft2Digital hosted a day to talk about Print Publishing. led by the marvelous Mark Leslie Lefebvre. D2D Print Day had 7 Digital Sessions designed to give indie authors insight into publishing print books, all originally hosted live for authors who...
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Migration Missive #2

by | Jun 6, 2024 |

To keep up with these updates, please visit our main Migration Updates page. This week we started migrating accounts again after a roughly two week hiatus while we resolved a couple of issues. During this time, around 2,500 accounts completed the migration...

Migration Missive #1

by | May 29, 2024 |

Welcome to the first of many account migration updates. It's been a busy couple of years and we are actively moving author and publisher accounts from the Smashwords system to the Draft2Digital system. To keep up with these updates, please visit our main Migration...

Checking In with Dale Roberts // EP243

by | September 18, 2025 | Self Publishing Insiders Podcast | 0 Comments

Dale Roberts from Self Publishing with Dale joins us to talk about his latest book, Email Marketing for Authors, and his outlook on the indie publishing space. ...
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Discover Your Author Mindset

Discover Your Author Mindset // EP240

by | August 28, 2025 | Self Publishing Insiders Podcast | 0 Comments

Adrienne Giordano takes her 30 years of experience to empower authors by fostering growth, accountability, and a good author mindset. ...
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Writing with Dictation // EP239

by | August 21, 2025 | Self Publishing Insiders Podcast | 0 Comments

Sarah Elisabeth Sawyer talks about how authors can use dictation in their writing process and the benefits it offers! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYHpIWAzXq8 Episode Notes Sarah...
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Public Relations for Indie Authors

Public Relations for Indie Authors // EP238

by | August 14, 2025 | Self Publishing Insiders Podcast | 0 Comments

Jason Jones, founder of Jones Literary, joins us to talk about how authors should be using public relations, as well as his Local PR Toolkit. ...
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Successful Social Media without Virality

Successful Social Media without Virality // EP237

by | August 7, 2025 | Self Publishing Insiders Podcast | 0 Comments

Walt Mussell joins us to talk about the ways authors can use social media to their advantage, even if they haven't gone mega-viral. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB2UWW-e0d8...
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Escape the Self-Publishing Rat Race with Johnny B. Truant

Escape the Self-Publishing Rat Race with Johnny B. Truant // EP236

by | July 31, 2025 | Self Publishing Insiders Podcast | 0 Comments

Episode Summary Johnny B. Truant joins us to talk about his upcoming project, The Artisan Author, and how authors can thrive and become bulletproof in the age of over-production and AI. [simplecast-embed...
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Recapping Europe's Biggest Indie Author Conference

Recapping Europe’s Biggest Indie Author Conference // EP235

by | July 24, 2025 | Self Publishing Insiders Podcast | 0 Comments

Episode Summary James Blatch joins us to talk about The Self Publishing Show Live's annual conference that took place in London and what authors took from the event! ...
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How to Select the Perfect Cover with Nick Thacker

How to Select the Perfect Cover with Nick Thacker // EP234

by | July 17, 2025 | Self Publishing Insiders Podcast | 0 Comments

Episode Summary Nick Thacker, VP of Author Success and head of bookcovers.com, joins Jim to discuss the things authors have to keep in mind when selecting the perfect cover for their book. [simplecast-embed...
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Make the Most of Your Smashwords Summer/Winter Sale!

Make the Most of Your Smashwords Summer/Winter Sale! // EP233

by | July 10, 2025 | Self Publishing Insiders Podcast | 0 Comments

Episode Summary Mark and Jim discuss tips and tricks for authors looking to get the most out of their Smashwords Summer/Winter Sale! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4_6hXIZzqw&t...
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Don't Quit Before the Miracle

Don’t Quit Before the Miracle // EP232

by | July 3, 2025 | Self Publishing Insiders Podcast | 0 Comments

Episode Summary Steffanie Holmes joins us to talk about perseverance and getting to the miracle moment in your career that changes everything. ...
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