Discover Your Author Mindset

Discover Your Author Mindset // EP240

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

Relive D2D Print Day!

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...

Writing with Dictation // EP239

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...
Public Relations for Indie Authors

Public Relations for Indie Authors // EP238

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. ...
A Guide to Payment Splitting with Draft2Digital

A Guide to Payment Splitting with Draft2Digital

At Draft2Digital, it’s our mission to help authors become more successful. We strive to accomplish this mission by providing free educational resources, innovative publishing and distribution tools, free promotional opportunities, and efficient management tools so you...
Everand is the New Home for Books with Scribd!

Everand is the New Home for Books with Scribd!

Scribd, the first company to offer a reading subscription service and one of Draft2Digital’s largest retail partners, has changed the name of its “reading & knowledge” platform to Everand. In the days, weeks and months ahead, you may notice the name change on some...

Smashwords Bestsellers of the Week – November 7

Smashwords Bestsellers of the Week – November 7

Our team is spending the week with authors at 20 Books Vegas, so be sure to say hi if you're attending this year's conference! And if you're one of this week's Smashwords bestsellers, be sure to let us know so we can congratulate you in person! Here is our top fiction...

Smashwords Bestsellers of the Week – October 31

Smashwords Bestsellers of the Week – October 31

Happy Halloween! We've reached the end of yet another month of Smashwords readers filling their ereaders. We're here to showcase the books that ended the spookiest month strong. Congratulations to our bestsellers from last week! Here is our top fiction for the week!...

Halloween Horrors: D2D’s Top 13 Horror Books

Halloween Horrors: D2D’s Top 13 Horror Books

To celebrate the arrival of Halloween, we wanted to showcase the top performers in our spooky genres. This means sharing the top 13 titles across the horror and paranormal genres with D2D and Smashwords. These are the top performers from the last month! They Move...

Discover Your Author Mindset

Discover Your Author Mindset // EP240

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

Writing with Dictation // EP239

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...
Public Relations for Indie Authors

Public Relations for Indie Authors // EP238

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. ...
Successful Social Media without Virality

Successful Social Media without Virality // EP237

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

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

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...
Recapping Europe's Biggest Indie Author Conference

Recapping Europe’s Biggest Indie Author Conference // EP235

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! ...
How to Select the Perfect Cover with Nick Thacker

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

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

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

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...
Don't Quit Before the Miracle

Don’t Quit Before the Miracle // EP232

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

Ask Our Promotions Team Anything // EP231

Episode Summary It's been too long since Megan and Mark joined Jim to talk about the work our promotions team does at Draft2Digital. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR7CGzRz-E8...

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