Time to Enroll in the 2026 Read An Ebook Week Sale at Smashwords!

Our favorite week of the year is approaching! You can enroll now for Read an Ebook Week, a week-long celebration of ebooks and the readers who love them, running March 1-7. For the first time, there is no deadline to enroll for D2D authors. You can add or remove books...
D2D Authors Draft2Digital can get your ebooks into indie bookstores with Bookshops.org

Bookshop.org and Draft2Digital Partner, Enabling Independent Bookstores to Profit from Self-Published Ebooks

New York, NY – February 4, 2026 – Bookshop.org, the online platform championing independent bookstores, today announced a new partnership with Draft2Digital, the leading digital publishing and distribution platform for independent authors and publishers. Through this...
2025 Year in Review

2025 Recap: A Year in Review with D2D

If you’re reading this, you deserve a huge pat on the back. You survived the holidays, the new year, and the decade that 2025 seemed to be. We’re so happy you’re here with us. The following is a recap of some of the more noteworthy items D2D shared with you in 2025 to...
A Primer on Draft2Digital’s Sales Reporting

A Primer on Draft2Digital’s Sales Reporting

One of the advantages of publishing through Draft2Digital is access to sales reporting from numerous platforms in a single dashboard. But the amount of data combined with the flexibility of being able to generate your own custom reports can sometimes be overwhelming....
2025 End of Year Sale

Smashwords End of Year Super Sale Begins Today!

The ninth annual Smashwords End of Year Sale is now underway! This means it's time to start celebrating your great deals with readers! Let's talk about how you can get the most of this End of Year Super Sale! What to Know The sale runs December 8 through the end of...
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...

Smashwords Bestsellers of the Week – October 24

Smashwords Bestsellers of the Week – October 24

We're back to celebrate more authors who are making their mark on Smashwords readers. Congratulations to our bestsellers from last week! Here is our top fiction for the week! Smashwords Top 25 Bestselling Indie Fiction Books by Units (Sales Period: October 15 –...

Smashwords Bestsellers of the Week – October 18

Smashwords Bestsellers of the Week – October 18

The weather in our neck of the woods is settling into an Autumnal chill, which makes this ideal weather for curling up with a book. We're back to celebrate the authors our Smashwords are getting cozy with this week. Congratulations to our newest series of top selling...

Kevin Tumlinson Has Left the Building

Kevin Tumlinson Has Left the Building

Kevin Tumlinson, Draft2Digital’s beloved Director of Marketing & PR, is moving on to pursue new adventures outside of D2D. For anyone who has spent any amount of time with Kevin, you know he’s not a sit-on-your-hands kind of guy. A prolific—and might we add...

Checking In with Dale Roberts // EP243

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. ...
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. ...

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