Sales Tracking and Analytics Made Fast & Easy with ScribeCount // EP065
Episode Summary One of the lesser known ways to improve your book sales is to simply have a firm grasp of how you're doing. Tracking sales can help you figure out what's working, and what isn't, in all aspects of your author business. In this episode of Self...
Are You a Plotter or a Pantser?
“So … Are you a plotter or a pantser?” This question comes up a lot in indie author circles. While only you can decide which camp works for you—or even if it’s useful to put yourself in a box like that—answering the question can teach writers a lot about form and...
Draft2Digital is Acquiring Smashwords! – Q&A // EP064
Episode Summary It's the big announcement you probably never thought you'd hear! Draft2Digital is acquiring Smashwords, and becoming more Draft2Digital than ever before! Big growth, big plans, and more services and features for authors using both companies! Kris...
Zero to Indie Author: Market Research
Market research is an easy step to overlook, especially for newbie authors like me. After all, it feels like it might impact artistic integrity to check out what readers are buying before you publish … Right? It all depends on your approach. (Which is not to say that...
DRAFT2DIGITAL TO ACQUIRE SMASHWORDS
We’re betting that’s a headline you never expected to see, and we’re already anticipating the chatter this will cause in the indie author community, particularly for Draft2Digital and Smashwords authors! We know this is going to feel a bit unexpected and out of the...
Press Release: Draft2Digital to Acquire Smashwords, Creating Self-Publishing Juggernaut
Combined Company will Publish and Distribute 800,000+ Titles from 250,000 Authors and Publishers February 8, 2022—OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. and PACIFIC GROVE, Calif.—Draft2Digital, LLC and Smashwords, Inc., two pioneers in ebook self-publishing, today announced that...
