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...
Everything You Need to Know About Indie Author Marketing
We field a lot of questions here at Draft2Digital headquarters, but if we were to group them all by category, most would fall under the heading of indie author marketing. Or, put more simply, “How should I market my books as an indie author?” If writing a book can be...
Webinar: D2D’s Universal Book Links
When we first introduced our Universal Book Links (UBLs), they were a game changer. A single, evergreen link that lets you send readers to everywhere your books is sold online? Genius. But we've had time to tinker with the way these work, over the years. And we've...
Making Money with Apple Books – 20Books Vegas // EP063
Episode Summary Apple Books represents a huge opportunity for authors—with a market that could rival Amazon in many ways, and a reading app that comes pre-loaded on every iOS device. But cracking that market can be enigmatic and challenging, at best. In this special...
