Inner Beauty – Things to Know About eBook Layout
We spend a lot of time talking about covers in this business. It’s a given that without a professional-looking cover, your chances of a reader picking up your book go way (way, way, way) down. But just like that cutie you took to the Senior Prom, it’s what’s inside...
Best Practices for Indie Author Library Distribution
With Draft2Digital adding OverDrive as one of its eBook distribution platforms, indie authors have a new and easy way to get their books into more than 38,000 public, corporate, and school libraries, in 40+ countries worldwide. We’d shout about it, but we don’t want...
Distribute ebooks to Libraries via OverDrive!
UPDATE: To best utilize services like OverDrive, learn a few best practices for listing with libraries in this post! One of the most frequent questions we hear from D2D authors is, “How can I get my books into libraries?” We’re pleased to announce that, starting...
Draft2Digital Partners with Findaway Voices for Indie Audiobooks
Partnership with FindAway Voices Aims to Challenge Audible’s ACX Program OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, July 17, 2017—Today marks the launch of a partnership between publishing aggregator, Draft2Digital, and audiobook production service, Findaway Voices. The partnership opens...
Audiobooks as Part of Your Author Strategy
Indie authors have never had a more level playing field than they do today. We’ve been empowered by a vast array of services and products, built with us specifically in mind, to the point that generating, distributing, and selling eBooks has become virtually...
Reader Reviews and How to Ask for Them
One of the handiest tools in an author’s marketing toolkit is the reader review. In fact, gathering reviews for your work may be the best marketing move you can make—and a far better strategy than most other marketing approaches. Asking for reviews, however, can be an...