Sell your book without giving readers the wrong idea. by Margaret Pinard, historical fiction & fantasy author Pitching your book to readers, whether at a holiday party or a book convention, can be hard excruciating. Trust me, I know. Having to explain what has...
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Draft2Digital Acquires SelfPubBookCovers.com, World’s Leading Premade Covers Marketplace
July 24, 2023—OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA.—Draft2Digital (D2D), LLC, which powers the publishing businesses of 260,000 indie authors and small presses, today announced the acquisition of SelfPubBookCovers.com (SPBC). For the last decade, SPBC has operated a pioneering...
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...
Breaking Down & Summarizing The Smashwords Update
Smashwords has made some major updates to its site. Received the email but don’t have time to read it? We’ve summarized it for you.
CreateSpace & KDP Merge’s Impact on Translated Manuscripts
If you're looking for more information on the transition from CreateSpace to KDP, here's a page from Amazon that gives some great detail and further links to help. There's been a lot of talk about formatting issues with the cover and manuscript, payment changes, cost...