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October 23, 2017October 10, 2017Business of Writing, Tools for Writers

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

As an indie author, I have a good team for all the things I don’t do well or need help with: cover design, editing, and formatting. But I also like to know about tools that help me to fill in the gaps in areas that I can work on.

Draft2Digital has been a big help to me in a variety of different ways (I’m not affiliated with them in any way, except as an author-user). I especially needed ways that I could update my books’ back matter easily and inexpensively (more on their free conversion tool in a later post).

When I was a traditionally published author, interior design was very important to the total book package. Section breaks in my Memphis Barbeque series, for instance, had little pigs as scene dividers. When I became an indie author, at first I sought out more elaborate interior design for my ebooks. Years later, this became a problem when one of Amazon’s devices didn’t display the design correctly…this issue included the title page, chapter headings, dedication, and drop-cap. Continue reading

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March 7, 2016March 7, 2016Business of Writing, Tools for Writers, Uncategorized

by Jenny Bravo, @BlotsandPlots

Are you looking for a simple way to publish your e-book? Are you frustrated with formatting and want a better way? Draft2Digital is changing the game for self-published writers.

As a self-published writer myself, I struggled to navigate the technical side of publishing. I chose to format my book myself, and I grew very familiar with the regular sight of “upload error” when I attempted to publish my e-book.

Aside from Amazon, I eventually decided to give up trying in the other, more complicated uploading systems. Then, I discovered Draft2Digital.Continue reading

Marketing and Publishing Updates

August 17, 2015August 16, 2015Business of Writing, Uncategorized

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

A few odds and ends and updates:

Draft2Digital: I’ve used Smashwords since I started self-publishing. It’s been convenient for me to upload one file there for distribution to multiple retailers. But I’ve experimented lately with Draft2Digital, a similar distributor (these distributors are paid a percentage of our book sales for our convenience). I really like its user interface: it’s a nice, clean look and the site is fairly easy to navigate.

I’ve found I especially like the email updates they send that let me know when my book has gone live on the different retailers or when my price changes go through on the various sites. It’s also nice that I can make my book free on Nook through Draft2Digital…that seemed to make Amazon move very quickly to price match when my book was free on the Barnes & Noble site.

I’m also paid more frequently with Draft2Digital than I am with Smashwords (payment is quarterly at Smashwords).

Pen name tidbit: Apparently, my readers got an email from Amazon about Race to Refuge, which I wrote as Liz Craig. I did list myself as the publisher, but didn’t put myself as a contributor in the author section on the KDP dashboard. I’m thinking the reason readers received emails is because I linked to the book on my Amazon Author Central. I guess, since Liz is a nickname, there was no trouble claiming it. I never had such luck with my Riley Adams series for Penguin, which has a different Amazon Author Central page. Continue reading