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