Both Derek Haines and I are heartily sick and tired of constantly being shafted by Amazon’s KDP. So we’ve both signed up with a new aggregator on the block with no hidden agenda designed to rip off its authors.
After you’ve read Derek’s thoughts by clicking on the above link, if you want to know more about Draft2Digital, you can find their site by Clicking Here.
Thanks for the heads up!!! I am definitely going to look into this!!!!!
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Do what I did SD, go to the Frequently Asked Questions first. 😉
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I will!!!! Thanks!!!
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I’ve already got one of my scifi books on there. It won’t be available until May 16th. 😉
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Why so far out?
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Because its not free of KDP’s clutches until the 16th.
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Oh that sucks.
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Reblogged this on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog.
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Cheers for the reblog Chris 🙂
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Welcome Jack – seems a good alternative 👍
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That’s what we both are hoping. 😉
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I did, looks good. I’ll be interested to see how Derek and you fare after a few months with them.
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It cant be any worse than zero sales for both of us on Amazon of late Sue 😉
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That’s a darned good point, Jack 🙂
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When both your book sales and pages read graphs on KDP flatline for over ten days Sue, its time to part company with them…
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I’ll be interested to see how you get on with them, Jack. I like the idea of other options.
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Don’t worry, between us Derek and I will keep you informed 🙂
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Cool 🙂
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Anyone on Amazon’s KDP Select will have to leave it if they want to try D2D, Smashwords or any publishing channel other than Amazon.
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Not true Audrey. You simply don’t renew the 90 day exclusivity period for each and any book(s) you may have in KDP…
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Exactly. By not renewing, you remain in KDP, but not in Select, with its perceived advantages 😉
Some indies refer to this as “going wide.”
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You can also ‘unpublish’ altogether if you wish…
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True.
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I’ve just uploaded my latest this morning to Draft2Digital, with a launch date of the 16th May, the day after it is free of KDP’s clutches. 😉
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Thanks Jack, I have book marked the links for future information, it sounds good.
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My Scifi romance Celeste is already there Adele. Goblin Tales will be joining her when I’ve finished it. 😉
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thanks for your info Jack am joining you and Derek yeeeehaaa
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Only Derek I’m afraid. The publisher in question is in the Bible Belt. Need I say more?
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Draft2Digital was not a good experience for me. When I searched the internet for information about them, most of what I found was posted by them, lot’s and lot’s of marketing. When I uploaded my book, the conversion was very bad, the few photos I put in the book were bouncing all over the place, the end result was not something I would have been able to publish. Then I was bombarded with non-stop marketing emails from them, I was being spammed. When I asked for support to correct the automated formatting results of my book, the first email request for support was ignored, then on a second attempt, I got a reply after 3 or 4 days. The reply was useless, after all this time the support person is asking if I want him to look at my book. After requesting help several times and more than a week, the response was weak at best. I would say that Draft2Digital is not a serious business. When I got fed-up I started searching the internet and the D2D website for information on how to close my account, and I found nothing. When I emailed them to request information on how to close my account, I got an email response several days later informing me that they could not close my account because they did not have my email address. But wait, they sent me an email to tell me they didn’t have my email address. These guys are amateurs. Most of the information about them on the internet is marketing information posted by them. When uploaded the same Word document to Kindle, the conversion was very professional and ready to publish.
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Believe it or not I agree with you 😉
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