{"id":9097,"date":"2022-06-09T03:09:24","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T03:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/?p=9097"},"modified":"2022-06-10T23:02:01","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T23:02:01","slug":"draft2digital-for-book-distribution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/?p=9097","title":{"rendered":"Draft2Digital for book distribution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"UPDATE: NEWER VIDEO AVAILABLE! | Publish a Book Quick and Easy on Draft2Digital\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sqcUqpGsoNQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I was watching Sean Dollwet&#8217;s information on publishing and he mentioned draft2Digital. So I thought I&#8217;d investigate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A pearrticular vid of his that I&#8217;m thinking about is about freebook for gathering emails. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Easiest Way to RAPIDLY Build Your Email List | Self-Publishing 2019\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jZWurqUh6bw?list=PLeNKunDfka22LwWSmVWKG010ZwJYWtbgo\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fees<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong><em>What does it cost to use Draft2Digital?<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p><em>Draft2Digital has no up-front charges for any of our services (formatting, conversion, distribution, and sales tracking). We make a percentage of each of your books sales, so we don&#8217;t get paid unless you get paid.<\/em><\/p><p><em>The short answer is that our fee is approximately 10% of the price you set for your book (list price). That means most of our stores take about 30%, Draft2Digital takes about 10%, and you keep about 60% of the list price of your ebook.<\/em><\/p><p><em>For print books, you will make about 45% of the list price of your print book, minus the base printing cost.<\/em><\/p><cite>From their websiteb (https:\/\/draft2digital.com\/faq\/)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>I like that they are upfront about their costs and how it works, far better than the Spark one, which I thought was quite obscure and confusing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This may be a good way to look at other than Amazon for distributing books as this will go to Nook &amp; Kobo, as well as a couple of others. So as long as they are not KDP select books they can be distributed to the others, and I think, as I&#8217;ve set my book on Amazon I have to keep the same rrice on the other stores too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m tossing up whether to put Revit 2 on there first or AHK1 book. I think maybe AHK1, as I want to do free book to get emails in the series later. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Published to D2D on 09-06-2022<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>A poor day, getting it all wrong, first tried to publish paperback here, then tried to publish AHK1 which I want to put on Select and finally published Revit 2 book. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The process was pretty smooth although I didn&#8217;t check the results too thoroughly as the day has been a bit frustrating.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"918\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1-1-918x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9113 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1-1-918x1024.jpg 918w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1-1-269x300.jpg 269w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1-1-768x857.jpg 768w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1-1-50x56.jpg 50w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1-1-45x50.jpg 45w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1-1-100x112.jpg 100w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1-1-90x100.jpg 90w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1-1-574x640.jpg 574w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1-1-640x714.jpg 640w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1-1-688x768.jpg 688w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1-1-1024x1143.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1-1-968x1080.jpg 968w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1-1.jpg 1287w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 918px) 100vw, 918px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 918px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 918\/1024;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Royalties are not as much but at least its distributed over a number of different platforms , projected royalties $5.94 which I think may be less than on KDP, but we&#8217;ll see if someone buys the book first. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I did like the idea of an Audio book but this is not the type of book for that. I would like to write something that would allow for an audiobook to be created from it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"868\" data-src=\"https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2-1-1024x868.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9115 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2-1-1024x868.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2-1-300x254.jpg 300w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2-1-768x651.jpg 768w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2-1-50x42.jpg 50w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2-1-59x50.jpg 59w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2-1-100x85.jpg 100w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2-1-118x100.jpg 118w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2-1-755x640.jpg 755w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2-1-640x543.jpg 640w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2-1-906x768.jpg 906w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2-1-1274x1080.jpg 1274w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2-1.jpg 1526w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/868;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m glad Ive got a book on another platform, and its on nook &amp; Kobo. Hopefully it will get a bigger audience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I did not put it onto amazon, as its already there , and I didn&#8217;t put it on the libraries, but maybe I should revisit that as you do get a commission, and its an OK way for people to read books. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ll have to see if its easy to change. Actually it is and I&#8217;ve decided to add the libraries to it. See how it does on that platform. I get a lot of books and Audiobooks from the library so good to contribute if libraries want to include it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">D2D Universal Book Link<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>This is interesting link: <a href=\"https:\/\/books2read.com\/u\/3G57Qa\">https:\/\/books2read.com\/u\/3G57Qa<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Its found the Amazon one but is still loading on other platforms. I&#8217;ll check later. I like the ease of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"616\" data-src=\"https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-09-15_07_20-Universal-Book-Links-Help-Readers-Find-Your-Book-at-Their-Favorite-Store-\u2014-Mozi-1024x616.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9118 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-09-15_07_20-Universal-Book-Links-Help-Readers-Find-Your-Book-at-Their-Favorite-Store-\u2014-Mozi-1024x616.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-09-15_07_20-Universal-Book-Links-Help-Readers-Find-Your-Book-at-Their-Favorite-Store-\u2014-Mozi-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-09-15_07_20-Universal-Book-Links-Help-Readers-Find-Your-Book-at-Their-Favorite-Store-\u2014-Mozi-768x462.jpg 768w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-09-15_07_20-Universal-Book-Links-Help-Readers-Find-Your-Book-at-Their-Favorite-Store-\u2014-Mozi-1536x925.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-09-15_07_20-Universal-Book-Links-Help-Readers-Find-Your-Book-at-Their-Favorite-Store-\u2014-Mozi-2048x1233.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-09-15_07_20-Universal-Book-Links-Help-Readers-Find-Your-Book-at-Their-Favorite-Store-\u2014-Mozi-50x30.jpg 50w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-09-15_07_20-Universal-Book-Links-Help-Readers-Find-Your-Book-at-Their-Favorite-Store-\u2014-Mozi-83x50.jpg 83w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-09-15_07_20-Universal-Book-Links-Help-Readers-Find-Your-Book-at-Their-Favorite-Store-\u2014-Mozi-100x60.jpg 100w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-09-15_07_20-Universal-Book-Links-Help-Readers-Find-Your-Book-at-Their-Favorite-Store-\u2014-Mozi-166x100.jpg 166w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-09-15_07_20-Universal-Book-Links-Help-Readers-Find-Your-Book-at-Their-Favorite-Store-\u2014-Mozi-1063x640.jpg 1063w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-09-15_07_20-Universal-Book-Links-Help-Readers-Find-Your-Book-at-Their-Favorite-Store-\u2014-Mozi-640x385.jpg 640w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-09-15_07_20-Universal-Book-Links-Help-Readers-Find-Your-Book-at-Their-Favorite-Store-\u2014-Mozi-1276x768.jpg 1276w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-09-15_07_20-Universal-Book-Links-Help-Readers-Find-Your-Book-at-Their-Favorite-Store-\u2014-Mozi-1794x1080.jpg 1794w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-09-15_07_20-Universal-Book-Links-Help-Readers-Find-Your-Book-at-Their-Favorite-Store-\u2014-Mozi-1920x1156.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-09-15_07_20-Universal-Book-Links-Help-Readers-Find-Your-Book-at-Their-Favorite-Store-\u2014-Mozi-scaled.jpg 1600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/616;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">End Comment<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m pleased I&#8217;ve finally got a book on a different distribution. It will be interesting to see if there is any reaction to it here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m tossing up whether to put AHK bk 1 on Select, that will tie it up for 3 months, or whether to spread it over other distributors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Have put AHK 1 onto KDP select today as well as Arabic version and one other, I&#8217;d already put the rest of Revit 1 on  select before. Since  same book, just translated, seems logical. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Reports panel on D2D looks simple and clear. Will look forward to seeing massive book sales. Yeah right<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was watching Sean Dollwet&#8217;s information on publishing and he mentioned draft2Digital. So I thought I&#8217;d investigate. A pearrticular vid of his that I&#8217;m thinking about is about freebook for gathering emails. Fees What does it cost to use Draft2Digital? 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