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At the beginning of the month, I had said that “The Trespassers” would release in roughly two to three weeks. Well, I did mean roughly. It’s going to be a little longer than three weeks before it releases. The reason relates to the fairly recent merging of Smashwords, where I’ve published my ebooks in the past, with Draft To Digital (D2D). When that happened, the two companies decided to combine their self-publishing service tools. So, in order to release my book in wider distribution and so beyond Amazon, I'll have to learn D2D's self-publishing tools which will take me a while longer than if the merge hadn’t occurred. But don’t worry! There’s also good news!
The good news is that D2D claims to offer more flexible, easier and a better variety of tools. That means a faster turn-around time for releasing future books like "Bad Apps", my upcoming short story collection. Not only that, but unlike Smashwords had before the merge, it offers self-publishing tools for print books too! So, I’ll be able to self-publish my print books through them as well and not have to rely on only Amazon!
I received the text files for "The Trespassers" from the formatter toward the end of last week. Now I just need to complete the book cover illustration's concept sketch and turn that in to the illustrator so she can work in all the details. Once I have all those together, and learn the tools on D2D, which I've already begun doing, "The Trespassers" should be released in the next two weeks. I'll keep you informed here of the progress in the weeks to come. Also, watch out for a book cover reveal for "The Trespassers" which I'm going to try to have by next week's post.
Do any of you fellow writers use Draft To Digital? If so, how do you like it?
Until next time . . .
Sorry about the delay. I hope the new interface is indeed easier.
ReplyDeleteI might be able to release it on Amazon earlier, but I'm trying to release it on all platforms simultaneously. I'll see what happens and keep everyone updated.
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