November 2025 marks the 1-year anniversary of The Indie Advantage newsletter. We sincerely hope the tools and tips we’ve covered this past year have been helpful and that you’re taking advantage of all that D2D has to offer.
If you’ve missed an issue, not to worry. Below you’ll find a brief summary of the main topic covered for each issue along with a link where you can read the full article.
- Issue #1, November 2024: We launched The Indie Advantage with a 3-part series devoted to D2D Print, our print-on-demand (POD) service. Part 1 focused on the virtues of POD and how it is a game changer for indie authors.
- Issue #2, December 2024: In Part 2 of our POD series we cleared up common misunderstandings about publishing POD books. While POD files are technically digital book files, the way POD books are brought to market and sold is different than ebooks.
- Issue #3, January 2025: In Part 3 of our POD series, we covered the similarities and differences between ebook and POD marketing, and provided strategies for making your print books stand out in a crowded market.
- Issue #4, February 2025: In this issue we taught you how to work with the D2D promotions team. Our promo team works tirelessly to get your books placed in merchandising promotions at our retail and library partners. To have your books considered for these free opportunities, log into your D2D account and fill out the D2D promo form.
- Issue #5, March 2025: In this issue we gave a heads-up on the official launch of BookCovers.com and provided strategies on how to choose the best premade cover design for your next book. If you need a new book cover but don’t have a bottomless budget, be sure to check out BookCovers.com.
- Issue #6, April 2025: In this issue we discussed how all successful book launches have one thing in common: a plan. To get thinking about what might go into your plan, we provided a pre-launch checklist for things you may want to consider from 12 months out all the way through your launch.
- Issue #7, May 2025: Preorders are one of the most highly effective, yet underutilized tools in the indie author tool chest. In this issue we defined what a preorder is and provided best practices on how to incorporate preorders into your next book launch strategy.
- Issue #8, June 2025: This issue served as a primer for how to prepare for Smashwords site wide super sales. Published right before the annual July Summer/Winter sale, the advice seemed to pay off because the 2025 Smashwords Summer/Winter sale finished 35% higher than the 2024 sale and welcomed 60% more first time buyers who spent 3x more than 2024 first time buyers.
- Issue #9, July 2025: In this issue we provided tips on how to make the final days of the Smashwords Summer/Winter Super Sale a success. We also covered how to use D2D’s Payment Splitting tool to make book collaborations easy. The blog post for this issue focuses on the D2D Payment Splitting tool.
- Issue 10, August 2025: This issue was more of a newsy issue. We explained how to join the Bartz v. Anthropic AI class action lawsuit, which is what the related blog post is about; we shared the record-breaking results of the Smashwords Summer/Winter Super Sale; and we provided a link to a how-to video, “How to Change Your Book Files & Cover” on our YouTube channel.
- Issue 11, September 2025: In this issue we shared news about Amazon allowing library distribution for ebooks enrolled in their exclusivity program, KDP Select. For authors who have books in KDP Select/Kindle Unlimited, we explained how D2D can help get those books into libraries.
- Issue 12, October 2025: In this issue we introduced you to the new Merge Tools that help you clean up any duplicate information on your accounts when it comes to publishers, contributors, series or books.
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