To keep up with these Migration Missive updates, please visit our main Migration Updates page.
It’s been two months since the last update and we are now 81.5% complete.
Progress has still been slow over this time as we work to thoroughly test our migration tools to make sure users that have multiple accounts have a smooth experience. These are complicated tools and we need to make sure they work exactly as expected. Please see the previous update to learn more about how we expect that process to work.
If you would like to migrate before we automatically migrate you, please login to your Smashwords Account page or Dashboard and complete the migration survey.
If you don’t see the migration survey, that means we are currently unable to migrate your account. However, if you would like us to investigate why we can’t migrate your account, please reach out to support and we’ll find out for you.
As automatic migrations progress, we are diligently working on clearing out reasons we can’t migrate some accounts.
Progress
Since the last update, we have migrated 1,658 accounts and 18,798 books.
Invited – waiting on user: 2,131
Invited – waiting on us: 14
Migration Processing: 136
Successfully Migrated: 103,182
Currently Ineligible to Migrate: 21,141
Total: 126,604
305,881 Books have been migrated.
Current Activity
Display Data Modifications During Migration
A UI built to display data modifications and information gathered during the migration process. A migrated user can use to identify any items or inaccuracies that have been introduced by those changes. Will be found under Account Settings at D2D.
SW Author Dashboard
We are creating a dashboard at D2D for authors that send titles to the Smashwords Store to easily access features and information that they were accustomed to via the Smashwords interface. These items include Favorites, Subscribers, Reader Reviews, etc.
Merge Tool for Books
Part of ongoing merge tool development, this will provide the ability via Multi-Books Actions for merging one book into another.
Allow Migrations into Existing D2D Accounts
Currently, we are only able to migrate users into brand new D2D accounts. We are working to make it possible to migrate into an existing D2D account when a user’s D2D email address is the same as their Smashwords email address.
Recently Completed Items
Adopt Title Specific Rules for D2D Authors on SW Sale Events
For Smashwords store sales events, it is now possible to opt-in individual titles for Smashwords Sale Events
Special Listing Considerations for Certain Partners
Resolved listing state issues with some migrated books submitted via SW to Palace Marketplace (DPLA) before their release date. This wasn’t working well because they will never go live.
Known Issues
None at this time.
– Kris Austin, CEO