How to Do Your Own Structural Edit (Part 2)
If you missed Part 1 of this series about doing your own structural edit, go back and read that post first—it introduces core concepts and lays the foundation for this one. With your skeleton blurb clear in your mind and the knowledge that you have a complete…
Announcing Expanded Library Distribution to Palace Marketplace!
Don’t you just love libraries? So do we! There are so many books and authors just waiting to be discovered. That’s why we already provide distribution to leading library aggregators like OverDrive, Baker & Taylor, Hoopla, Bibliotheca, and BorrowBox. Now you can…
How to Do Your Own Structural Edit (Part 1)
Editing is a famously daunting task for many writers, but it doesn’t have to be. At the end of the day, you want to put a compelling, gripping story out into the world—and as a storyteller, who better to take at least an initial look over your manuscript than you?…
The Top 7 Social Media Best Practices for Indie Authors
Love it or hate it, social media can be a valuable component of any indie author’s overall book promotion strategy. With 4.9 billion active social media users and counting, social media is an excellent resource for finding and connecting with like-minded authors and…
How to Record Your Own Audiobooks in 5 Steps
Between 2023 and 2028, the global audiobook market is expected to grow by nearly 25%. As digital continues to dominate, audiobooks occupy an increasing market share because they’re easy to take anywhere. Whether you want to get your work into audio without hiring a…
Smashwords Tools for D2D Authors to Look Forward To
By now, we hope you’ve heard the news that Smashwords and Draft2Digital have come together under one roof to form the most powerful distribution option for wide indie authors, anywhere. At the end of 2022, we enabled D2D authors to opt into the Smashwords store and…
