{"id":207172,"date":"2023-06-27T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.draft2digital.com\/blog\/?p=207172"},"modified":"2023-06-28T13:08:50","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T18:08:50","slug":"announcing-expanded-global-distribution-with-gardners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/draft2digital.com\/blog\/announcing-expanded-global-distribution-with-gardners\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing Expanded Global Distribution with Gardners!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>EVEN WIDER RETAIL DISTRIBUTION?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Yes, please!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Remember when we told you that the acquisition of Smashwords would lead to expanded distribution for your books? Well, we hate to break a promise\u2026 so we\u2019re not going to!<\/p>\n<h2><strong>We\u2019re thrilled to announce that the retail arm of Gardners has just been added to your global distribution reach!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>AN ESTABLISHED PLAYER<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Gardners is the UK\u2019s leading wholesaler of books, they\u2019ve been around for more than 30 years, and they\u2019ve been a partner of Smashwords since 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Gardners serves some of the most notable retailers in the UK, including Waterstones\u2014the UK-based retailer operating over 300 stores in the UK and nearby countries\u2014and Hive.co.uk, an online community-facing website that is home to a network of hundreds of independent brick-and-mortar bookstores across the UK.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Basically, Gardners reaches <em>thousands<\/em> of retailers around the world\u2014which means they can expose your books to potentially <em>millions of readers.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Getting your books to retailers is one perk, but Gardners takes things further to <em>actively help you reach more readers.<\/em> The company has a <strong>promotions team<\/strong> that offers a variety of options including seasonal, channel, and country-specific promotions. You can bet that <em>our<\/em> promotions people will be in touch with <em>their<\/em> promotions people, all for YOU.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>GETTING PAID<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>D2D authors and publishers will earn 60% of the after-VAT list price at Gardners-powered bookstores, the same terms you earn with our other major retail partners. And never fear\u2014when it comes to international distribution, Draft2Digital will <strong>automatically convert your US price<\/strong> into the various currencies of your selected stores and regions, using the currency conversion rate at the time of publishing.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like more control over the price, however, you can click the link labeled <strong>Manage Territorial Prices<\/strong> directly below the Book Price field. From there you&#8217;ll be able to set the exact price for individual regions in any of our supported currencies.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>HOW TO DISTRIBUTE TO GARDNERS<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The next time you log into your Draft2Digital account, you will be presented with the option to have your books distributed to Gardners. If you\u2019re not ready to dive into more international waters, no worries! You can add any or all of your books at any time from the <strong>Ebook Details<\/strong> tab.<\/p>\n<p>If you need a little help or if you have any questions, you can always email us at <a href=\"mailto:support@draft2digital.com\">support@draft2digital.com<\/a>. We\u2019re here for you!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Happy Publishing,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Draft2Digital Team<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EVEN WIDER RETAIL DISTRIBUTION? Yes, please! Remember when we told you that the acquisition of Smashwords would lead to expanded distribution for your books? 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