{"id":207355,"date":"2023-08-03T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.draft2digital.com\/blog\/?p=207355"},"modified":"2023-08-03T05:33:49","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T10:33:49","slug":"indie-author-marketing-success-ep135","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/draft2digital.com\/blog\/indie-author-marketing-success-ep135\/","title":{"rendered":"Indie Author Marketing Success \/\/ EP135"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episode Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the top questions our authors have: How do I market my books? 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Draft2Digital is the leading ebook publisher and distributor worldwide. We\u2019ll convert your manuscript, distribute it online, and support you the whole way\u2014and we won\u2019t charge you a dime.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We take a small percentage of the royalties for each sale you make through us, so we only make money when you make money. That's the best kind of business plan.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Get started now:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/draft2digital.com\/\">https:\/\/draft2digital.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Learn the ins, the outs, and the all-arounds of indie publishing from the industry experts on the D2D Blog:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/draft2digital.com\/blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/Draft2Digital.com\/blog<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Promote your books with our Universal Book Links from Books2Read:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/books2read.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/books2read.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Make sure you bookmark&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/d2dlive.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/D2DLive.com<\/a>&nbsp;for links to live events, and to catch back episodes of the Self Publishing Insiders Podcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"transcript\">Transcript<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>TBA.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode Summary One of the top questions our authors have: How do I market my books? 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