{"id":207759,"date":"2023-12-07T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.draft2digital.com\/blog\/?p=207759"},"modified":"2023-12-06T23:58:07","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T05:58:07","slug":"ask-us-anything-october-2023-ep152","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/draft2digital.com\/blog\/ask-us-anything-october-2023-ep152\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask Us Anything &#8211; October 2023 \/\/ EP152"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episode Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The D2D team is back for an Ask Us Anything episode where our authors are able to ask questions and call upon the insights of our Self Publishing Insiders.<\/p>\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/f6448df6-8769-4375-8d9e-45b760b510ee\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Ask Us Anything - October 2023\" allow=\"autoplay\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ask Us Anything! 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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>TBA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode Summary The D2D team is back for an Ask Us Anything episode where our authors are able to ask questions and call upon the insights of our Self Publishing Insiders. 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