{"id":208700,"date":"2024-12-05T11:55:59","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T17:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.draft2digital.com\/blog\/?p=208700"},"modified":"2024-12-05T11:56:01","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T17:56:01","slug":"migration-missive-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/draft2digital.com\/blog\/migration-missive-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Migration Missive #11"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>To keep up with these Migration Missive updates, please visit our main <a href=\"https:\/\/www.draft2digital.com\/blog\/migration-updates\">Migration Updates<\/a> page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It's been two months since the last update and we are now 81.5% complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As automatic migrations progress, we are diligently working on clearing out reasons we can't migrate some accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Progress<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the last update, we have migrated 1,658 accounts and 18,798 books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Invited - waiting on user: 2,131<br>Invited - waiting on us: 14<br>Migration Processing: 136<br>Successfully Migrated: 103,182<br>Currently Ineligible to Migrate: 21,141<br>Total: 126,604<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>305,881 Books have been migrated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Current Activity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Display Data Modifications During Migration<\/em><br>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>SW Author Dashboard<\/em><strong><br><\/strong>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Merge Tool for Books<\/em><br>Part of ongoing merge tool development, this will provide the ability via Multi-Books Actions for merging one book into another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Allow Migrations into Existing D2D Account<\/em>s<br>Currently, we are only able to migrate users into brand new D2D accounts. 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