{"id":620,"date":"2018-02-05T15:07:15","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T21:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/161.35.63.92\/index.php\/2018\/02\/05\/books2read-changes-everything-starting-right-now\/"},"modified":"2022-07-05T16:23:40","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T21:23:40","slug":"books2read-changes-everything-starting-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/draft2digital.com\/blog\/books2read-changes-everything-starting-right-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Books2Read Changes Everything Starting Right Now"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2017, we focused all of our development power and energy on building as many new things for the indie author community as possible. The result was dozens of amazing tools and resources that help make it so much easier to build and grow your author career, with Books2Read as a notable success.<\/p>\n

You can read all about those here!<\/a><\/p>\n

Now, we\u2019re turning all that attention and energy to tackling one of the biggest challenges an indie author can face: Discoverability<\/b>.<\/p>\n

The idea is simple, the impact is huge<\/h2>\n

Discoverability means making your books easy for readers to find. It\u2019s one of the primary goals of marketing, and for authors it can be the difference between having a hobby and having a career.<\/p>\n

After all, you can perfect your craft, invest in professional editing and covers, get your manuscript converted to a professional-looking eBook or print layout, and distribute it to some of the biggest online retailers on the planet\u2014but if no one knows it\u2019s there, the sales won\u2019t come.<\/p>\n

Solving the challenge of discoverability isn\u2019t going to be easy, and it\u2019s not going to happen overnight. But we\u2019re taking aim at it with the same problem-solving skills and expertise that have made Draft2Digital the best eBook distribution service on the planet.<\/p>\n

In other words, we got this.<\/p>\n

Enter Books2Read<\/h2>\n

If you\u2019ve been with us for a while, you\u2019re already familiar with Books2Read<\/b>. It\u2019s currently the home of one of our favorite tools: Universal Book Links (UBLs)<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Since introducing them in 2016, now have thousands of UBLs out in the wild, used by authors to promote their books on websites, in social media, in podcasts and videos, even on printed materials. They\u2019re evergreen links that take your readers to everywhere your book is sold online, with a single, customizable URL.<\/p>\n

That was just the first step, though. Now, with 2018 ahead of us, we have bigger plans.<\/p>\n

Books2Read will become our reader-centric source for indie author discoverability.<\/b><\/p>\n

We\u2019re going to build a platform that helps promote your books to the readers who will love them!<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what we have in store for the next year of development:<\/p>\n