Back in 2022 I wrote a short story that unfolds on social media so has unorthodox formatting to represent social media formatting.

I'd uploaded it as an ebook but the unorthodox formatting meant the display wasn't quite how I wanted it and it was quite different for different ebook readers. Really, it was always meant to be a print book.

A while ago I tried to upload a for-print manuscript and #Draft2Digital kept giving me the same error message that the copyright page and the title page must be separate.

They were separate and no matter what changes I made, their software wouldn't accept it.

I tried more recently still to no avail, so I decided to delete the book entirely and try uploading the for-print manuscript only.

And it worked. No problems. Basically the software was having problems with the ebook file even though I wasn't using that for the print version.

It's not even all that an important book. I just enjoyed making it, that's all.

#SelfPublishing #Writing

News Summary: Libraries Challenge Big Five on E-book Pricing; Independent Bookstores Hit Highest Level since 1990s

How much should e-books cost? It's one of the most divisive questions of the past fifteen years or so (in our small corner of the world at least), right up there with perennials like pineapple on pizza. The sub-question of this wider question that caused so much angst just before Covid is how much libraries should pay for e-books. You will remember, I dare say, there was much talk for a while of metered usage, and anger at the limited licensing time covered by the purchase of an e-book.
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/libraries-challenge-big-five-on-e-book-pricing/

#AmericanBooksellersAssociation #BigFivepublishers #Draft2Digital #ebookpricing #independentbookstores

There's a clause in #Draft2Digital's publishing rules that they can remove anything they find objectionable, such as hate speech or promoting terrorism.

Yet in this day and age, anything can be classed as terrorism. So anything you might write that has any anti-establishment leanings can probably be censored or you could find yourself being visited by the police.

My last book is about resistance fighters, fighting an oppressive, genocidal regime. Certainly there are references in it to real life situations and the story involves sometimes violent resistance to the oppressors.

It's basically Star Wars, but with less-than-subtle references to real life imperialism.

But the way things are now, I think Star Wars is becoming too radical for the West.

https://siphomoloi.wixsite.com/author-site/post/why-i-delisted-my-books-from-draft2digital

#selfpublishing #readingcommunity #bookcommunity #indiebooks #Draft2Digital #blogpost #wix

Writing up #Draft2Digital alternatives made me remember how much #Amazon KDP sucked as a self-publishing platform even before the AI slop. The only things it has going for it are the sheer simplicity of creating an eBook, like honestly, it's practically fool-proof, and the vast number of potential buyers. Everything else about it is atrocious. But the unfathomable number of people using it makes it hard to pass up as an indie author.

Here's my list of alternatives:

https://eroticmythology.com/draft2digital-alternatives-erotica-authors-writers-2026/

Answered question on delisting books from Draft2Digital

https://www.goodreads.com/questions/31446101-your-books-are-no-longer-available-on-many

#goodreads #selfpublishing #qna #questionandanswer #Draft2Digital #indiebooks #indieauthor #bookcommunity #readingcommunity

#ScribesAndMakers April 30:

What's a problem you solved in your creative work this month?

I guess I figured out where else to go after #Draft2Digital introduced fees for all the plebs who make less than $100/year with them.

I'll try with Ingram Spark and itch.io.