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.

#WritersCoffeeClub for April 30:

How was this month for you, in terms of writing?

Eh. I wrote an angry post about #Draft2Digital's new fees while still sick with the flu and a little later a guide for alternatives. I don't have any sexy escapism ready for publication due to the inconvenient flu and overall health being a little poor this month.
Hoping to deliver the sexy for #MerMay in old form 🧜‍♀️

News alert: Draft2Digital is introducing new fees for authors. What's your take? Are you re-evaluating your distribution strategy? Let's discuss the implications for indie authors. #Draft2Digital #SelfPublishing #IndieAuthor #PublishingNews

#Draft2Digital #SelfPublishing #IndieAuthor #PublishingNews

News alert: Draft2Digital is introducing new fees for authors. What's your take? Are you re-evaluating your distribution strategy? Let's discuss the implications for indie authors. #Draft2Digital #SelfPublishing #IndieAuthor #PublishingNews

#Draft2Digital #SelfPublishing #IndieAuthor #PublishingNews

My books are still on Amazon/Kobo. I don't plan to make direct accounts with the stores I used Draft2Digital for.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07RWTBRP6
https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/the-invasion-of-planet-earth
https://www.amazon.ca/Armored-Piercing-2-Sipho-Moloi-ebook/dp/B097KP91XF
https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/nibowin-the-island-of-death
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0DTFXLBQG?ref_=ast_author_mpb

#readingcommunity #bookcommunity #selfpublishing #indiebooks #Amazonkdp #Kobo #Draft2Digital #ArmoredPiercing #Nibowin #TheInvasionOfPlanetEarth #TheRaidOfHotelLaurier #ebook

Gentle reminder that I am going to close my #Draft2digital account by the end of the month. If you want to get the English books of my portfolio from Smashwords &Co, do so until April 30th.

Links on my website have been updated already: You can now order most of the English ebooks directly.

#writingCommunity #books #ebooks ##readingCommunity

https://anderlandbooks.de/english-books

For independent bookstore day, I wrote a guide to #Draft2Digital alternatives.

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

Feedback welcome since I don't know all of those platforms myself.

Stay strong, everyone 💖

#IndieBookstoreDay #IndependentBookStoreDay #writingcommunity #bookstodon #erotica #smutstodon #Amazon #Kobo #IngramSpark #itchio