Abram Kedge🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇦Apr 15

I received an email from Draft2Digital today that says it is no longer free to use; there will be a $20 activation fee for new accounts.

There is also an annual maintenance fee of $12 if your annual earnings (after Draft2Digital's commission) is less than $100.

This seems like a significant change that will probably push many authors back to Amazon.

I wonder what the disengagement process with Draft2Digital would be? It is entangled with at least a couple of dozen external accounts. If you close your Draft2Digital account, do they just keep all the future proceeds from your books on Apple, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and all the rest?

#Draft2Digital #writing #WritingCommunity

Show threadMH ThaungApr 15
@AbramKedge I expect they'd unpublish your books from everywhere they cover, so no more sales unless you publish direct with individual stores. I like the ease and range, but realistically make no sales from smaller stores anyway.
Show threadCara BruarApr 15
@mhthaung @AbramKedge They would unpublish you everywhere if you close your account. You would also lose the associated Books to Read links so would have to redo your website and and publicity. I know this because D2D dumped my account without warning and without giving me any reason or chance to discuss.
Show threadAbram Kedge🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇦Apr 15

@CaraBruar @mhthaung sorry to hear that they treated you that way.

I suspect that their cost to do so would be quite substantial, and they're not anticipating the loss of many authors through this move.

Realistically, their "cost" for hosting an author is a few rows in a database and perhaps a second of processing time per year.

Show threadCara Bruar
@AbramKedge @mhthaung
It's a rare website these days that can resist the chance to make more money
Apr 15 at 7:35amWeb