Some bad news for me this morning: Draft2Digital have just confirmed to me that their Creative Commons policy will remain the same following the merger with Smashwords: banned.
Side note: it would have been nice if Smashwords had told me this. I asked them back in Feb 2022 when the merger was announced, and their response was "we haven't discussed this yet". (No reply to later follow-up email.) It would also be nice if those with decision-making power in the publishing industry had learned the difference between Creative Commons and PLR.
This means that I am now looking for other options for the two (soon to be three) fantasy novels and one humorous nonfiction compilation that are currently being vended through Smashwords and their distribution network.
Fortunately, I can do the formatting myself. Know of any CC-friendly online vendors? Reliable ecommerce plugins? I'd particularly like to make sure the books are still accessible to libraries.
Good news! My #book has been edited and submitted! I’m using a service called #Draft2Digital to publish this time on multiple platforms simultaneously. Hopefully, it will be available to purchase #soon!
Yesterday’s inquiry to the #WritingCommunity about #Draft2Digital got me lots of good advice and a great deal of insight. Thank you!
I've been debating whether or not to go with D2D for several days now (a new strategy for procrastination!), but thanks to all your input, I have a verdict:
I'll do Amazon directly and exclusively for the first 90 days. ( I'm already very familiar with and comfortable with their system, after all.) Then, I'll go wide with D2D for all other channels.