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Draft2Digital
draft2digital.comSummary
Draft2Digital is a self-publishing platform that assists authors in formatting, distributing, and promoting their ebooks and print-on-demand books to various online retailers. It provides tools for manuscript conversion, sales tracking, and author promotion, allowing writers to manage their book publishing process and receive royalties.
Feature Matches6/13
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Must Have
3 of 5
Rich Text Editor
Membership & Monetization
Reader Engagement Metrics
Distribution & Recommendation Engine
Community Feedback Tools
Other
3 of 8
User Profiles & Following
Social Sharing & Embedding
Search & Discovery
Publication Management
Tags & Topics
Email Newsletter Integration
Audio Story Playback
Mobile App Access
PricingUsage-based
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Ebook Distribution
OTHER 10.00 per item
- Automated conversion and layout templates
- Distribution to major ebook retailers (Amazon, Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, etc.)
- Sales & royalty tracking tools
- B2R Author Pages and Book Tabs
- Universal Book Links (UBLs)
- Scheduled price promotions and free promotions
- Customer support
- Free ISBN assignment (D2D as vendor of record)
- Ability to set ebook price to free (except Amazon, which is submitted at $0.99)
- Unlimited changes to ebook content/price
- Amazon ebook free pricing is submitted at $0.99 and may be price-matched
- Not all partner stores accept erotica titles
- Ebooks must be under 100 MB in file size
Print Book Distribution
OTHER 45.00 per item
- Print-on-demand (POD) service
- Distribution to Amazon and Ingram channels (Barnes and Noble, independent bookstores)
- Automated wraparound cover generation
- Customization options for spine and back cover text
- Sales & royalty tracking tools
- Customer support
- Free ISBN assignment (D2D as vendor of record)
- Print books cannot be offered for free
- Minimum page count of 64, maximum of 740
- One free submission of print changes allowed per 90 day period
- Cannot double-list print books with KDP Print Expanded Distribution or Ingram Spark
- Print preorders require final files
- Library pricing and Print pricing not included in scheduled promotions
Rationale
Draft2Digital is primarily a self-publishing and distribution platform for authors, focusing on ebooks and print-on-demand. While it offers tools for authors to format and distribute their books, and provides sales tracking and royalty payments, it does not align with the core concept of an 'online publishing platform that enables writers to create, share, and monetize stories while providing readers with personalized, high-quality content' like Medium. Specifically, it lacks a direct reader-facing content feed or recommendation engine for articles, and its monetization is based on book sales rather than a membership model for reading time on articles. The 'Rich Text Editor' is present in the form of manuscript conversion and layout templates, and 'Reader Engagement Metrics' are covered by sales and royalty reporting. 'Membership & Monetization' is present through their royalty split model for book sales. 'User Profiles & Following' is partially covered by 'B2R Author Pages' and 'Social Sharing & Embedding' by 'Universal Book Links'. 'Search & Discovery' is implied through distribution to major retailers.
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