Draft2Digital Amazon - D2D Gets Distribution to KDP

About this video

(Summarized from the Arabic caption track.) Dale opens by contrasting bad news — the aggregator Pronoun shutting down, covered in the previous day’s video — with good news: Draft2Digital has secured a distribution agreement with Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP). He explains that aggregators let authors upload a book once and distribute it widely; Draft2Digital already reaches Apple iBooks, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Kobo Plus, Tolino, OverDrive, Scribd, 24 Symbols, Playster and more, with Ingram and Google Play still on its sought-after list — and KDP now comes off that pending list. He then lists four caveats for using Draft2Digital to reach KDP: (1) pre-orders are not currently supported through Draft2Digital to KDP, though other outlets allow them; (2) permafree pricing is not automatic — the floor is 99 cents, and any free price depends on Amazon choosing to price-match competitors; (3) there is no KDP Select, so authors lose that program’s benefits; and (4) a book cannot be listed directly on KDP and via Draft2Digital to KDP at the same time — an existing KDP listing must be unpublished first. He stresses the option is optional, praises Draft2Digital’s tools such as its automatic formatting program, references an interview with marketing manager Kevin Tomlinson, and invites viewers who used Pronoun for Amazon distribution to switch.

Key takeaways

• Draft2Digital gained distribution to Amazon KDP, giving former Pronoun users a replacement route to Amazon.
• Pre-orders are not supported when reaching KDP through Draft2Digital, even though other distribution outlets allow them.
• Permafree is not automatic via Draft2Digital: the minimum price is 99 cents and free pricing depends on Amazon price-matching.
• Books distributed to KDP through Draft2Digital are not eligible for KDP Select.
• You cannot list the same book directly on KDP and through Draft2Digital simultaneously; unpublish from KDP first.

Episode details: published November 7, 2017 · 5:05 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Dale L. Roberts’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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