Draft2Digital, LLC
We provide a simple process to turn authors’ documents into professionally-formatted ebooks and release them through all the industry's most powerful sales channels. We give our users a single place to publish their projects, to manage any changes, and to track their performance across multiple vendors.www.draft2digital.com
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Oct 22, 2026
Lexi GreenHOST
Hello, everybody.
Lexi GreenHOST
Welcome to Self-Publishing Insiders brought to you by D2D Live.
Lexi GreenHOST
I'm Lexi Green, and I manage social media for Draft2Digital.
Lexi GreenHOST
My friend and colleague, Jim Acevedo, our normal host, is at NINC this week.
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Lexi GreenHOST
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Lexi GreenHOST
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Lexi GreenHOST
And finally, if you're looking to start your journey as an indie author or you're just curious about what D2D has to offer, you can sign up for an account at draft2digital.com. uh so once again mk uh mt thank you so much i don't i don't know where my brain went letterwise down the
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Dan HollowayHOST
And the really important thing here is that... all your sales made during the pre-order period will count towards the sales on day one of your launch.
Dan HollowayHOST
And as the press release has made very clear, very few authors, so only 20% actually as a whole across Draft2Digital's offering use pre-orders, but the ones who do sell a lot more books and importantly, they will also do very much better on the algorithm.
Dan HollowayHOST
So this is a tool that enables you to do that through Smashwords very straightforwardly.
Dan HollowayHOST
So that's pre-orders.
Dan HollowayHOST
And this is being sold as a way of marketing to fans.
Dan HollowayHOST
You can also use it to get signups to your email list.
Dan HollowayHOST
So the idea is... readers can get advanced copies of your book they can do so if they give their email address so it's a potential new marketing tool and again it is available on smashwords through the drafter digital platform so Yeah, exciting news from Draft2Digital there, following on from Audible.
Dan HollowayHOST
And we will end with a little bit of AI for the week.
Jonathan ShuergerHOST
We had a couple bots in the chat I was banning and deleting [laughs].
Jonathan ShuergerHOST
S- so according to the Draft2Digital press release, the Smashwords store now accepts customer e-book pre-orders for the first time.
Jonathan ShuergerHOST
Pre-order sales give independent authors another storefront to build anticipation, capture early orders, and create stronger momentum for upcoming book launches.
Jonathan ShuergerHOST
Draft2Digital already distributes e-book pre-orders to Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo.
Jonathan ShuergerHOST
Smashwords was the missing piece.
Jonathan ShuergerHOST
Um, of course, e-book pre-orders are an essential best practice.
Jonathan ShuergerHOST
Um, all accumulated orders, uh, ca- are credited to the book sales rank on the release day, although Amazon has been playing around with that.
Jonathan ShuergerHOST
Um, so they build anticipation, but readers who purchase on the pre-order do have to wait until the release date to access the book.
Dale L. RobertsHOST
I go considerably deeper into how each one works in the full video, and I'll include all links in the show notes as per usual.
Dale L. RobertsHOST
Draft2Digital just added ebook pre-orders to the SmashWords store for the first time.
Dale L. RobertsHOST
Authors can now list books for pre-order up to 12 months in advance, and all of those accumulated pre-order sales count towards the SmashWords sales rank for the book on release day.
Dale L. RobertsHOST
For authors who are already leaning into SmashWords as part of their distribution strategy, this gives them yet another useful tool.