News and Notices from the Writing Trenches #114…

Alternative to Smashwords. Several author friends have suggested an alternative to Smashwords, Draft2Digital. Smashwords is a retailer that also distributes to the iStore (Apple), B&N, Kobo, and many other online retailers. So does Draft2Digital. The only advantage I can see for the latter is that they’ll also produce a Create Space paper book; Smashwords doesn’t. (There’s some indication that Draft2Digital is quicker to adjust promo prices—Smashwords just blames their retailers—but I don’t c...