Truthfully, I’d forgotten that quirk of the meatgrinder and was a little surprised to see it’s still so cranky.Īnother issue I’ve never liked regarding SW is that there’s no opportunity to review the ebook before it goes live. KDP and D2D are fine with inserted TOCs, but SW isn’t, which meant I had to redo my manuscript to get it through the meatgrinder and approved for the Premium Catalog. I still have books uploaded to SW to reach places D2D doesn’t reach, but although they’ve added some benefits and services over the past few years, their interface remains clunky, and the “meatgrinder” is still an issue.įor example, the last novel I uploaded (about two months ago) failed SW’s check because my TOC was created using Word’s “Insert TOC” function instead of by bookmarking. I find D2D much easier to use and much more responsive than Smashwords. It’s a fun and relatively quick and easy way to create a link to share, and I’m always open to new ways of marketing. You’ll be taken the page shown below, where you can copy your link and/or share your carousel on social media. Once you’ve added all the books you want on your carousel, click to Save and Continue (see screenshot below). When you start typing the title, the book should pop up and you can click to add it to your carousel. Next, click the green “Click to Add Books” rectangle. I used the description for my boxed set, because it provides a 2-3 sentence description of each book in the series. Type either your book description or carousel description. Once you’ve entered all the information on the left, click the big green Add Books button, and you’ll be taken here (see screenshot below). My screenshot isn’t big enough to show it, but after Advanced Options, you’ll be given the opportunity to customize your URL.įinally, the last option on the left (also not shown in my screenshot) gives you the option to deactivate your carousel whenever you wish. You’ll also be given the option to make your list private or public. When you click on Advanced Options, you’ll be given the option to send readers to a specific store.

You’re allowed to choose five, which is also nice. When you click on the button, you’ll be presented with a very long list of codes to choose from. It doesn’t quite fit, so I’ll have to resize it sometime. D2D offers some backgrounds for your header, but they’re all pretty generic (woodgrains, etc.) I uploaded my own header, which is actually one of my Facebook headers. I used the tagline from a pinned Tweet of mine which says, “Psychological Suspense with Southern Flavor.” Once you’ve clicked that, you’ll be taken to a page where you’ll enter nearly all of your information (see screenshot below).įirst, over on the left, name your list. You’ll be taken to a page that looks like the screenshot below, where you’ll click the green button that says “Make a New Reading List” (see screenshot below). Next, hover over LINK TOOLS and click on READING LISTS (see screenshot below). Once you’ve done that, click GO TO MY UBL DASHBOARD (see screenshot below). I initially had a hard time finding where to go but, after a few tries, discovered that once signed in, you need to go to My Account and select Universal Book Links (see screenshot below). I’m always curious to try new marketing tools, so I decided to take a look.

You may have recently received an email from Draft2Digital telling you that they’ve added a new marketing tool for authors.

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