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On November 9th it was announced that Pronoun was going out of business. My world ended. I have needed a few weeks to get over the fact that the greatest thing in my life as an independent author was going to go away in a few weeks (I have until January 15th, 2018 to be exact). BENEFITS LOST Pronoun was literally the best thing ever. There were some things I won't be able to find anywhere else: 1) I could have pre-orders for my Amazon books 2) I could set the price of my Amazon books from $$ to free and free to $$ whenever I wanted 3) I could publish in Google Play 4) I had a wonderful Author Page where all the links to all distributors were listed. 5) Conversion technology was AMAZING and free. REVIEWS Now, not only will I loose that, but I will also loose the few reviews I had collected in iBooks and Barnes and Noble (both 5 stars, I might add). There's still hope for Amazon reviews, since my ebooks are also connected to the Createspace version of the same title. So I guess the hardcopy will keep the reviews while the ebook changes from one place to the others. OPTIONS Since the horrible announcement, I have narrowed down my choices to the following 3: 1) Publish using Draft to Digital (D2D) 2) Publish using Publish Drive 3) Publish in each distributor separately PROS AND CONS It's a hard choice and as I am trying to make up my mind, I have come up with the following pro's and con's to each of the options above. 1. Draft to Digital (D2D) Pros: - Great Service - Conversion is free - Publishes mostly everywhere - All in one publishing spot Cons: - Doesn't publish in Google Play - Can't set Amazon price to Free - No author page 2. PublishDrive Pros: - Publishes everywhere, including Google Play - All in one publishing spot Cons: - Conversion fee (unless I manage to successfully convert to ePub) - Can't set Amazon price to Free - No Author Page 3. Publish on each distributors Pros: - Get all royalties - Can see all sales directly on each site - Reviews will never go away Cons: - Can't get into Google Play unless accepted - No author page - Every time I make a change I need to do it on all websites So, there you have it. Right now, I'm leaning more into D2D with the exception of Google Play, which I have applied for and haven't heard back. Even so, I can still have Google Play exclusively with PublishDrive I guess. I have also considered D2D except Amazon and do it directly there, although I don't really care much about royalty % and it may be easier to update or whatever I need in D2D. I can't get it Free anyway unless I ask them to compare prices and stuff. I just have one free book! Just let me have that one book, please! Ok, that's what I have to say. Note: I found this website extremely helpful in case you want to take a look: https://selfpublishingadvice.org/replacing-pronoun/ cheers!
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