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How to publish your eBook everywhere with Draft2Digital

Draft2Digital is an aggregator: you upload your eBook once and it distributes to Apple Books, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, Tolino, Scribd and library platforms such as OverDrive, Hoopla and BorrowBox. In exchange it keeps a share of each sale. It also gives you a Books2Read universal link that sends readers to their preferred store.

Is Draft2Digital right for your book?

  • Authors who want to publish "wide" without managing a separate account at every store.
  • Anyone who wants library distribution, which most direct storefronts don't offer.
  • If you are in KDP Select, your eBook can't be distributed anywhere else until the exclusivity term ends.

Draft2Digital at a glance

One upload reaches Apple, Kobo, B&N, Tolino, Scribd, OverDrive, Hoopla, BorrowBox and more stores & libraries.

Formats accepted
EPUB, DOCX
Cover
JPEG, 1600 × 2400 or larger recommended (1600 × 2560 works).
ISBN
Optional — D2D can assign a free ISBN.
Royalty
Store royalty minus D2D's fee of about 10% of list price (estimate — verify).

Files you need to upload

  • Manuscript (use as-is)

    EPUB ebook — Reflowable EPUB 3 manuscript

  • Manuscript (let D2D format it)(optional)

    Word manuscript — Editable DOCX with styles

  • Cover

    eBook cover JPG — 1600 × 2560 px, 1.6:1 — KDP's ideal size

Step by step

Steps

  1. 1

    Open Draft2Digital and sign in

  2. 2

    My Books → Add New Book

  3. 3

    Book details

    Title, subtitle, series, contributors, description, categories, keywords, audience.

  4. 4

    Upload the manuscript

    Your EPUB (keep layout as-is) or the DOCX (D2D formats it).

  5. 5

    Upload the cover JPG

  6. 6

    Publishing info & ISBN

  7. 7

    Pick stores & set price

    Untick stores you publish to directly.

  8. 8

    Publish

  9. 9

    Record the Books2Read link here

Before you publish

  • Deselect every store you publish to directly (e.g. Amazon if you use KDP, Apple if you use Apple Books for Authors) — the same eBook can't be listed twice.
  • D2D gives you a Books2Read universal link — use it as the live URL.
Open Draft2Digital

Draft2Digital: frequently asked questions

Can I use Draft2Digital and Amazon KDP together?+

Yes — publish to Amazon through KDP and deselect Amazon in Draft2Digital. The same eBook must not be listed twice in one store.

Does Draft2Digital give a free ISBN?+

Yes. The ISBN is optional; Draft2Digital can assign a free one if you don't have your own.

How much does Draft2Digital charge?+

It keeps about 10% of the list price on each sale on top of the store's own cut. Check D2D's current terms before pricing.

Should I upload EPUB or DOCX to Draft2Digital?+

Upload the EPUB if you want the layout Inkora produced, unchanged. Upload the DOCX if you want Draft2Digital to apply its own formatting templates.

Get Draft2Digital-ready files from one idea

Inkora writes your book, designs the cover and exports exactly the files listed above — then tracks this checklist for you in its Publishing Hub.

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