So one more thing to remember. If you're self-publishing, you need to remember timing. Smashwords sends files to the various vendors (B&N, Kobo, etc) on a schedule. So if you want something to go live on a particular date you need to submit earlier. That being the case, I'm trying to get Without A Voice to Smashwords today so that it will (might!) be on B&N by the first.
I should have thought of that earlier--I know how vendor files work. The file is ready, the cover is ready, I was just going to do one last read-through and listen all the way through one more time before submitting. Which means that I'm going to be very busy today.
And a second duh-moment--I just realized that last week's post didn't get posted. I need to stop trying to rely on the "scheduling" option.
See you later!
Really, really wish they'd let us pick a publication date/time. Not really sure why we shouldn't be able to so long as it wasn't within the next several days, and they had the material in hand. Instead of just auto-publishing when the vendor approves it, why can't they just schedule it when the author wants?
ReplyDeleteMakes doing an efficient/organized release almost impossible for indie authors.
I'm sure it's been suggested, but I'll suggest it again. As long as the main advertising push doesn't happen until the actual date, I don't see that the few days difference is a major problem. It is irritating, though.
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