Recently, Kobo announced it is extending its Kobo Plus service into the UK and the US, and Draft2Digital has now added Kobo Plus to its standard Kobo distribution. If you do not wish to participate, you can opt out by logging in to your Draft2Digital account. However, taking that action today will mean opting out of Kobo entirely, not just Kobo Plus. Later this year, Draft2Digital authors will gain the ability to treat Kobo single-copy sales and Kobo Plus distribution separately if they wish. Learn more.
Jane Friedman has spent her entire career working in the publishing industry, with a focus on business reporting and author education. Established in 2015, her newsletter The Bottom Line provides nuanced market intelligence to thousands of authors and industry professionals; in 2023, she was named Publishing Commentator of the Year by Digital Book World.
Jane’s expertise regularly features in major media outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, NPR, The Today Show, Wired, The Guardian, Fox News, and BBC. Her book, The Business of Being a Writer, Second Edition (The University of Chicago Press), is used as a classroom text by many writing and publishing degree programs. She reaches thousands through speaking engagements and workshops at diverse venues worldwide, including NYU’s Advanced Publishing Institute, Frankfurt Book Fair, and numerous MFA programs.
