After years of being in beta, Draft2Digital is now opening up its print-on-demand service, which is powered behind the scenes by Ingram, to all authors. Currently, Draft2Digital distributes more than 30,000 print books and nearly 1 million ebooks. A press release from Draft2Digital postulates that digital-only authors and publishers are missing out on 86 percent of the potential readership for their books. 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.
