One of my distributors is going out of business. Pronoun was an ebook publishing site that took submissions from authors and put them up on retail publishing sites for them. It was one of the efforts I joined in their alpha and beta phases to help them get going. The others are Unglue.it, OpenBooks and BitTorrent Bundles. Unglue.it is still going strong. The other two, while still there, have dwindled to the point that their life signs are almost undetectable.
One of the options for readers is gone. At this point I don’t know whether I will submit the books to another distributor. It’s a way to get them in front of more eyeballs, which would be good, but I don’t know if it’s worth the effort.
Farewell to Pronoun. It was a good try, but I guess it didn’t work out for them.
rjb
Discover more from Green Comet
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.
Hi, Zsofia from PublishDrive here. We are sorry to see such an innovative company go: competition drives the industry to provide better service and innovation for authors. We know how frustrated and worried authors are about what this means for their books and planned distributions in 2018 and beyond. We want to reassure you and other authors that you have options. Reedsy has a comprehensive list, here: https://blog.reedsy.com/ebook-distribution/
If you decide to partner with PublishDrive, we give you the necessary help to quickly and easily import your books, for free, and without losing your reviews on any major services. We know how important it is to give authors peace of mind so they can get back to what matters – writing!
Thank you, Zsofia. If I decide to sign up with another distributor, I’ll certainly consider PublishDrive.
rjb