BookBaby vs Draft2Digital
February 26, 2026 | Author: Laura Candler
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BookBaby makes self-publishing easy: from cover design, book printing, eBook conversions, distribution, website creation, and more. It offers a large ebook distribution network, including Amazon, Apple, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, Sony, and many other popular retailers in over 170 countries around the globe. It’s now possible for you to reach a worldwide audience, keep 100% of your book’s net earnings, retain the rights to your work, and maintain total creative control. BookBaby provides everything you need to professionally publish and distribute your book, without ever having to sell-out to ‘big publishing.’
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Self-publishing platform that distributes books through its online platforms Books2Read and Smashwords, all major online bookstores, as well as through hundreds of offline stores worldwide. Draft2Digital takes a 10% commission on e-book sales, and with its print-on-demand (POD) service, you can publish a print book as quickly and easily as an e-book. In the control panel, authors can set prices, select channels to distribute through, track sales and monitor the effectiveness of marketing efforts. The platform offers a variety of tools for book preparation (such as adding metadata and error detection), marketing tools (universal book links, B2R author pages, B2R book tabs, Draft2Digital promotions, where you can set up price or free promos, and merchandising projects in offline stores).
BookBaby vs Draft2Digital in our news:
2025. Draft2Digital is changing its payout limits
Self-Publishing platform Draft2Digital is introducing new minimum payment thresholds ($10-$100) for various payment methods that previously had no minimum amount (PayPal, Payoneer, check, etc.). This primarily affects independent authors who publish their books themselves. According to the platform representatives the minimum payment threshold will help reduce administrative costs, minimize transaction fees and streamline processing. Going forward, payments will not be processed until author's account balance reaches the minimum required amount.
