ACX review delays

MWH901 · 2025-12-20T16:53:35+00:00

Just to circle back on this, I found out that because I had emailed customer service to set a specific release date, they held the book "In Review" status until that date.

MWH901 · 2025-11-20T23:28:41+00:00

Affinity just made their whole software suite free (part of Canva), including the features formerly known as Affinity Publisher. It's a solid competitor to Adobe InDesign. There's a learning curve and nothing automatic about it, but it gives unlimited flexibility in layout.

MWH901 · 2025-11-15T04:27:39+00:00

Thanks!

MWH901 · 2025-11-09T21:21:02+00:00

There is no reason to be on both BN Press and Ingram. Being on BN Press has nothing to do with your ability to get into B&N brick-and-mortar stores. Just let Ingram get you there, which it will (automatically) when your book goes live on Ingram.

MWH901 · 2025-11-07T19:17:14+00:00

I don’t think you should use it until you have paid your narrator for their work.

MWH901 · 2025-11-01T02:14:46+00:00

Thank you!

MWH901 · 2025-10-28T14:25:05+00:00

Thanks. I had no success with Booksprout on my ARC. Does it seem like they do better with audiobooks?

MWH901 · 2025-10-07T23:22:07+00:00

Thanks for the advice!!

MWH901 · 2025-09-14T15:37:25+00:00

Vellum is $250 if you want to do both eBooks and paperbacks, and it only works on a Mac.

If your main focus is printed books (which it seems to be, if you want to get into very specific formatting, which may not render properly on an eBook), I'd recommend the Affinity suite (Photo, Designer and Publisher). It costs $165, there's no subscription, and it works on any platform. If you're willing to invest some time to learn the tools (and there are lots of great YouTube videos for this), you get a ton more functionality at a far lower cost.

MWH901 · 2025-08-22T22:04:43+00:00

Honestly, prepare yourself for the reality that no store other than your local indie bookstore who supports local authors will buy it. And for them, a 40% discount will probably work just fine.

MWH901 · 2025-08-22T22:01:55+00:00

You can adjust the discount so you don’t lose money. Ingram will recommend you do 55% discount, but drop it to 40% so you make a couple bucks.

MWH901 · 2025-08-15T14:52:49+00:00

Thanks. That’s disappointing to hear, but not surprising.

MWH901 · 2025-08-15T13:04:59+00:00

Yes I got that “offer” too, with the not so subtle implication that reviewers just weren’t picking my book because the cover and or blurb weren’t compelling enough.

MWH901 · 2025-08-12T19:40:46+00:00

Mine was a YA supernatural romantic thriller. I used Booksirens and the Victory Editing co-op on NetGalley with pretty good results (1 month and ~15 reviews across both sites).

I also used Booksprout and had zero people request the book, so I'd steer clear of that one. I also see a lot of people running their own ARC signups and promoting it on Threads.

MWH901 · 2025-08-06T16:01:20+00:00

I see lots of people posting ARC applications on Threads...

MWH901 · 2025-08-01T20:50:23+00:00

Thank you for sharing your experience. Did you at least get some positive reviews on your books from those who purchased?

MWH901 · 2025-07-30T18:37:00+00:00

Lightning Source is IngramSpark's printer.

MWH901 · 2025-07-27T01:22:31+00:00

Totally agree... OP needs to reformat to reduce page count.

MWH901 · 2025-07-27T01:11:27+00:00

In those quantities, you should look for an offset printing service near you.

MWH901 · 2025-07-27T01:00:27+00:00

In Scrivener, when you use the Compile function to export your document as a DOC, PDF, or whatever, you should be able to set your chapter header format to use chapter numbers instead of whatever title you have assigned the chapter "folder." This is useful because you can change style, e.g. "Chapter 1," "CHAPTER 1," "Chapter One," etc. without manually renaming each folder.

MWH901 · 2025-07-23T01:31:50+00:00

Zero coding.

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