Deborah Cooke: Author

I am in the midst of changing the source for my books on B&N. This applies to the backlist titles that I’ve republished, and will affect new titles coming directly from me. The transition will be mostly invisible to you, except over the next week or so.

First of all, why make a change at all? The main concern is for the long term. In the past, I’ve used Smashwords for distribution to B&N. In changing over to a direct feed, my new books will be available for sale more quickly on B&N: instead of there being a 6 – 8 week delay after the books are available on Amazon, this will ensure that releases are available on both portals within days of each other. That makes me smile. From my end, it will also mean more prompt reporting and payment – that also makes me happy. From your end, the ISBN#’s will change on the Nook editions – from Smashwords ISBNs to my own ISBNs, assigned to Deborah A. Cooke.

In the short term, when the new edition goes up and before the Smashwords one comes down, I thought you’d see both editions. That’s what happened at KOBO. It turns out, though, that B&N’s software must be set up to default to the directly-fed version. As the new editions are being published, they are replacing the Smashwords ones in the listings. How cool is that?

Isn’t it nice when things go more smoothly than you expect?

You’ll find three of the Coxwells at B&N now. DOUBLE TROUBLE won’t be there until November.