u/Tim_Kraef

Hey fellow indies,

I’m currently hitting a massive wall with my distribution and I’m wondering if anyone else has seen this recently.

I’m using Draft2Digital (D2D) for wide distribution, but my latest sync resulted in raw HTML tags (like <div> and <span>) showing up in the titles and descriptions on major retailer sites (Thalia/Tolino network).

To make it worse, some retailers seem to have delisted the titles entirely because of the corrupted data feed. On top of that, Amazon blocked my print version while the eBook is still live—no clear explanation given.

Has anyone else experienced D2D-to-Ingram metadata corruption lately? Is this a known issue with character encoding during the sync process, or am I just "lucky"?

I feel like I'm fighting the distributors more than I'm actually writing. Any advice on how to force a clean metadata flush across the network?

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Hey everyone,

Just wanted to share the cover for my project, "Big ONE". It’s an autobiographical thriller—100% real, zero fiction.

I decided to go full DIY: No professional designers, absolutely no AI art. I even opted for a strictly black & white interior print to keep it raw, "herb," and affordable.

Self-publishing has been a brutal ride so far. Amazon actually blocked the print version, and my other distribution channels are currently a mess of HTML bugs and missing listings. It feels like the system is fighting the book just as much as the story inside it.

I wanted the cover to reflect that "no filter" punk energy. What do you guys think of the minimal B&W look? Does the DIY vibe translate, or is it too "rough" for the international market?

Curios to hear your thoughts.

Am 13.02.2020 gab es im Bundestag eine historische Abstimmung: Die Anerkennung der als „Asoziale“ und „Berufsverbrecher“ verfolgten Menschen als Opfer des Nationalsozialismus.

Alle Fraktionen stimmten zu. Bis auf eine. Die AfD enthielt sich.

Wer waren diese Menschen? Es waren keine Eliten mit Netzwerken. Es waren Menschen ohne Lobby: Obdachlose, Suchtkranke, „Arbeitsscheue“. Weiße, deutsche Menschen – im Grunde Hartz IV mit Vorkriegsgesicht.

Wenn die AfD heute von „ihrem Volk“ spricht, sollten wir genau hinsehen. Die Geschichte zeigt: Wer ganz unten steht, gehörte für diese Ideologie noch nie dazu. Die Verachtung trifft oft genau jene, die glauben, sie seien gemeint.

Hintergrund & Chronologie der Verleugnung: https://www.die-verleugneten.de/chronologie/1945-2020-verleugnung/

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