Maliven vs. Draft2Digital
Four things that decide where your book earns. Thirty seconds to read.
| Maliven | Draft2Digital | |
|---|---|---|
| Time to publish | Instant. No review queue, no conversion wait — upload and your book is live. | Multi-day: manual/file review, then propagation out to each retailer on their own schedule. |
| Royalty | 70% of every sale, and 75% while you have at least one live free title. The top rate on the platform, no time limit, no slot cap. | Roughly 60% of list price on most stores after the retailer’s cut and D2D’s share. |
| Payout speed | Request anytime past $10; reviewed and sent within a business day — Bitcoin or manual USD (Zelle, Cash App, check). | Monthly cycles, typically ~60 days behind the sale, minimum thresholds by method. |
| Content policy | All legal fiction, full stop. No downstream retailer can veto your book. | Retailer-dependent: every downstream store applies its own rules, and taboo categories are routinely blocked or quietly delisted. |