At a glance
- Manuscript upload
- Required
- Cloud storage
- Yes
- Account required
- Yes
- AI features
- Not determined
- AI training on your work
- Terms are silent or ambiguous
- Content licence
- Narrow — scoped to running the service
- Deletion
- Available
- Export / portability
- Strong
- Policy transparency
- Clear
“Not determined” means the documents were read and did not settle it. “Not assessed” means it has not been researched. Neither means “no”.
What this means for authors
Editorial interpretation — Generally protective
The terms are scoped to what the service needs to operate, with clear routes to withdraw.
The licence is scoped to distribution, revocable by terminating the agreement, and paired with an explicit obligation to pull listings afterwards; withdrawal is unilateral and immediate. The one reservation is the systems-improvement clause, which permits use of manuscript files for a purpose defined broadly enough that it neither clearly includes nor clearly excludes model training.
Content licence
A non-exclusive, worldwide licence to distribute the work in the formats and to the channels you choose. It is irrevocable only "unless and until you terminate this Agreement according to its terms" — so unlike an unconditionally irrevocable grant, ending the agreement ends it. On termination Draft2Digital must stop distributing and tell sales channels to cancel listings. You retain copyright, and section 15(e) adds a genuinely uncommon term: you own the Work files Draft2Digital creates for you, such as the formatted EPUB, subject only to the rights you granted. One qualification on the clean exit — the rights continue after the term "as necessary for us to allow sales channels to market, sell and distribute your Works as contemplated hereunder", so the grant tapers rather than stopping dead.
AI and model training
The terms do not mention AI or machine learning, but they do grant "the additional right to use your manuscript and Work files for the purpose of improving and enhancing our systems for converting and distributing electronic and physical books", adding that no sale or licensing of the work happens under that clause. Whether that covers training a model on manuscripts is not stated either way — the clause is scoped by purpose rather than by technique.
Deletion
Individual works can be delisted at any time, and the agreement can be terminated at any time, with or without cause, on notice.
Export and lock-in
Distribution is opt-in per storefront and non-exclusive throughout, so nothing prevents publishing the same work elsewhere at the same time or moving away entirely.
Sources
Every factual claim above is drawn from these documents.
Official terms
Draft2Digital Terms of ServiceDraft2Digital
Accessed 2 September 2026
Source for the licence grant, the systems-improvement clause, termination and delisting.
Official pricing
Draft2Digital pricingDraft2Digital
Accessed 2 September 2026
Official help centre
Draft2Digital FAQDraft2Digital
Accessed 2 September 2026
Source for the revenue share, activation and maintenance fees, free ISBN, payment schedule and thresholds, and the no-exclusivity statement.
Caveats
This is an informational reading of published documents, not legal advice, and it describes what Draft2Digital’s terms permit and require rather than what the company does in practice. Terms change without announcement. How this is assessed.