Welcome to my ever-growing list of useful sites and services that I’ve found over the last few years.
Kindle Direct Publishing
Where it all begins…
kdp.amazon.com
Self-publishing Formula
Created by best selling author Mark Dawson and James Blatch, this site offers courses on many of the key skills you need to become an independent author with contributions from specialists in writing, editing and advertising. They also have a great podcast.
Selfpublishingformula.com
Reedsy
Reedsy is a marketplace for Editors, Cover designers, marketing experts and much more.
Reedsy.com
20Books50K
Started by Michael Anderle and Craig Martelle, the facebook group has over 44K indie authors from all over the world. It holds a vast repository of knowledge gleaned from the experience of thousands of authors and still remains one of the most engaged and supportive groups out there.
20books50K
Kindlepreneur
This is definitely one to spend some time on if you’re just starting out as an author. Dave Chesson is a great communicator and has some useful tools like Publisher Rocket that can help with your Amazon ads.
Kindlepreneur.com
Draft2Digital
For those who want to go ‘Wide’ and not exclusive to Amazon. Draft2Digital can help you get onto Apple, Kobo and a bunch of other ebook distributors.
Draft2digital.com
Scrivener
My favourite tool for writing. So much more flexible than MS Word.
LiteratureAndLatte.com
Vellum
Only available for Apple Mac, this is the best thing I ever bought. It formats your manuscripts into eBook EPUB and print PDF in minutes. It’s a little pricey but its totally worth it.
Vellum.pub