Here you'll find links to some helpful documents to accompany
The Sane Person's Guide to Self-Publishing. Enjoy!
Downloadable Documents (shared via Google Docs):
Goal Setting Worksheet
Budget Worksheet
Sample Cover Test Page -- Grid of Bestsellers
Sample Cover Test Page -- Three sizes, full color and black and white
Blurb HTML Template
Essential Websites:
Kindle Direct Publishing: http://kdp.amazon.com/
Smashwords: http://www.smashwords.com
Audio Creation Exchange: http://www.acx.com
Websites for Print-on-Demand books:Createspace: http://www.createspace.com
Lulu: http://www.lulu.com
Manuscript Preparation and Cover Design Resources:
Smashwords Style Guide: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/52
Simplified Kindle Formatting Instructions: https://kdp.amazon.com/help?topicId=A17W8UM0MMSQX6
InDesign Cover Tutorial: https://www.createspace.com/en/community/docs/DOC-1251
Canva Design App: https://www.canva.com/
Shutterstock: http://www.shutterstock.com/
Dreamstime: http://www.dreamstime.com/
CreativeCommons: http://www.creativecommons.org/
Publishing Industry News:GalleyCat: http://www.adweek.com/galleycat/
Cover Designers and Layout Editors:Mark's List: https://www.smashwords.com/list
Fiverr: https://www.fiverr.com/
Reviews:Foreword Reviews: https://www.forewordreviews.com/
IndieReader: http://www.indiereader.com/
The Kindle Book Review: https://www.thekindlebookreview.net/
Kirkus Reviews: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/
NetGalley: https://www.netgalley.com/
Marketing:
Kindle Samuri -- tool you can purchase to help with discoverability
Kindle Spy -- tool you can purchase to help with discoverability
Author Marketing Club: http://authormarketingclub.com/members/submit-your-book/
Book Gorilla: http://www.bookgorilla.com/
Book Bub: http://www.bookbub.com/
The Fussy Librarian: http://www.thefussylibrarian.com/
Kindle Book Review's Author Resources: https://www.thekindlebookreview.net/author-resources/
eBook about GoodReads: Michelle Campbell's GoodReads for Authors
Swag:
Vistaprint: http://www.vistaprint.com/
Services to feed your blog to your social networks:
Feedburner: http://feedburner.google.com/
Dlvr.it: https://dlvr.it/
Press Release Distribution Service:
PRLog http://www.prlog.org
Books Reviewed or Mentioned in The Sane Person's Guide:Secrets of the Six-Figure Author
Writing 21st-Century Fiction
Interviews with Indie Authors: Top Tips from Self-Published Authors
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