Indie Book Publishing Resources

Kimberly Mullins Author

Indie Publishing Resources

The five ladies that helped me on my journey are:
Courtney Young: The Courtney project and Publishable on YouTube
Meg Latorre: Iwriterly and Publishable on YouTube
Kaitlyn Johnson: Publishable on YouTube, and she is also my amazing editor
Jenna Moreci: Writing with Jenna Moreci on YouTube
M.K. Williams on YouTube

Indie Book Electronic Resources

Publishing Resources

Vellum: Note: available on Mac only and as a work around on PC; Formatting software for e-book, hardback, and paperback; https://vellum.pub/

ARC software Book funnel, distribute E-book ARCS; sending out advanced copies of your book, handing out e-books at a conference, or fulfilling your digital sales to readers; https://bookfunnel.com/

Publisher Rocket- gives you real data that shows you exactly what Amazon book buyers type into Amazon, as well as how many people search for these things every month; https://publisherrocket.com/

E-book Aggregators:

Author Platform:

Website host-
Godaddy. https://www.godaddy.com (i moved from them due to cost--though they were amazing with my build)
WordPress https://wordpress.com

Blue host is who I use now: Webmail Login - Bluehost 

 

Newsletters:

Mailchimp (first 2000 free) https://mailchimp.com
Mailerlite; https://www.mailerlite.com

Social Media Scheduling: IG, FB, Twitter:

Press Packet:

Canva" https://www.canva.com

Book Brush is an amazing tool for marketing books: Book Brush - Ads & Social Media Images for Authors

LLC Filing:

Incfile https://www.incfile.com I used this one, it is easy to use, and reasonably priced.
Legal Zoom https://www.legalzoom.com