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Free Training
Sell More Books with Amazon Book ads http://17000-days.com/amz_ads
How and why some authors offer their books Free + Shipping (profitably!) http://17000-days.com/f+s
How I sell most of my eBooks: SamCart’s 1-Page Funnel http://17000-days.com/1pf
Leads from a Book: How to Publish Your Bestselling Book for Leads http://17000-days.com/book-leads
Building Your Author Platform
WordPress.com (one easy way to set up your website) https://wordpress.com
SiteGround (website hosting) https://www.siteground.com
ConvertKit (email list service) http://17000-days.com/convertkit
Hiring an Editor
Editorial Freelance Association’s list of editorial rates https://www.the-efa.org/rates/
Venues and Tools for Publishing
For sales on your own website:
PayPal (transaction processing for sales from your website) https://www.paypal.com/home
E-Junkie (basic shopping cart system for sales from your website) http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/pricing.htm
SamCart (full-featured shopping cart and sales page builder) http://17000-days.com/samcart
Fulfillment by Amazon (if you want to sell print books from your website but not have to ship them) http://services.amazon.com/content/fulfillment-by-amazon.htm
eBook, paperback, and audiobook distribution:
KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing for Kindle and print on demand) https://kdp.amazon.com
IngramSpark (print on demand) https://www.ingramspark.com
Lulu (print on demand) https://www.lulu.com
Smashwords (eBook distribution) https://www.smashwords.com
Draft2Digital (eBook distribution) https://www.acx.com
ISBNs and barcodes:
Bowker ISBN service https://www.myidentifiers.com/Get-your-isbn-now
Free ISBN Barcode generators:
http://www.creativindiecovers.com/free-online-isbn-barcode-generator/ and https://www.terryburton.co.uk/barcodewriter/generator/
Intellectual property protection:
U.S. Copyright Office http://copyright.gov
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (for checking whether a trademark is already registered by someone else) http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/search-trademark-database
Formatting Your Book
EPUB Straight to the Point: Creating eBooks for the Apple iPad and Other ereaders by Elizabeth Castro
Kindle Formatting: The Complete Guide To Formatting Books For The Amazon Kindle by Joshua Tallent (Some of the details in this are outdated, but the basics are the same)
Smashwords Style Guide How to Format Your Ebook by Mark Coker
The Book Designer (offers tons of free information, as well as templates you can buy for your book interior) http://www.thebookdesigner.com
Marketing and Selling
Write to Sell by Andy Maslen
How to Write a Sizzling Synopsis: A Step-byStep System for Enticing New Readers, Selling More Fiction, and Making Your Books Sound Good by Bryan Cohen
Selling for Success: The Ultimate Guide to Developing a Sales Mindset, Selling in a Strategic Way, and Making The Impact You Want Your Life to Have by Felicia Spahr
Keyword and Category Research:
Publisher Rocket http://17000-days.com/rocket
Advertising for books:
Amazon Marketing Services: sign up from your KDP dashboard once you’ve published your book
Free course on Amazon ads http://17000-days.com/amz_ads
BookBub Ads (not to be confused with BookBub features): Sign up at the address below to claim your author account, then apply for an advertising account. https://partners.bookbub.com/users/sign_up?form=partner_type
BuckBooks (for new releases priced at $0.99 or free) http://buckbooks.net/promotions/
BookSends (email promotion for discounted books) https://booksends.com/advertise.php
BKnights (Fiverr gig for promoting discounted books on BKnights’s website and email list) https://www.fiverr.com/share/4KZbR
Selling without Amazon:
How and why some authors offer their books Free + Shipping (profitably!) http://17000-days.com/f+s
How I sell most of my eBooks: SamCart’s 1-Page Funnel http://17000-days.com/1pf