Publishing Resources

Note: Some links are affiliate links. I only recommend products and services that I believe in.

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The Complete Guide To Formatting Books For The Amazon Kindle by Joshua Tallent (Some of the details in this are outdated, but the basics are the same)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