Resources for Authors

Resources for Authors

Amazon-Related

This guide details Amazon’s adult filter, what might trigger it, and how to avoid it.

Keywords needed for Amazon to place your book in specific romance sub-categories

Keywords needed for Amazon to place your book in specific children’s book sub-categories

Keywords needed for Amazon to place your book in specific literature & fiction sub-categories

Keywords needed for Amazon to place your book in specific historical sub-categories

Keywords needed for Amazon to place your book in specific travel related sub-categories

Keywords needed for Amazon to place your book in specific erotica sub-categories

Keywords needed for Amazon to place your book in specific science fiction sub-categories

Keywords needed for Amazon to place your book in specific mystery & thriller sub-categories

Cover Design

Make 3-D mockups of your books easily with this tool.

Use this tool to resize your cover images.

Non-Amazon Publishing

Used to distribute your self-published book to a variety of stores easily and with one place to setup and edit your book info

Radish is a fiction app, an alternative option for self-publishing where books are published in chunks with readers charged as they go 

Other

Use Books2Read to create universal book links for your backmatter!

Use BookFunnel to distribute ARCs, send reader magnets, and much more!

Reference

Sales Tracking

Get detailed and useful reporting on all of your Amazon book sales

Surveys

Create free surveys and forms with Google

Create more detailed and robust surveys, but for a price

Useful Software

Backup your ebook library and convert ebook files with this powerful piece of free software!