Reddit! - Courtesy of Booker
BookSirens has a reviewer search feature that allows you to find reviewers: https://booksirens.com/book-reviewer-directory
Make a universal link at Books2Read (sister site of Draft2Digital) so that people who are not in your country can be directed to the correct buying platform (.com vs .au) and people who want to buy wide (when applicable) can do so without having to go hunting.
Other Random Resources:
- Your Paper Quest is an indie book box that you can submit your book to
- Kickstarter Youtube Course
- If you want to do NetGalley for ARCs (or for already-published books!) you do NOT have to pay full price. There are multiple Netgalley co-ops. Victory Editing is only $50 [a]for one month on Netgalley. SFWA is the same price but you have to be a member ($100 membership fees). XPresso Book Tours is $45/month. These prices change on occasion, so this is just the current prices.
- Places to print custom bookmarks: PrintPlace VistaPrint GotPrint EnvironPrint Environprint has the best prices so far as I can tell but I haven’t looked at shipping
- Sell custom print on demand merch via Printify
- Make shipping cheaper and easier by using PirateShip
- My resource page on Spraying Book Edges
- Paid first chapter assessments and beta reads by Andres https://ko-fi.com/andresearlyreads/commissions
Please note that everything in this is a work in progress. I can and will add to each project as I find more resources! If you would like to help with this and become an editor on one or more spreadsheet, please let me know and I’ll give you access!
Twitter/Social Media Advice:
- Make a linktree and put it in your bio
- Tell folks you’re an author in your bio
- Tell folks whether or not you use AI in your bio
- Have a pinned tweet about the book you’re currently promoting
- Engage in community building activities that help other authors and readers
Social Media Bio Template:
Author of (genre/subgenre), no AI, (book-related affiliations), (personal touch), (linktree)
My Bio as an Example:
“Author of Starlight Jewel, first book in the Gifts of the Auldtree series, no AI, is actually three raccoons in a peacoat, @SFFinsiders reviewer”
What to include in your linktree? Other social media accounts, substack/newsletter, author website, links to buy books, merch shop
Future projects I want to start on; comment if you’ve got contributions for them!
- Author Interviewers
- Cover Revealers
- Editing Services
- Book Tour Services
- Writing programs (Atticus, CampfireWriting, Plottr etc.)
- Beta Readers and Beta Reading Sites
- Audiobook Stuff
I am also working on a grammar/writing guide that will take me a long time, but I’ll post it here once I get ten chapters or so in.
[a]at $57.75 for now. Still active!