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Sometimes the best way to share resources is via lists, like my post 7 Strategies and 110 Tools to Help Indie Authors Find Readers and Reviewers. With that in mind, here are links to more than 184 articles full of advice and tips on how to write, edit, market and promote, publish, and sell books. Most of them give a top [insert number here] list, and all of them involve numbers in some way. Enjoy!
Contents
Awards
- Writing: 50 Book Awards Open to Self-publishers on ALLi
- Kirkus unveils three $50,000 book prizes on The Washington Post
Blogging
- 34 Blogging Topics Just for Writers on Social Media Just For Writers
- 5 Steps to Blogging Mastery for Fiction Writers on Your Writer Platform
- 20 Ways To Reuse, Recycle and Repurpose Content on Magnolia Media Network
- Hundreds of Blog Post Ideas for Writers on Bound and Determined
- TEN REASONS FOR AUTHORS TO BLOG on Anne R. Allen
- Repurposing Your Event Content: 33 Awesome Ideas on PageWiz
- 5 Awesome Benefits to Writing Flash Fiction for Your Email Subscribers on The Book Designer
Book Marketing (General)
- 2 enduring, low-cost book marketing tactics on Write and Publish Like a Pro
- 2 Must-Dos to Make Your Book Marketing Infinitely Easier on Your Writer Platform
- 20 Marketing Questions Self-Published Authors Must Answer on Digital Book World
- 1066 Design
- 28 awesome tips creating marketing ebooks infographic on SteamFeed
- 5 Steps for Restarting Your Book Marketing Efforts After a Break on Self Publishing Team
- 5 WAYS TO FIND A HOOK TO MARKET YOUR BOOK on The Cadence Group
- Building Grassroots Support for Authors: 10 Steps on Writers Win
- Top Four Best Practices for Writing Great Book Blurbs on Digital Book World
Book Promotion / Publicity
- 10 Tips to Promote a Book When the Author is MIA…or Dead on Publishing Perspectives
- 7 ways to promote your book while watching TV on Build Book Buzz
- 4 quick tips about book publicity on Build Book Buzz
- Fifty Things Under $50 Bucks To Promote Your Book on Author Marketing Experts
- 15 WAYS TO PROMOTE YOUR BOOK WITH A BOOK TRAILER on BookBaby
Book Reviews / Endorsements
- 12 Additional Mistakes to Avoid When Asking For a Book Review on ePublish a Book
- 7 Steps to Successfully Get Endorsements on Magnolia Media Network
- 10 WAYS FOR AUTHORS TO HANDLE BAD REVIEWS on Indie Author News
Book Series
- Self-Publishing: 6 Valuable Lessons I Learned Between Book #1 & #2 on Molly Greene
- 6 Lessons Learned Between Books 4 & 5 on Molly Greene
- Writing A Series: 7 Continuation Issues To Avoid on The Creative Penn
Book Tour
- 27 Places to Get a Book Tour (and the Top Ten) on Self Publishing Review
- 14 Definitions You Need to Know When Creating an Author Media Kit on The Book Designer
Ebooks
- Six Things You Should Be Including in Your EBook (and Probably Aren’t) on The Book Designer
- 3 Ways Ebooks Could Help Improve Your Content Marketing Strategy on The Huffington Post
- 5 Things NOT To Do When Creating An Interactive eBook on Business 2 Community
Editing
- 8 Proofreading Tools for Beta Readers on Tech Tools for Writers
- 4 Levels of Editing Explained: Which Service Does Your Book Need? on The Book Designer
Email Marketing
- 7 Email Marketing Secrets Every Fiction Writer Should Know on The Book Designer
- 6 Actionable Tips to Build Your Email List on Earnworthy
Events
- 29 Networking Tips for Live Events on Training Authors
- 5 Things To Do Before Your Next Book Event on Ness Graphica
- 8 Essentials Tips for a Successful Book Reading by a Self-Published Author on The Book Designer
- 5 Tips for Going on an Offline Book Tour on The Book Designer
- 4 Tips For Using Facebook Events to Their Full Potential on Training Authors
- 5 Facebook Marketing Tips for Authors on Lindsay Buroker
- 5 Steps to Get Back the Time Facebook is Stealing From Your Writing on Training Authors
- 60+ Facebook Groups for Authors – Promote Your Books, Blogs, and More on Training Authors
- 7 powerful Facebook statistics you should know for a more engaging Facebook page on The Next Web
- Analysis of 9 Facebook Pages & Profiles by Famous Writers on Social Media Just for Writers
Imagery
- The 8 Types of Images That Increase the Psychological Impact of Your Content on Copyblogger
- 7 Tips for the Camera Shy Author on Bound and Determined
- 5 Ways Instagram Beats All Other Social Media Sites on SteamFeed
- 13 SITES WHERE YOU CAN GET FABULOUS FREE PHOTOS on Published to Death
- 5 Ways In Which Sketching Inspires Writing on R.S. Mollison-Read
Kindle / Amazon
- Kindle Textbook Creator in 6 Steps on Tech Tools for Writers
- How to Proofread on a Kindle: 5 Easy Steps on Tech Tools for Writers
- 7 Item To-Do List for Amazon Author Central Profile on How to Make, Market and Sell Ebooks
- How to Get 100+ Reviews on Amazon: Different Types of Reviewers – Do They All Matter? Part 1 on Author Marketing Experts
- Amazon’s Top 100 Books for 2014: What can we learn? on Bound and Determined
- There Is One New Book On Amazon Every Five Minutes on Tech Crunch
- [Kindle Launch] Behind the Scenes of a 20,000 Download Book Launch on Steve Scott Site
- Amazon Expands Self-Publishing to 3D Printing on Digital Book World
- Why do people sell used books on Amazon for $.01? on Quora
Legal
- 10 Tips for Avoiding Defamation on Keeping It Legal
- 3 Simple Censorship Rules Can Safeguard Self-Published Ebooks on Digital Book World
Market Research
- 10 Inspiring Statistics About Self-Publishing on WiseInk Blog
- The 4 books you need to read to become a self publishing success on ePublish a Book
- 25 things you might not know about the web on its 25th birthday on The Guardian
- 5 charts that describe the state of digital publishing on Digiday
- 40 years of ebooks (infographic) on Ebook Friendly
- 9 Self-Publishing Fiction Writers You Should Follow Today on The Book Designer
- 61% of eBooks Consumed Online for Free in the UK on GalleyCat
- Iceland: Where one in 10 people will publish a book on BBC News
- Self-publishing surging to 31% of ebook market, claims report on The Guardian
- The World’s 56 Largest Book Publishers, 2014 on Publisher’s Weekly
- Marketing Myth #1: Audience Research Is Time Consuming and Expensive on Digital Book World
- Third to a billion (Android) on ASYMCO
- Apple reality distortion field goes right up to 11 on ebook autographs on Teleread
- Managing Two Companies at the Same Time on The Scholarly Kitchen
- How I Convinced My 8 Year Old To Choose Books Instead Of Minecraft on Forbes
- 4% of Readers Read eBooks Exclusively on GoodeReader
- Five Digital Channel Management Challenges Facing Publishers on Digital Book World
- Four Things Trade Publishers Can Learn From STM Publishers on Digital Book World
- 5 Reasons Why Indie Bookstores Are Perfect Models for American Small Businesses on FlavorWire
- 10 Analytics Mistakes I Learned the Hard Way (So You Don’t Have To) on HubSpot
Metadata
- 6 Things to Consider When Writing Promotional Copy for Your Book on The Book Designer
- 7 Tips for Metadata Magic for Self-Publishers on The Book Designer
- 8 Ways For Self-Published Authors to Rise Above Their Fear of Metadata on Digital Book World
- Five Things You Should Know About Metadata on Digital Book World
- Four Ways Book Metadata Is Changing on Digital Book World
Reading
- Top Ten Book Recommendation Platforms on Digital Book World
- 3 ways to add own ebooks to any iOS book reading app on Ebook Friendly
- Three Open Source E-book Readers Worth a Look on Ostatic
- E-ink Unveils a 19 Foot E-ink Screen on The Digital Reader
Resources / Tech
- 21 free resources for authors on Build Book Buzz
- 50 Websites Every Author Should Bookmark in 2014 on WiseInk Blog
- 8 Powerful Influencer Research Tools That Get Fantastic Results on Blogging Wizard
- 21 RESOURCES FOR WRITING AN EBOOK (WHEN YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU’RE DOING) on Write Hacked
- 8 Gmail Hacks That Will Change The Way You Use Email on Buzzfeed
- 10 Online Resources for Writers Who Want to Write Well on Dana Leipold
- 21 Free Résumé Designs Every Job Hunter Needs on Buzzfeed
- 29 Tools I Use To Run My Business on Aidan Booth
- 42 AWESOME WRITING RESOURCES YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT on Write Hacked
- 6 Cool New Apps for Writers on Social Media Just for Writers
- These 11 Apps Will Help You Finally Finish Your Novel on The Huffington Post
- 5 Digital Media Resources for Every Writer’s Toolbox on Writer Unboxed
- BEA 2015: Ten Tools For Authors on The Digital Reader
- 13 Chrome Apps You Won’t Believe You Survived Without on The Muse
- 100 Most Brilliant Tech Hacks You Need To Know Right Now on CarlCheo
- 3 Great Free Alternatives to Adobe Design Products on Blue Sun Studio
- 65 Beautiful Fonts You Can Download For Free on Pixel Curse
Self Publishing
- 3 Ways to acquire an entrepreneurial mindset for success on The Bay Net
- 5 Mistakes You’ll Make on the Way to Publishing Success on Jane Friedman
- The 7-Step Business Plan for Writers on Jane Friedman
- Three Self-Published Author Mistakes that Hinder Financial Success on Book Coaching
- Author Nick Spalding’s top 10 self-publishing tips on BBC News
- ONLY $500? HERE’S HOW I’D DO IT… on Write Hacked
- Hindsight is 20/20: My First Year in Self-Publishing on She Who Writes Monsters
- Self-Publishing An E-Book? Here Are 4 Ways To Leave Amazon’s 30% Tax Behind on Forbes
- Ten Things I’ve Learned from Evaluating Self-Published Books for a Year on Writer Unboxed
- Making a Full-time Living from Self-Publishing – 6 Lessons Learned, with Lindsay Buroker on The Write Lifestyle
- Can You Turn a Book into a Bestselling Subscription Site? 7 Criteria on Marketing Sherpa
- Self-Publishing Secrets Revealed – Five Free Ways to Expose Your
selfBooks to Readers on Martin Crosbie - The Definitive Guide to Pricing Your Book (7) on WiseInk Blog
- 3 Ways For Self-Publishers to Break Into the Public Library Market on The Book Designer
- Five Years of Grit and Determination: Self-Publishing a Pop-Up Book on Publisher’s Weekly
- 10 Lessons I Learned My First Year As A Hybrid Author on SheWrites
- A Tale Of Two Author Brands on The Creative Penn
Selling
- 17 Bestseller Tips – from Trade Publishers on Savvy Writers & e-Books online
- 100% of Independent Publishers Who Do This Will Sell More of Their Work on Copybogger
- The 3 Pillars or Selling More Books on Digital Book World
- 5 Ways To Boost Your Christmas Book Sales on Training Authors
- 4 proven ways to sell 75%+ of your freelance writing on Gordon Burgett’s Blog
- Three Tips for Monetizing Your Back-List on Digital Book World
- How 6 Pieces of Self-Publishing Advice Led to Averaging $1,250 a Month in Book Sales on Self Land Publishing
- How to Sell Ebooks: 5 Proven Tips on Digital Book World
- Three Easy Steps to Selling a LOT More Books and Information Products on The Book Designer
- How I Sold 10,000 Ebooks in One Year (+ surpassed the income from my day job) on 30 Day Books
- HOW SAMUEL HULICK MADE OVER $37,000 WITH HIS SELF-PUBLISHED BOOK on Nathan Barry
SEO
- The Big List of 189 Words That Convert on Buffer
- #1 Keyword Tool on Keyword Spy
Short Stories
- The three reasons I have fallen in love with writing short stories on M. Louisa Locke
- The power of the short story – 5 reasons we should write them (and read them) on Ian Martyn
- The Top 10 Reasons to Write Short Stories on Writers Write
Social Media (General)
- 10 Great Resources Writers [You] Need to Know About on Social Media Just for Writers
- 10 Tips To Manage Your Social Media Presence [INFOGRAPHIC] on AdWeek
- 18 Months of Social Media: One Writer’s Progress Report on The Loneliest Planet
- 45 Ways To Sabotage Your Social Media Success on Molly Greene
- 7 Reasons Why Social Media Isn’t Growing Your Fiction Readership (And What to Do About Them) on The Book Designer
- 7 Untapped Social Media Tactics For Smart Bloggers on Aha Now
- 9 Free Social Media Analytics Tools for Writers on Social Media Just for Writers
- How NOT to Sell Books: Top 10 Social Media Marketing No-Nos for Authors on Anne R. Allen
- 12 Things Every Author Should Know about Social Media on Social Media Just for Writers
- What NOT to Post When Marketing Your Book – 8 Common Mistakes to Avoid on Magnolia Media Network
- Personal Branding With Social Media – 3 Easy Ways on Magnolia Media Network
- 10 SURPRISING TWITTER STATISTICS TO HELP YOU REACH MORE FOLLOWERS on Fast Company
- 12 TIPS FOR HOLIDAY TWEETING: LAST MINUTE TWITTER BOOSTS on Social Media Today
- 15 Must-Follow Twitter Accounts for Self-Published Writers on The Book Designer
- 3 Twitter Tips You May Not Know on Book Promotion
- 5 Things For Authors To Tweet About (That Aren’t “Buy My Book!”) on Book Marketing Tools
- 6 Advanced Twitter Tips To Help YOU! on Book Promotion
- 6 Ways Twitter Lists Can Help Build Your Author Platform on The Book Designer
- 8 Twitter Resources for Authors on Book Marketing Tools
- 50 Things to Tweet About on Author Marketing Experts
- Top 10 Ways to Use Twitter Without Losing Your Soul on C.G. Andrew
- Twitter Etiquette 101 on Writer Unboxed
- 10 WAYS TO FIND YOUR IDEAL AUDIENCE ON TWITTER (FOR WRITERS) on Published to Death
- GROW YOUR TWITTER FOLLOWERS IN LESS THAN 5 MINUTES A DAY on The Writing Life
- 9 Twitter Tools and Apps to Ease Your Tweeting on The Book Designer
Writing Advice
- 12 Most Unforgivable Writing Mistakes on 12 Most
- 15 Ways To Tell You’re Onto Something Good on Writers Village
- 15 Words That Don’t Mean What You Think They Mean on Buzzfeed
- 22 Story Telling Guidelines on The Indie Writers Guide
- 4 Writing Prompts That Will Change How You Write on T. L. Shreffler
- 5 Ways To Improve A Perfect Story on Write to Done
- Five Words That Weaken Your Writing on Marcy Kennedy
- Four Fiction Felonies that Make Your Plot Unbelievable on Marcy Kennedy
- Three Ways To Draw Pictures In Your Readers’ Heads on Ninie Hammon
- 14 Examples and 2,300 Words on How to Sharpen Your Sentences on Jenni with an “i”
- Sizzling Romance – 10 tips to write love scenes on Charmaine Clancy
- The Seven Deadly Sins of Prologues on Kristen Lamb’s Blog
- 6 Clues You’re Overusing Internal Dialogue in Your Fiction on Marcy Kennedy
- 10 Writing Mistakes that Kill Your First Chapter on Marcy Kennedy
- 5 LinkedIn Groups for Writers on Bound and Determined
Writing Productivity
- 8 Ways Scrivener Will Help You Become A Proficient Writer Overnight on The Creative Penn
- Stop making excuses. 6 ways to get your writing on track on Mad House Media
- HOW I WENT FROM WRITING 2,000 WORDS A DAY TO 10,000 WORDS A DAY on Pretentious Title
- How I improved my writing productivity by 100% on Novel Experience
- A 5-Minute Guide to Evernote on Tech Tools for Writers
- The best $55,000 I never earned on Good Words
Just For Fun
- The Saturday Review, July 23, 1966 Issue – 39 Articles, 76pp on UNZ.org
- Capo3 on iTunes (chord detection in music, to help blow off steam)
- Nearly 100 years ago, baseball almost banned broadcasts on The Conversation
- 50 Shades Text Generator on xwray (“Computer generated erotica in the style of Fifty Shades of Gray, for the discerning technophile.”)
- 26 Of The Greatest Book Dedications You Will Ever Read on Buzzfeed
- The Art of Remixing Your Material and Selling 9 Stories on Contently
Editor’s note: This post was originally published on August 10, 2015.
Hi Sabrina. Thanks so much for including my article, “6 Actionable Tips to Build Your Email List” in your post! There are many other great resources here too. Much appreciated.
Thank you! And I appreciate your “6 Actionable Tips to Build Your Email List” post!
This is an epic list! I have clicked through on about 20 so far, bookmarked the page so I don’t lose it, and have shared it with my student writers/publishers in a private Facebook group!
Amazing job compiling this list and very helpful!
I really enjoyed the link for book covers and the monthly awards on the digital pubbing site. I think it is very helpful to look at examples.
Looking forward to reading through the rest of the information links!
Thank you! That’s wonderful to hear 🙂