In your journey as a self-publisher, you would need certain tools to make the process of self-publishing more efficient and effective.
Let’s explore some of these tools below:
✅Microsoft Word: can be used to type your manuscript. Microsoft word is also useful to format your book for Kindle.
✅Scrivener: Scrivener is a word-processing program and outliner designed for authors. This tool manages documents, notes, and metadata. Scrivener allows the user to organize notes, concepts, research, and whole documents for easy access and reference.
✅Canva is an App used to design book covers, interior book designs. Canva is available both as an App and in the web version. Whether as freemium or premium, it is a really dope tool to use.
✅myecovermaker.com: allows you to create stunning and unique book covers.
✅DIY Book Covers: It is a super neat tool for designing your 3D book mock-ups. It is easy to use and FREE
✅Grammarly: especially the premium version will help you to edit, and proofread your books.
✅Pro Writing Aid: is a grammar checker, style editor, and writing assistant all in one.
✅Kindle Create: is Amazon KDP all-in solution for formatting your manuscript and getting it ready for publication.
✅ Copyscape: is a premium tool to check plagiarism for your book. It generates a singularity index report and identifies the sections of your book that are not unique.
✅Article Rewriters & Spinners: can be used to rewrite/spin those section of your book that are not unique
✅GIMP: GIMP is a free and open-source raster graphics editor used for image retouching and editing, free-form drawing, converting between different image formats, and more specialized tasks. For Ebooks with images, this will surely come in handy.
✅Dropbox/Google Drive: Life can take a turn sometimes. You lose your laptop or smartphone, and the file gets corrupted or lost; any of these events can affect your drive and set you behind schedule. I recommend that you always back up your files on the cloud.
✅Bookcore: Track book sales for a better book business. This tool helps publishers and writers with book sales analytics so they can focus on making books.
✅Powerbank: This is a must-have, primarily if you work in an area without constant power supply. Powerbanks are available for both Smartphones and laptops.
Which of these tools have you used?
Which of these tools would you start using?
Do tell me in the comment section.
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