Yesterday I wrote about the talk Lisa Nowak gave at the SCBWI picnic on June 23rd. Today I’m going to share the resources she shared. All of them come from a list she put together, and other than any typos on my part (of which there are hopefully none!), she is responsible for the content:
Books
- Smashwords Style Guide by Mark Coker: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/52
- Smart Self Publishing: Becoming an Indie Author by Zoe Winters: https://smashwords.com/books/view/29261
- A Simple, Cheap, Illustrated Guide to Converting a Word Doc to Kindle and Nook by Lisa Nowak: http://lisanowak.wordpress.com/ (Lisa says she’ll give it to you free if you email her, which you can do from her web site)
- Perfect Pages by Aaron Shepard: http://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Pages-Publishing-Microsoft-Desktop/dp/0938497332
- How I sold 1 Million eBooks in 5 Months by John Locke: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/67961
Blogs
- Dean Wesley Smith: http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch: http://kriswrites.com/
- JA Konrath: http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/
- Robin Sullivan: http://write2publish.blogspot.com/
- The Passive Voice: http://www.thepassivevoice.com/
- Preditors and Editors: http://pred-ed.com/
- The Absolute Write Water Cooler: http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/index.php
- Kindle Boards: http://www.kindleboards.com/
Cover Designers
- Robin Ludwig Design: http://www.rldprint.com/
- Phat Puppy: http://phatpuppyart.com/
- Hot Damn Designs: http://www.hotdamndesigns.com/
- Smashwords also lists many low cost cover artists
Business Assistance
- SBDC: http://www.bizcenter.org/
- SCORE: http://www.scorepdx.org/
Reviewer Lists
- http://www.stepbystepselfpublishing.net/reviewer-list.html
- http://hampton-networks.com/
- http://www.theindieview.com/indie-reviewers/
- http://yabookblogdirectory.blogspot.com/
Distribution sites
- Kindle Direct Publishing (Amazon): https://kdp.amazon.com/
- PubIt! (Barnes and Noble): http://pubit.barnesandnoble.com/pubit_app/bn?&=pi_reg_home
- Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com