For authors · Curated links
The tools Skye keeps recommending in consultations.
A living directory of the software, services and communities Skye actually uses and points authors to. Links marked * are affiliate links — they don't cost you extra, and sometimes they save you money.
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Impressum Wizard
Instantly format your copyright page to meet tolino's strict print specifications — no guessing required. This tool will do it in seconds.
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Mini German/English Dictionary for Authors
A handy reference glossary of publishing terms, genre labels and craft vocabulary — pulled from Skye's own translation workbook.
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Free
Navigating Fiction Apps & Building Sustainable Income Streams
A practical guide for self-published authors on serial fiction platforms — what works, what doesn't, and how to build recurring revenue.
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Advanced reader copies & reviews
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Metadata
- Publisher Rocket * — keywords & Amazon categories
- eBook Keyword Lab — free Amazon keyword tool
- BKLNK category tool — see which Amazon categories your book is in
- Kindlepreneur HTML description generator — free
- WideWizard — browser extension
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Getting into bookshops
- Ingram Spark
- Nielsen Title Editor
- Waterstones indie publishing form — register with Nielsen first
- Get your book listed on Indigo — Chapters FAQ
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Sales tracking & universal links
- ScribeCount * — track sales across retailers
- PublisherChamp * — tolino + multi-platform reporting + universal links
- Books2Read — free universal links via D2D
- Booklinker — universal Amazon links
- Geniuslink — smart geo-targeted links
- BookFunnel — ARC & reader-magnet delivery
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Graphics & covers
- Mockupshots *
- MockDrop — free
- 3D book mockup — by DIY Book Design, free
- Canva
- Bookbrush
- MiblArt Covers * — 5% off with code SKYE5
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Social media & scheduling
- Authorscale * — social media slides — $10 off via referral
- Publer * — scheduling tool
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Audiobooks
- Karen Commin's Audiobook Marketing Cheat Sheet
- Findaway Voices
- Chirp Freebie Friday submission
- Indie Audiobooks Book Deals — plus their Facebook group
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Courses & books
- Reedsy author services marketplace * — $25 referral credit
- Reedsy courses — free
- Wide for the Win * — by Mark Leslie Lefebvre
- Get Your Book Selling Wide * — by Monica Leonelle
- Dear Writer, You Need to Quit * — by Becca Syme
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Wide retailer resources
- Draft2Digital * — distributor
- PublishDrive * — 20% off with code distr_d20_lkdc
- StreetLib — distributor
- Apple marketing tools — link & embed widget maker
- Kobo new-release form — ebook & audio
- Draft2Digital promotions form — pre-orders & upcoming promos
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Publishing in German
- tolino alliance
- Buchdeals — €25 off first booking with code SKYEMACKINNON25
- Self-Publishing in German — Skye's book
- Mini German/English Dictionary for Authors — free download
- Facebook group for German beta readers
- Marketing German Indie Book Translations — Facebook group
- Lesestunden list of blogs
- Rezi-suche blog list
- Reziliebe Facebook group — for reviews
- Lovelybooks — German reader community & reviews
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Misc
- Wide for the Win Facebook group
- Quickwrite * — AI writing software
- ALCS — Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society
- PLR — Public Lending Right
- Alliance of Independent Authors *
- Society of Authors
- Romantic Novelists Association
- The Ultimate Publishing Wide Spreadsheet — credit: Laura Greenwood
- Wide for the Win Swag Shop — @Redbubble
- USB mug warmer * — totally essential