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| 99designs Cover Design & Mockups | 99designs is a design marketplace owned by Vista where authors run a book cover contest or hire one designer directly. | Price: From $299 | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Absolute Write Water Cooler Communities & Forums | Absolute Write Water Cooler is a free, moderated writers' forum known for its Bewares board, where members report on publishers, agents and services. | Price: Free | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| ACX OfficialAudiobooksOfficial KDP & Amazon | ACX is Audible's audiobook marketplace for authors and rights holders that connects them with narrators and distributes finished audiobooks to Audible, Amazon and Apple Books. | Price: Free | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Adobe Express Cover Design & Mockups | Adobe Express is Adobe's template-based online design app for quick graphics that KDP publishers use for ebook covers, ads and social images. | Price: Free tier, paid from $9.99/mo | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Adobe Firefly AI ToolsCover Design & Mockups | Adobe Firefly is Adobe's generative AI app for creators that makes images, vectors, video and audio from text prompts and edits existing images. | Price: Free tier, paid from $9.99/mo | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Adobe InDesign Writing & Formatting | Adobe InDesign is a professional page layout app for Windows and Mac that exports print PDF with bleed and EPUB, sold only by subscription. | Price: From $22.99/mo | KDP-ready files | Checked 2026-11-09 |
| Affinity Cover Design & MockupsLow-content & Puzzle Books | Affinity is Canva's free all-in-one photo, vector and page layout app for designers that KDP publishers use to build print covers and illustrated interiors. | Price: Free tier | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi) Communities & ForumsCourses, Blogs & Channels | ALLi is a nonprofit membership association for self-publishing authors that offers a member forum, contract advice and public watchdog ratings of author services. | Price: From $119/yr | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Amazon Ads OfficialOfficial KDP & AmazonAds & Promotion | Amazon Ads is Amazon's on-platform advertising console, used by KDP publishers to promote books with sponsored ads. | Price: Paid | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Amazon Author Central OfficialOfficial KDP & AmazonAds & Promotion | Amazon Author Central lets authors manage their author page, biography and book listings across Amazon stores. | Price: Free | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Amazon Best Sellers OfficialBook & Niche ResearchOfficial KDP & Amazon | Amazon Best Sellers is Amazon's free set of category rank lists for book researchers that shows the top-selling and hot new titles in Books and the Kindle Store. | Price: Free | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Amazon KDP OfficialOfficial KDP & Amazon | Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing is Amazon's free self-publishing platform for Kindle ebooks and print paperbacks and hardcovers. | Price: Free | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Apple Books for Authors Print & Distribution | Apple Books for Authors is Apple's free portal for self-publishers that puts EPUB ebooks on Apple Books through an iTunes Connect account. | Price: Free | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Atticus Writing & Formatting | Atticus is a cross-platform book writing and formatting app that exports print-ready PDF and EPUB, sold for a one-time price. | Price: $147 one-time | KDP-ready files | Checked 2026-11-09 |
| Author's Republic Audiobooks | Author's Republic is a free, non-exclusive audiobook distributor for indie authors that sends finished audiobooks to retail, library and streaming channels for 20% of royalties. | Price: Free | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| AuthorScout Book & Niche ResearchSales & Rank Tracking | AuthorScout is a book and niche discovery tool with history, categories and tracking for independent books, with a free plan. | Price: Free tier, paid from $9.99/mo | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Barnes & Noble Press Print & Distribution | Barnes & Noble Press is a free self-publishing service for authors that sells ebooks and print-on-demand books directly on bn.com. | Price: Free | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Blurb Print & Distribution | Blurb is a print-on-demand book maker for photographers and self-publishers that prints photo books, trade books and magazines and can list them with retailers. | Price: Free | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Book Bolt Book & Niche ResearchLow-content & Puzzle Books | Book Bolt is a subscription app that combines niche research with a KDP-sized cover and interior designer for low-content and puzzle books. | Price: From $23.99/mo | KDP-ready files | Checked 2026-11-09 |
| Book Brush Cover Design & Mockups | Book Brush is an online design tool for authors that makes book ads, 3D mockups and ebook or print-wrap covers sized to KDP trim sizes. | Price: From $149/yr | KDP-ready files | Checked 2026-11-09 |
| Book Design Templates Writing & Formatting | Book Design Templates sells pre-designed book interior templates for Word, Pages, InDesign and Affinity Publisher, sized to standard print-on-demand trims. | Price: From $39.99 | KDP-ready files | Checked 2026-11-09 |
| Book Report Sales & Rank Tracking | Book Report is a sales and ad-spend dashboard for self-published authors that imports KDP and wide-retailer data through a browser extension. | Price: Free tier, paid from $19/mo | Touches KDP account | Checked 2026-11-09 |
| Book2Color Low-content & Puzzle BooksAI Tools | Book2Color is a web-based AI coloring book generator for KDP sellers that creates line-art pages and exports interior PDFs in KDP trim sizes. | Price: Free tier, paid from $9.99/mo | KDP-ready files | Checked 2026-11-09 |
| BookBeam Book & Niche ResearchKeywords & Categories | BookBeam is a subscription web app and Chrome extension for niche research, keyword research and ongoing tracking of books on Amazon. | Price: From $47/mo | KDP-ready files | Checked 2026-11-09 |
| BookBub Partners Ads & Promotion | BookBub Partners is a book marketing platform for authors that sells curated Featured Deal emails and self-serve auction ads to BookBub's readers. | Price: From $122 | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| BookBub Partners Blog Courses, Blogs & Channels | The BookBub Partners Blog is a free book marketing blog from BookBub with case studies and tips on pricing, promotions and ads. | Price: Free | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| BookFunnel Email & Reader MagnetsReviews & ARC | BookFunnel is an ebook and audiobook delivery service for authors that sends reader magnets, review copies and direct-sale files to readers. | Price: From $30/yr | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| BookLife Courses, Blogs & Channels | BookLife is Publishers Weekly's site for self-published authors, with free guides plus paid reviews, a contest and promotion options. | Price: Free tier | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| BookSirens Reviews & ARC | BookSirens is an ARC distribution service for authors that promotes review copies to vetted readers and charges per download or a flat yearly fee. | Price: From $10 | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Booksprout Reviews & ARC | Booksprout is an advance reader copy platform for authors that distributes review copies to its reader community and sends automatic review reminders. | Price: Free tier, paid from $9/mo | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Bookvault Print & Distribution | Bookvault is a UK print-on-demand service for indie authors that fulfills direct-store orders and lists print books with retailers including Amazon. | Price: Free tier, paid from GBP 24.95/mo | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Bowker MyIdentifiers ISBN, Copyright & Trademark | Bowker MyIdentifiers is the official U.S. agency where publishers buy ISBNs. | Price: Paid | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| calibre Writing & Formatting | calibre is a free, open-source ebook manager for Windows, Mac and Linux that converts Word and other files to EPUB and includes an EPUB editor. | Price: Free | KDP-ready files | Checked 2026-11-09 |
| Canva Cover Design & MockupsLow-content & Puzzle Books | Canva is a template-based design tool widely used for KDP ebook covers, simple low-content interiors and marketing graphics. | Price: Free tier, paid from $18/mo | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| ChatGPT AI Tools | ChatGPT is OpenAI's general-purpose AI assistant that publishers use to brainstorm, draft and edit text and to generate images. | Price: Free tier, paid from $8/mo | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Claude AI Tools | Claude is Anthropic's general-purpose AI assistant that publishers use for brainstorming, outlining, drafting, editing feedback and book descriptions. | Price: Free tier, paid from $20/mo | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| ColorCraft Low-content & Puzzle BooksAI Tools | ColorCraft is an AI coloring book app that draws the pages and exports KDP-format interior PDFs and spine-aware full-wrap covers. | Price: From $32/mo | KDP-ready files | Checked 2026-11-09 |
| Creative Fabrica Cover Design & MockupsLow-content & Puzzle Books | Creative Fabrica is a font, graphics and template marketplace for crafters and designers that KDP publishers use for cover and interior assets. | Price: From $47/yr | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Creativindie Courses, Blogs & Channels | Creativindie is Derek Murphy's free blog for indie authors on writing, cover design, formatting and book marketing, alongside his paid courses and templates. | Price: Free | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Dabble Writing & Formatting | Dabble is a browser-based novel writing app with plot grid, character notes, co-authoring and offline sync, sold by subscription. | Price: From $180/yr | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Damonza Cover Design & Mockups | Damonza is a New Zealand book design studio for self-publishers that sells custom covers, interior formatting and full launch packages. | Price: From $495 | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Data Dive Keywords & Categories | Data Dive is a subscription niche and keyword analysis tool for Amazon FBA private-label sellers, with listing building and rank tracking. | Price: From $39/mo | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| DIY Book Covers Cover Design & MockupsAI Tools | DIY Book Covers is a site by designer Derek Murphy for self-publishers that offers a free cover editor, an AI cover generator and 3D mockups. | Price: Free tier, paid from $19 one-time | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| DIY Book Formats Writing & Formatting | DIY Book Formats is a site by author Derek Murphy that gives away 6x9 Word and InDesign interior templates and sells a larger premium template pack. | Price: Free tier, paid from $47 one-time | KDP-ready files | Checked 2026-11-09 |
| Draft2Digital Writing & FormattingPrint & Distribution | Draft2Digital is an ebook and print-on-demand distribution service for publishing wide that also formats Word manuscripts into EPUB and print PDF. | Price: Free tier, paid from $20 one-time | KDP-ready files | Checked 2026-11-09 |
| DS Amazon Quick View Book & Niche ResearchSales & Rank Tracking | DS Amazon Quick View is a free Chrome extension that shows Best Sellers Rank and ASIN on Amazon.com search results, with a paid Extended version. | Price: Free tier, paid from $25 one-time | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Editorial Freelancers Association Editing & Proofreading | The Editorial Freelancers Association is a US association of freelance editors whose free directory and job list help authors hire editors and proofreaders. | Price: Free | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| ElevenLabs AudiobooksAI Tools | ElevenLabs is an AI voice platform for creators and publishers that turns an EPUB manuscript into an AI-narrated audiobook and can publish it to ElevenReader. | Price: Free tier, paid from $6/mo | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Ereader News Today Ads & Promotion | Ereader News Today is an ebook deal newsletter and website for authors that promotes free and discounted books for a per-genre fee. | Price: From $40 | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Fiverr Cover Design & MockupsEditing & Proofreading | Fiverr is a freelance services marketplace where KDP publishers buy cover design, formatting, editing and other gigs at seller-set prices. | Price: From $5 | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| GetCovers Cover Design & Mockups | GetCovers is a low-cost book cover design service for indie authors that sells fixed-price ebook and print-ready cover packages. | Price: From $10 | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| GIMP Cover Design & Mockups | GIMP is a free, open-source desktop image editor for Windows, Mac and Linux that publishers use to build and edit book cover artwork. | Price: Free | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Goodreads OfficialReviews & ARCAds & Promotion | Goodreads is Amazon's reader community and review site where authors can claim a profile and run paid Kindle or print book giveaways. | Price: Free tier, paid from $119 one-time | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Google Docs Writing & Formatting | Google Docs is Google's free browser-based word processor for drafting and sharing manuscripts, with comments, suggestions and EPUB, DOCX and PDF downloads. | Price: Free | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Google Gemini AI Tools | Google Gemini is Google's AI assistant for writing, research and image generation, with paid tiers sold as Google AI plans. | Price: Free tier, paid from $4.99/mo | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Google Play Books Partner Center Print & Distribution | Google Play Books Partner Center is Google's free portal for publishers and authors that sells EPUB or PDF ebooks on Google Play in 75+ countries. | Price: Free | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Google Trends Book & Niche ResearchKeywords & Categories | Google Trends is a free Google tool that charts relative search interest in a topic over time and by region, useful for checking book niche seasonality. | Price: Free | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Grammarly Editing & Proofreading | Grammarly is a grammar, spelling and style checker that works in browsers, desktop apps and phones, with a free tier and a paid Pro plan. | Price: Free tier, paid from $144/yr | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Gumroad Direct Sales & Storefronts | Gumroad is a storefront and checkout for creators that lets KDP publishers sell PDFs, printables and ebooks directly, with no monthly fee. | Price: Free | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Helium 10 Keywords & CategoriesBook & Niche Research | Helium 10 is a subscription software suite for Amazon product sellers that includes reverse-ASIN keyword research usable on book listings. | Price: Free tier, paid from $129/mo | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Hemingway Editor Editing & Proofreading | Hemingway Editor is a readability checker that highlights long sentences, passive voice and weak words, with a free web version and paid AI rewrites. | Price: Free tier, paid from $19.99 one-time | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Hidden Gems Books Reviews & ARCAds & Promotion | Hidden Gems Books is an ARC service for authors that sends review copies to genre-matched volunteer readers and bills per reader who signs up. | Price: From $20 | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Ideogram AI ToolsCover Design & Mockups | Ideogram is an AI image generator with typography tools, including editable text layers, useful for typographic book cover concepts. | Price: Free tier, paid from $20/mo | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Indie Author Magazine Courses, Blogs & Channels | Indie Author Magazine is a trade publication for independent authors covering publishing news, marketing, tools and author business profiles. | Price: Free tier | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| IngramSpark Print & Distribution | IngramSpark is a print-on-demand and distribution service that reaches bookstores and libraries beyond Amazon. | Price: Free | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Inkscape Cover Design & Mockups | Inkscape is a free, open-source vector graphics editor for Windows, Mac and Linux that can lay out covers and low-content pages and export PDF. | Price: Free | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| International ISBN Agency OfficialISBN, Copyright & Trademark | The International ISBN Agency is the global registration authority for ISBNs, with a free directory that tells publishers which national agency to buy from. | Price: Free | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Jane Friedman Courses, Blogs & Channels | Jane Friedman's site is a publishing industry blog and paid newsletter for authors that reports on trade and self-publishing business news. | Price: Free tier, paid from $79/yr | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Jungle Scout Book & Niche ResearchKeywords & Categories | Jungle Scout is a subscription research platform for Amazon product sellers with keyword search volume and BSR-based sales estimates. | Price: From $49/mo | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Jutoh Writing & Formatting | Jutoh is a desktop ebook editor for Windows, Mac and Linux that imports Word files and compiles EPUB and Kindle-ready books, sold for a one-time price. | Price: $45 one-time | KDP-ready files | Checked 2026-11-09 |
| KBoards Writers' Cafe Communities & Forums | The KBoards Writers' Cafe is a long-running forum for Kindle self-publishers, now quieter but still open, with an archive of early KDP discussion. | Price: Free | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| KDP Coloring Book Studio Low-content & Puzzle BooksAI Tools | KDP Coloring Book Studio is an AI tool that turns a theme into line art, a print interior and a full-wrap cover for KDP coloring books. | Price: From $7/wk | KDP-ready files | Checked 2026-11-09 |
| KDP Community OfficialOfficial KDP & AmazonCommunities & Forums | The KDP Community is Amazon's official forum where publishers ask questions and get answers from peers and KDP staff. | Price: Free | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| KDP Cover Calculator OfficialOfficial KDP & AmazonCover Design & Mockups | The KDP Cover Calculator is Amazon's free web tool for paperback and hardcover publishers that gives exact full-cover dimensions and a downloadable template. | Price: Free | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| KDP Help Center OfficialOfficial KDP & Amazon | The KDP Help Center is Amazon's official documentation for KDP publishers that sets out the rules on formatting, pricing, royalties, content and account setup. | Price: Free | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| KDP Select OfficialOfficial KDP & Amazon | KDP Select is Amazon's free 90-day opt-in program for Kindle eBooks and audiobooks that puts them in Kindle+, formerly Kindle Unlimited, in exchange for eBook exclusivity. | Price: Free | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| KDP Tools (kdptools.io) Keywords & CategoriesBook & Niche Research | KDP Tools is a web toolkit for KDP publishers with free royalty, KENP and spine calculators plus credit-based AI niche, keyword and category tools. | Price: Free tier, paid from $9.99/mo | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| KDPEasy Cover Design & MockupsLow-content & Puzzle Books | KDPEasy is a credit-based web studio for KDP publishers that makes AI covers, puzzle, coloring and planner interiors, and listing drafts. | Price: Free tier, paid from $19/mo | KDP-ready filesTouches KDP account | Checked 2026-11-09 |
| KDPTop Same team as kdp123Book & Niche ResearchKeywords & Categories | KDPTop is a KDP research service that tracks Amazon Books and Kindle bestseller lists daily and scores whether a category is worth entering. | Price: Free tier, paid from $19.99/mo | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| KDSPY Book & Niche ResearchKeywords & Categories | KDSPY is a paid browser extension that shows category, keyword, competitor and revenue estimates directly on Amazon pages. | Price: $79 one-time | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Keepa Sales & Rank TrackingBook & Niche Research | Keepa is a price and sales rank history tracker for Amazon products, available as a website and browser extension with a paid Pro tier. | Price: Free tier, paid from EUR 29/mo | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Kindle Create OfficialOfficial KDP & AmazonWriting & Formatting | Kindle Create is Amazon's free desktop app for KDP publishers that turns a finished Word or PDF manuscript into a Kindle eBook or print interior file. | Price: Free | KDP-ready files | Checked 2026-11-09 |
| Kindle Previewer OfficialOfficial KDP & AmazonWriting & Formatting | Kindle Previewer is Amazon's free desktop app for KDP publishers that shows how an eBook will look on Kindle tablets, phones and E-readers before publishing. | Price: Free | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Kindlepreneur Courses, Blogs & Channels | Kindlepreneur is a free self-publishing and book marketing site with hundreds of articles, videos and four paid courses. | Price: Free tier | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Kit Email & Reader Magnets | Kit, formerly ConvertKit, is an email marketing platform for creators that offers a free plan up to 10,000 subscribers and paid automation plans. | Price: Free tier, paid from $39/mo | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Kobo Writing Life Print & DistributionAudiobooks | Kobo Writing Life is Rakuten Kobo's free self-publishing platform for ebooks and audiobooks that sells direct to the Kobo store, Kobo Plus and OverDrive libraries. | Price: Free | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Krita Cover Design & Mockups | Krita is a free, open-source digital painting app for illustrators that publishers use to paint cover art and children's book illustrations. | Price: Free | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Laura Jane Illustrations Courses, Blogs & Channels | Laura Jane Illustrations is an illustrator's site for artists that sells Published & Printed, a self-paced course on making low-content and creative books for KDP. | Price: EUR 320 one-time | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Leonardo AI AI ToolsCover Design & Mockups | Leonardo AI is an AI image generator with a daily free allowance that publishers use to test cover concepts before paying for a tool. | Price: Free tier, paid from $12/mo | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Library of Congress PCN Program OfficialISBN, Copyright & Trademark | The Library of Congress PCN Program is a free U.S. service for authors and self-publishers that assigns a Library of Congress Control Number before a print book is published. | Price: Free | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Low Content Profits Courses, Blogs & ChannelsLow-content & Puzzle Books | Low Content Profits is a blog and course site for low-content and medium-content KDP publishers, with free interior templates. | Price: Free tier | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Lulu Print & Distribution | Lulu is a print-on-demand and distribution platform for self-publishers that sells through its own bookstore, retail channels and the author's own store. | Price: Free | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Mailchimp Email & Reader Magnets | Mailchimp is an email and SMS marketing platform for small businesses, owned by Intuit, with a small free plan and contact-based paid tiers. | Price: Free tier, paid from $13/mo | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| MailerLite Email & Reader Magnets | MailerLite is an email marketing service for small businesses and creators that includes signup forms, landing pages, automations and a free plan. | Price: Free tier, paid from $12/mo | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| ManuscriptReport Keywords & CategoriesBook & Niche Research | ManuscriptReport is a pay-per-book service that turns an uploaded manuscript into category, keyword, comp-title and marketing-copy reports for authors. | Price: $69 one-time | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| MerchantWords Keywords & Categories | MerchantWords is a subscription Amazon keyword database for product sellers, built from Amazon search bar autocomplete data since 2012. | Price: From $35/mo | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Meta Ads Manager Ads & Promotion | Meta Ads Manager is Meta's self-serve tool for creating and managing auction-priced ads on Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp. | Price: Paid | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| MiblArt Cover Design & Mockups | MiblArt is a book cover design studio for indie authors that offers custom ebook and print covers with payment after you approve the design. | Price: From $220 | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Microsoft Word Writing & Formatting | Microsoft Word is a word processor that KDP accepts directly for ebooks and that can set custom page sizes for print interiors exported to PDF. | Price: Free tier, paid from $99.99/yr | KDP-ready files | Checked 2026-11-09 |
| Midjourney AI ToolsCover Design & Mockups | Midjourney is a paid AI image generator that many publishers use for cover art and coloring page concepts, but it outputs images only. | Price: From $10/mo | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| NetGalley Reviews & ARC | NetGalley is a digital review copy platform for publishers and authors that offers advance copies to librarians, booksellers, media and reviewers. | Price: From $575 | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Nicholas Erik Courses, Blogs & Channels | Nicholas Erik's site is a book marketing and advertising resource for fiction authors, with long free guides, paid courses and consulting. | Price: Free tier | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Nielsen ISBN Store (UK & Ireland) OfficialISBN, Copyright & Trademark | The Nielsen ISBN Store is the official ISBN agency for publishers based in the UK, Ireland and British Overseas Territories, selling single ISBNs and blocks. | Price: From GBP 93 | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Novelcrafter Writing & FormattingAI Tools | Novelcrafter is a browser-based novel writing app with a story wiki and optional AI that connects to the AI provider and key you choose. | Price: From $4/mo | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Pandoc Writing & Formatting | Pandoc is a free, open-source command-line converter that turns Markdown, Word and other formats into EPUB, DOCX and, through LaTeX, PDF. | Price: Free | KDP-ready files | Checked 2026-11-09 |
| Payhip Direct Sales & Storefronts | Payhip is an online store builder for creators that lets KDP publishers sell ebooks, PDFs and printables directly, on a free or flat-fee plan. | Price: Free tier, paid from $29/mo | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Photopea Cover Design & Mockups | Photopea is a free browser-based image editor similar to Photoshop that opens PSD files and can export PDF for print covers. | Price: Free tier | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Pinterest Business Ads & Promotion | Pinterest Business is Pinterest's free business account and ads platform for promoting Pins to people searching and browsing ideas. | Price: Free tier | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Pinterest Trends Book & Niche Research | Pinterest Trends is a free Pinterest tool that shows rising and seasonal search trends on Pinterest by region and audience over the last two years. | Price: Free | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Placeit Cover Design & Mockups | Placeit is an Envato-owned browser mockup and template site for sellers and authors that makes book mockups and simple book cover designs. | Price: From $7.47/mo | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Plottr Writing & Formatting | Plottr is a visual outlining app for novelists and series writers that maps plot lines, scenes and characters on a timeline, with no AI features. | Price: From $60/yr | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| PLR Planners Low-content & Puzzle Books | PLR Planners is a template shop for low-content publishers that sells editable planner and journal files with private label rights for KDP and Etsy. | Price: $3 one-time | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Procreate Cover Design & MockupsLow-content & Puzzle Books | Procreate is an iPad drawing and painting app for illustrators that KDP publishers use to draw coloring pages, cover art and picture book illustrations. | Price: $12.99 one-time | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| ProWritingAid Editing & Proofreading | ProWritingAid is a grammar and style editor aimed at fiction and long-form writers that runs line-editing reports on whole manuscripts. | Price: Free tier, paid from $120/yr | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| PublishDrive Print & DistributionAudiobooks | PublishDrive is a subscription ebook, print and audiobook distributor for self-publishers that sends one upload to 50+ stores and takes no royalty commission. | Price: Free tier, paid from $16.99/mo | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Publisher Rocket Book & Niche ResearchKeywords & Categories | Publisher Rocket is a downloadable keyword, category and competition research app for Amazon book publishers, sold as a one-time purchase. | Price: $199 one-time | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Puzzle Maker Pro Low-content & Puzzle Books | Puzzle Maker Pro is Windows software for puzzle book publishers that batch-generates 60+ puzzle types and assembles print-ready PDF interiors. | Price: From $47 | KDP-ready files | Checked 2026-11-09 |
| r/KDP Communities & Forums | r/KDP is the main Reddit community for Amazon KDP publishers to ask practical questions and share results. | Price: Free | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| r/printondemand Communities & Forums | r/printondemand is a Reddit community for print-on-demand sellers, mostly of apparel and merch on Etsy, Merch by Amazon and similar platforms. | Price: Free | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| r/selfpublish Communities & Forums | r/selfpublish is a Reddit community for self-published authors to discuss publishing, distribution and marketing beyond any single platform. | Price: Free | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Readers' Favorite Reviews & ARC | Readers' Favorite is a book review and award contest site for authors that offers free reviews and paid express reviews by volunteer reviewers. | Price: Free tier, paid from $59 one-time | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Recraft AI ToolsLow-content & Puzzle Books | Recraft is an AI image and vector generator with custom styles, useful for decorative journal interiors and coloring page art. | Price: Free tier, paid from $12/mo | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Reedsy Blog Courses, Blogs & Channels | The Reedsy Blog is a free writing, publishing and book marketing blog run by Reedsy, the freelance marketplace for editors, designers and marketers. | Price: Free | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Reedsy Marketplace Editing & ProofreadingCover Design & Mockups | Reedsy Marketplace is a curated freelance marketplace for authors that connects them with vetted editors, cover designers, marketers and translators. | Price: Paid | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Reedsy Studio Writing & FormattingEditing & Proofreading | Reedsy Studio is a free browser-based writing and formatting tool that exports EPUB and print-ready PDF, with real-time collaboration. | Price: Free tier, paid from $4.99/mo | KDP-ready files | Checked 2026-11-09 |
| Robin Reads Ads & Promotion | Robin Reads is a curated ebook deal newsletter for authors that features free or $0.99 books in genre emails for a flat per-day fee. | Price: From $40 | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Scrivener Writing & Formatting | Scrivener is a desktop writing app for long manuscripts that organizes drafts and research and compiles them to EPUB, PDF and Word. | Price: $59.99 one-time | KDP-ready files | Checked 2026-11-09 |
| Self Publishing Formula (Learn Self Publishing) Courses, Blogs & ChannelsCommunities & Forums | Self Publishing Formula, now branded Learn Self Publishing with James Blatch, sells author courses and runs the Self Publishing Show podcast and events. | Price: Free tier | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Self Publishing Titans Book & Niche ResearchLow-content & Puzzle Books | Self Publishing Titans is a KDP training brand that also sells a Chrome research extension, puzzle and coloring makers, design tools and the KDP Masterclass. | Price: From $20/mo | KDP-ready files | Checked 2026-11-09 |
| Self-Publishing School Courses, Blogs & Channels | Self-Publishing School is a paid coaching program for first-time authors that pairs one-to-one coaching with done-for-you formatting, covers and publishing. | Price: From $6000 | KDP-ready files | Checked 2026-11-09 |
| SellerSprite Keywords & CategoriesBook & Niche Research | SellerSprite is a subscription research suite for Amazon FBA and FBM sellers covering keywords, categories, competitors and BSR-based sales estimates. | Price: Free tier, paid from $39/mo | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Shopify Direct Sales & Storefronts | Shopify is a general ecommerce platform for small businesses that authors can use to run their own store and sell books directly to readers. | Price: From $39/mo | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Sigil Writing & Formatting | Sigil is a free, open-source EPUB editor for Windows, Mac and Linux that lets you edit an ebook's HTML, CSS and structure directly. | Price: Free | KDP-ready files | Checked 2026-11-09 |
| Spotify for Authors Audiobooks | Spotify for Authors is Spotify's free, non-exclusive audiobook publishing portal for self-published authors that puts audiobooks on Spotify and can pass them to Voices by INaudio. | Price: Free | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| StoryOrigin Email & Reader MagnetsReviews & ARC | StoryOrigin is an author marketing app for building mailing lists, arranging newsletter swaps and group promos, and managing review copies. | Price: Free tier, paid from $10/mo | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| StreetLib Print & DistributionAudiobooks | StreetLib is an ebook and audiobook distributor for authors and small publishers that reaches 50+ stores, subscription services and library platforms for a one-time fee. | Price: EUR 299 one-time | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Sudowrite AI Tools | Sudowrite is a subscription AI writing app for fiction authors that drafts, rewrites, expands and critiques prose using credit-metered AI models. | Price: From $10/mo | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Tangent Templates Low-content & Puzzle BooksCover Design & Mockups | Tangent Templates is a web app for low-content publishers that builds KDP interiors and covers from 130+ templates, sold for a one-time price. | Price: $59 one-time | KDP-ready filesTouches KDP account | Checked 2026-11-09 |
| The Book Designer Courses, Blogs & Channels | The Book Designer is a free blog for self-publishers about book design, interior layout, fonts and production, founded by Joel Friedlander. | Price: Free | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| The Creative Penn Courses, Blogs & Channels | The Creative Penn is Joanna Penn's free blog and weekly podcast for authors who want to run writing as a business, including self-publishing and AI. | Price: Free | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| The Fussy Librarian Ads & Promotion | The Fussy Librarian is an ebook recommendation newsletter for authors that sells genre-priced placements for free and bargain ebooks. | Price: From $10 | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| The Home Boss Courses, Blogs & ChannelsCommunities & Forums | The Home Boss is a self-publishing training brand by Nuria Corbi for KDP publishers that offers a monthly academy, paid courses and free resources. | Price: Free tier, paid from $27 one-time | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| The Self Publishing Show Courses, Blogs & Channels | The Self Publishing Show is a free weekly podcast for indie authors about marketing, ads, AI and the business of self-publishing. | Price: Free | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| TMview OfficialISBN, Copyright & Trademark | TMview is the EUIPO-led free trademark search tool for checking whether a series, imprint or brand name is already registered across the EU and partner offices. | Price: Free | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| U.S. Copyright Office ISBN, Copyright & Trademark | The U.S. Copyright Office is the government registry where authors register copyrights and look up existing registrations. | Price: From $45 | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| USPTO Trademark Search ISBN, Copyright & Trademark | USPTO Trademark Search is the free official database for checking whether a book title, series or brand name is already trademarked in the United States. | Price: Free | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Vellum Writing & Formatting | Vellum is a Mac-only book formatter known for polished ebook and print output, sold for a one-time price. | Price: $199.99 one-time | KDP-ready files | Checked 2026-11-09 |
| Voracious Readers Only Reviews & ARCEmail & Reader Magnets | Voracious Readers Only is a reader-matching service for novelists that sends free review copies to readers who agree to be contacted by the author. | Price: Free tier, paid from $30/mo | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| WIPO Global Brand Database OfficialISBN, Copyright & Trademark | The WIPO Global Brand Database is a free international trademark search for checking a book series or brand name against Madrid System and national registers. | Price: Free | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Writer Beware Courses, Blogs & Channels | Writer Beware is a free blog and research service for writers that exposes publishing scams, predatory services and bad contract terms. | Price: Free | Checked 2026-11-09 | |
| Written Word Media Ads & Promotion | Written Word Media is a book promotion company for authors that runs the Freebooksy, Bargain Booksy, Red Feather Romance and NewInBooks reader newsletters. | Price: From $20 | Checked 2026-11-09 |