A short shelf of the software, services, and resources I rely on to write and publish books — the ones I would point a client to, not the ones that pay the most.
This is not an affiliate dumping ground. Every tool here is one I use in my own work or would genuinely recommend to an author building a platform. If I think something is overpriced or a poor fit for most writers, I say so on its page. The goal is to save you time, not to sell you everything.
Some of these links are affiliate links, which means I may earn a commission if you buy through them, at no extra cost to you. That never changes what makes the list. A tool earns a spot by being worth your money, and each review tells you plainly who it is for and who should skip it.
Most advice about ranking a book on Amazon is guesswork in a confident voice. Publisher Rocket replaces it with real search data: the keywords readers actually type, the categories a book can realistically rank in, and the terms behind competitors that sell. It is the research layer I use when positioning a book to get found, a one-time purchase rather than another subscription.
My honest take on Richard van der Blom’s LinkedIn Algorithm Playbook. 320 pages built from 1.3 million posts. Who it’s for, who should skip it.
Most authors get a bestseller and think they’re done. The real work is turning that credential into stages that actually pay, and almost nobody who teaches writing knows how to do that part.
Your website needs somewhere to live, and picking the right host matters more than most writers realize. A slow host kills traffic, a flaky one takes your site down at the worst possible moment, and a cheap one with no support leaves you stuck at 2am with a broken site and nowhere to turn.
My honest take on ProWritingAid after years of use. Why I prefer it to Grammarly, which plan to get, and the AI-detection trap most reviews never mention.
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