I’m going to starting to compile a list of helpful resources for those authors who have chosen to go the Indie publishing route. If you have any helpful advice, sites, articles etc., please contact me at dani@refractedlightreviews.com so I can add those links to the page. Thank you!
**Note**
Do not take a listing here as a recommendation, I’m just listing links I’ve come across that appear helpful. I am NOT an Indie author and therefore have mostly likely not used the following services, artists, etc. personally. Please research, verify the validity and check the references of all services/people listed below before entering into an agreement with them. Thank you!
Articles:
Ebooks and Self-Publishing – A Dialog Between Authors Barry Eisler and Joe Konrath
Tips for Setting Your Novel Internationally by Christina Farley
How To Get Feedback On Your Novel That Will Actually Help by Gary Smailes
Indie Publishing: The New Slush Pile? by Cheryl Shireman
How I created My First E-Book by Mary DeMuth
5 Creative Ways To Market Your Book You Can Do Today by Tony Eldridge
Formatting Your Manuscript by Kait Nolan
Did Life Just Get Harder for the Indie Author? by Ruth Ann Nordin
Book Bloggers:
Cover Designers:
Morgan Media – www.morganmedia.co
Steven Novak – www.novakillustration.com/bookcovers.html
Paper & Sage (Christa Holland) – www.paperandsage.com
Christel Michiels – www.christelmichiels.com
Tammy Luke – www.coroflot.com/kasmir8199
Emma Michaels – www.emmamichaels.blogspot.com/p/my-coverart-portfolio.html
PhatPuppy Art – www.phatpuppyart.com
Oh! Dear Life (Cean Lim) – www.design.ohdearlife.com
Blog Tour Companies:
Kismet Book Touring – www.kismetbt.com
Xpresso Book Tours – www.xpressobooktours.com
Bookish Brunette Book Tours – www.bookish-brunette.com/book-tour
Rockstar Book Tours – www.rockstarbooktours.com
YA Bound – www.yabound.blogspot.com/p/book-tours.html
GCR Promotions – www.gcrpromotions.blogspot.com
AToMR Tours – www.atomrbookblogtours.com
Parajunkee Blog Tours – www.parajunkee.com/pjv-blog-tours/tour-your-book
Services:
Indie Assistant – www.indie-assist.com (assisting Independent authors in getting noticed)