Free tools forindependent authors.
Measure, format, price and publish with confidence. Every tool runs in your browser, with no signup and nothing uploaded.
From first draft to first royalty
Six stages, one book. Every tool is free and runs in your browser.
Stage 2 of 6
Format
Turn words into pages, margins and a clean interior.
8 tools
Stage 3 of 6
Cover
Spine width, full wrap templates, barcodes and mockups.
8 tools
Stage 4 of 6
Publish
Descriptions, ISBNs, keywords and metadata.
7 tools
Stage 5 of 6
Earn
Royalties, print costs, pricing and ad spend.
7 tools
Stage 6 of 6
Read
Reading time, audiobook length and reader extras.
7 tools
Stage 1 of 6
Write
Plan length, pace chapters, hit daily targets.
10 tools
Every cover starts as a flat sheet
Back, spine and front print as one piece, with bleed past every trim edge. This one is a 6 x 9 in paperback with 300 pages on cream paper.
Every tool, by stage
New tools added regularly.
1 Write
- Words per day calculatorOpen tool
- Novel length checkerOpen tool
- Chapter length calculatorOpen tool
- Beat sheet calculatorOpen tool
- Manuscript word counterOpen tool
- Writing sprint timerOpen tool
- Book title generatorOpen tool
- Pen name generatorOpen tool
- Character name generatorOpen tool
- Plot idea generatorOpen tool
2 Format
3 Cover
4 Publish
5 Earn
6 Read
Precise, sourced and free
- printers covered
- 3
- KDP, IngramSpark and Lulu
- signups needed
- 0
- Open a tool and start.
- runs in your browser
- 100%
- Nothing you type in a tool is uploaded.
- specs checked against official sources
- 9 official printer pages, each linked on the tools that use it.
Need hands-on help?
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