Search the categories below for helpful sites for authors! Got a site that you think is useful? Share it below in the comments section at the bottom of the page! (comments don’t post immediately since they’re vetted by me, the Over Shrimp)
Diabolic Shrimp is a helpful site too! 🙂 If you’d like to purchase advertising or book pages in Diabolic Shrimp, check out our Fiverr Link HERE! Fiverr is a useful place to hire all sorts of services for books and beyond. If you’re new to Fiverr, use Diabolic Shrimp’s Fiverr Affiliate Link and you should get a discount on your very first purchase!
IMPORTANT NOTE: Diabolic Shrimp will NEVER contact you looking for personal information or payments. Don’t get scammed! The only way I collect money is if you order something from me via my Fiverr page (I will not contact you for this)!
Interviews
Eileen Troemel (FREE!) : Diabolic Shrimp author Eileen offers interviews for free. Definitely show her some love and snag one of her books! 🙂
Reviews
Diabolic Shrimp (FREE) : Getting a review from Diabolic Shrimp is completely free! Simply join our site via the Join tab and let me know what you’d like reviewed! Already received a review and want another one? Simply promote one of Josh Grant’s books (social media post, share, mention to a friend) and then let me know what book you’d like reviewed next! I always have a backlog, so it usually takes me a couple months. All my reviews are honest and subjective.
Pubby (PAID) : Pubby is a review builder that complies with various platforms’ review rules. It’s free for the first ten days and then $20 a month after that.
Marketing/Advertising/Sharing
Best Book Monkey (FREE!) : This is a really cool site that allows you to promote your free and discounted books! Books must be under $5 to be promoted. Promos are free, but they also have a pretty cheap paid service as well!
Eileen Troemel (FREE!) : Diabolic Shrimp author Eileen Troemel posts about other author’s books on her site for free! Definitely show her some love and snag one of her books!
Art/Formatting/Editing
Book Bolt (PAID) : Book Bolt is a fantastic source for formatting books! I especially use it in my comics and visual books. It’s fairly cheap too.
Awards/Competitions
Human Relations Indie Book Awards (PAID) : The purpose of the Human Relations Indie Book Awards is to recognize indie authors who have written books with a human relations focus.
