Resources For Starting Out

EID

Writing/Formatting

https://editor.reedsy.com/

I personally love Reedsy for my formatting, and if I’m writing directly into a OneNote notebook, I transfer the text into a Reedsy doc. ALWAYS.

ISBN

myidentifiers.com

You will need an ISBN for each version of your book, not just the book itself: if it has a paperback, hardback, digital copy, and audiobook, you will need a separate ISBN for each.

I opted to go through the official site and got a 10 Pack

Copyright

Self-Publishing

Printing

https://books.by/app

You can use books.by to have the printing done by someone other than Amazon’s KDP and open up more doors of getting your work carried in stores like Barnes & Noble, whom of which - from research I’d read - distinctly and strongly dislike carrying books printed and distributed by Amazon.