There’s a lot of resources that I’ve been relying on to make all these books and aesthetic stuff over the years. I might as well share a could of them with everyone, eh?
Programs
Some cheaper alternatives to some of the more expensive options1 that are out there. I’ve used all of these and found them to be almost as good as the standard products, though some have a bit of a steeper learning curve than others.
- Scrivener (Participate in NaNoWriMo and get a percentage off this one!)
- Calibre (Convert your docs to ebooks)
- Affinity Designer (Alternative to Photoshop)
- Affinity Publisher (Alternative to InDesign, currently a free beta)
Courses
Because continuous learning is good. Especially continuous learning about marketing because, well, marketing is hard.
- Lynda (I get this one from the library)
- Skillshare (This link gives 2 free months and helps me out)
Covers and Aesthetic Resources
Graphics! We love cover making and, if you’re as bad at drawing as I am, these are some pretty good graphic resources to get you started.
- Creative Market’s Freebie Page (Free stuff every week, with new stuff every Monday)
- Lost and Taken
- Unsplash
- Pexels
- Canva
- CoverVault
Let me know if there’s any that I missed!
- And Adobe in specific, which I really want to get off of [↩]