Marketing Resources

🔤 Fonts:

• FreeTypography: Free fonts for commercial use freetypography.com/
  
• Creative Fabrica: Free fonts for commercial use www.creativefabrica.com/freebies/free-fonts/
  
• Fonts: miblart.com/blog/fantasy-book-cover-fonts/

Font Organization:

• Font Base: Free program made to organize and preview fonts (for graphic design) fontba.se/downloads/windows

🎨 Graphic Design

• Photopea: Free online photoshop alternative www.photopea.com/
• GIMP: Free photoshop alternative program www.gimp.org/

🎥Video:

• Shotcut: video editor (Free) href.li/?https://shotcut.org/
• Capcut: Mobile and desktop video editor (commonly used on TikTok, Free) href.li/?https://www.capcut.com/fr-fr/
• OBS Studio: program for livestreamers (Free) href.li/?https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/obs-studio/XPFFH613W8V6LV

📷 Photography

• PhotoPea: online (no download) alternative to photoshop (free) href.li/?https://www.photopea.com/
• GIMP: photoshop alternative program (free)https://href.li/?https://www.gimp.org/
• Snapseed: Mobile only. Photo editing app by Google. (free)https://apps.apple.com/us/app/snapseed/id439438619

🎙️ Audio/Podcasts

• Audacity: Audio editor (free) href.li/?https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/audacity/XP8K0J757HHRDW
• Craig: a bot for discord that lets you record audio conversations (not sneakily, publicly) for podcasts. It even splits everyone into separate audio files for easier edits. (free) href.li/?https://craig.chat/

🖼️Public Domain Images:
Once something reaches a certain age, it can fall under public domain. This includes classical art (like the Mona Lisa). If they are public domain, you can use them for commercial use or marketing. For example, book covers, marketing, and so on.

• Wikimedia Commons: check the copyright before using any images. There are some public domain, and some creative commons works. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
• Artvee: href.li/?https://artvee.com/
• National Gallery of Art Open Data Program www.nga.gov/collection-search-result.html?sortOrder=DEFAULT&artobj_downloadable=Image_download_available&pageNumber=1&lastFacet=artobj_downloadable
• Open Access at The Met www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/policies-and-documents/open-access
• NASA images.nasa.gov/
• rawpixel www.rawpixel.com/category/53/public-domain?filter=all&page=2&sort=trending
• The Public Review publicdomainreview.org/shop/fine-art-prints
• Rijksstudio www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/rijksstudio?ii=3&p=2&from=2023-04-25T12%3A26%3A38.3595910Z
• The Hermitage www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/explore/artworks?lng=en
• "50 Sites Offering Free Images for Commercial Use" www.thebookdesigner.com/free-images-for-commercial-use/

🔍SEO

• Amazon SEO Keyword Tool keywordtool.io/amazon
• The Ultimate Guide to SEO for Authors www.thebookdesigner.com/seo-for-authors-part-1/

🏠Websites

• Kodezi: Coding auto-correct kodezi.com/
• ColorBox: Create a color pallet, and get the color codes colorbox.io/
• Builder - Drag and drop page builder and CMS. www.builder.io/
• Neocities neocities.org/

📰Newsletters:

• How to Grow Your Email List (10 Clever Ways) www.thebookdesigner.com/grow-your-email-list/

📈Marketing Strategies:

• Blind date with a book: How self-published authors can use this marketing strategy www.thebookdesigner.com/blind-date-with-a-book-for-self-publishing-autors/
  
• 8 Easy Ways To Use Book Mockups To Market Your Books www.thebookdesigner.com/book-mockups-for-marketing/
  
• 20 Author Swag Design Ideas miblart.com/blog/author-swag-design-ideas/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=author-swag-design-ideas
  
• 9 Ways to Market a Book With No Money www.thebookdesigner.com/9-ways-to-market-your-book-with-no-money/
  
• 20 MUST DO Steps for Amazon Campaigns for eBooks www.thebookdesigner.com/amazon-campaigns/

Misc:

• Enhancing Social Media Productivity for Authors in 2024 www.thebookdesigner.com/4-social-media-productivity-tips-authors/
  
• Book Signings and Readings: 8 Practical Things To Do When Planning Your Author Events www.thebookdesigner.com/book-signings-author-events/
  
• Choosing the Right Author Photo: 15 Dos and Don'ts www.thebookdesigner.com/author-photo/
  
• How to Write (and Not to Write) an Author Bio gailcarriger.com/2016/08/10/how-to-write-and-not-to-write-an-author-bio-re-post-from-fiction-university/
  
• How to make your book perma-free: insights.bookbub.com/how-to-make-your-book-permafree/
  
• DIY Animated Book Covers (free trial) www.animationsoftware7.com/
  
• Book design blog www.thebookdesigner.com/category/book-production/
  
• Marketing Blog createifwriting.com/
  
• Text to Voice chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/read-aloud-a-text-to-spee/hdhinadidafjejdhmfkjgnolgimiaplp
• 10+ Best SEO Websites to Improve Your SEO Skills makealivingwriting.com/best-seo-websites/
  
• Booklinker: Universal book links to boost international book sales booklinker.com/
  
• A Concise List of Book Promotion Sites leehallwriter.com/2021/02/23/a-concise-list-of-book-promotion-sites/
• TinyWow: A website with several different useful tools; such as converting file types, photo editing, and more. href.li/?https://tinywow.com/tools