The Catalog Desk Toolkit: Excel Workbook (Opens in Google Sheets)

Track it. Your whole catalog in one file.

The Catalog Desk system as a working spreadsheet: one ISBN register that every other tab draws from, live formulas that do the math and flag the problems, and a dashboard that shows the health of your whole catalog at a glance. Opens in Excel or Google Sheets.

The companion to The Catalog Desk: The Operations Manual for Running a 50-Book Indie Publishing Operation by Carl Williams.

What it does for you:

ISBN Register with status drop-downs, a check-digit test on every ISBN, and duplicates turned red

Type an ISBN on any tab and its title, format, series, price and dates fill in automatically

Series Price Sheet flags price mismatches across KDP, IngramSpark, Payhip and your website, and calculates KDP print cost and royalty (regular and large trim)

Release Calendar works every deadline backward from launch and shows your next milestone

Copyright Tracker calculates each three-month registration deadline and marks it Open, Due soon, Filed or Window passed

Metadata Master holds every Bowker and platform field, counts keywords and checks title length

Platform Tracker, Link Checker and Corrections Log flag anything overdue

Monthly Audit counts the issues for you, and the Catalog Health Review dashboard adds it all up

Fees & Rules tab with every fee checked October 2026, and one place to update them when platforms change

15 tabs, room for 200 books and formats, a worked example on every tab, and a Key tab that explains it all.

Prefer paper? The Printable Workbook has every tab as a fillable PDF, or get all three toolkit files in the Complete Toolkit bundle and save.

Digital download (.xlsx). Nothing is shipped.