The Ultimate Self-Publishing Planner

Run your author business, publish like a pro and build a backlist. The Self-Publishing Planner has 11 sections: business, book, production, metadata, distribution, launch, marketing, ads, series & rights, events and money.

Choose your format below. Each format is an instant download, and every format comes with the Recommended Resources for Authors PDF.

• Goodnotes & PDF: 119-page digital planner with clickable tabs, contents and back links; two designs: Classic and the colourful Pop design; printable US Letter versions of both designs.
• Microsoft Word: Editable Word document (.docx) with clickable contents; worked examples showing how each page is used; prints on A4 or US Letter.
• Notion template: Notion template you duplicate into your own workspace; linked dashboard and pages, with built-in databases and tracker tables; works on the free Notion plan, on desktop, tablet and phone.
• E-ink edition: Hyperlinked PDF made for e-ink tablets; larger text and high-contrast pages.

What's inside

11 sections, 119 pages in the PDF: Business, Book, Production, Metadata, Distribution, Launch, Marketing, Ads, Series & Rights, Events and Money.

Treat it like a business

• A one-page author business plan you'll actually reread
• Yearly, five-year and quarterly plans for your publishing
• A production schedule and budget for every book
• Work out how many copies each book must sell to break even

From manuscript to the shelf

• Editor and cover briefs, plus a page to sketch your cover
• Blurb workshop, categories, keywords and a metadata sheet
• Exclusive or wide? Weigh it up, then set up each retailer
• Pricing, pre-orders and a royalty calculator by format

Launch it, then keep selling

• A week-by-week launch timeline, counted back from release day
• ARC team, two review trackers and a launch review
• Ideal reader, newsletter calendars, promo sites and swaps
• Ad trackers for Amazon, Facebook and Meta, and BookBub

Build a backlist that pays

• Series plan, read-through tracker and a backlist audit
• Box sets, relaunches, translations and foreign rights
• Event calendar, kit checklist and stock and sales log
• Income, expenses, profit and loss and a tax set-aside

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