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Top Indie Author Tools: The IAM Exec Team’s Picks for Streamlining Your Publishing Workflow
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Ready to level up your indie author toolkit? In this deep dive, our hosts unpack Indie Author Magazine’s executive team’s top picks for publishing tools. You’ll get an inside look at which platforms and apps the IAM team actually uses to stay organized, boost productivity, streamline design, tackle formatting, and automate tedious administrative work. Whether you’re writing your first novel or looking for ways to optimize your author business, this episode is packed with practical insights and real-world solutions from the experts.
Key Segments:
[00:01:00] Organizing Your Author Life: Airtable and Notion for project management
[00:03:09] Productivity Power-Ups: Brain FM and Habitica
[00:04:05] Writing Tools That Work: Microsoft Word and Scrivener
[00:05:10] Visuals & Design: Book Brush vs. Photoshop
[00:05:56] Automating Social & Newsletters: make.com and Mako app
[00:06:40] Formatting Made Simple: InDesign and Vellum
[00:07:35] Transcription & Automation: Otter.ai and Zapier
[00:08:23] Lessons & Next Steps: Finding your author workflow’s “friction point”
Discover which tools might give your author career a boost—and hear the hosts’ take on how small tech tweaks can free up your time and creative energy. Which part of your workflow could use a tech upgrade? Tune in for insightful commentary and actionable tips from the IAM team’s real-life experience.
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