From The Creative Penn:
Writing and editing
Scrivener — for writing first draft fiction and non-fiction, keeping notes, organizing, and restructuring. Tutorial here for fiction and non-fiction.
ProWritingAid — for self-editing.
The Blue Garret — Kristen Tate is my (human) editor. Interview with Kristen on editing here.
Sudowrite — for expanding sensory detail like a thesaurus on steroids and co-writing assistant. Tutorial here.
ChatGPT — for character ideas, plot ideas, brainstorming, and world-building. I’m on the paid plan so I’ve been using the GPT4 model which is a step change to GPT3. More on futurist topics here.
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Publishing and Distribution
Vellum — ebook formatting. Tutorial here. Vellum is Mac only, but you can also use Atticus for Mac or PC.
JD Smith Design — Jane does my book cover design and interior print design and formatting
Amadeus Pro — audiobook recording and editing. You can also use free software Audacity. I have a home audio booth. You can find lots more detail on audiobooks in my book, Audio for Authors.
Hindenberg Narrator — for audiobook mastering to ACX and Findaway standards
Ebook publishing — Amazon KDP, Kobo Writing Life, Apple Books, Draft2Digital, PublishDrive
Audiobook publishing — FindawayVoices, ACX (for Audible, non-exclusive)
Print publishing — Amazon KDP Print (for Amazon only), Ingram Spark for wide distribution, bookstores, libraries etc.
Direct sales — Shopify, Bookfunnel for ebooks and audio, Bookvault.app for print, Kickstarter for crowdfunding.
Link to the rest at The Creative Penn where there are links to all the services mentioned.