The Author Resources Hub

Payhip lets you sell ebooks, audiobooks, and digital products directly to readers at 95% margins — no monthly fee, automatic EU VAT handling, built-in affiliate program, and email list integration. This guide covers every step from account creation through product setup and promotion.

Author's Republic is the third major audiobook distribution aggregator — reaching Audiobooks.com, Chirp, Hoopla, OverDrive, and other platforms. This guide covers account setup, audio file requirements and the distribution channel comparison with Findaway Voices.

Every indie author producing audiobooks — whether with a professional narrator, their own voice, or AI tools — needs the right production toolchain. This guide covers every category: recording environments, microphones, DAWs, AI narration services, mastering tools, delivery platforms, and the analytics layer that connects production to income.

Learn how ElevenLabs helps indie authors create AI audiobooks with voice cloning, Studio production tools, and audiobook distribution through platforms like Spotify and ElevenReader.

Learn how to build a Shopify bookstore for ebooks, print books, and audiobooks. Discover direct sales strategies, BookVault and BookFunnel integrations, Shopify Magic AI tools, and proven ways to increase author revenue.

Discover Kobo Writing Life's free education hub for indie authors. Learn wide publishing strategies, Kobo optimization, audiobook distribution, international ebook markets, and expert tips to grow your publishing business beyond Kindle Unlimited.

Discover why Joanna Penn and The Creative Penn are essential resources for indie authors. Learn AI publishing strategies, self-publishing best practices, multiple income streams, and long-term career building with one of the industry's most trusted educators.

Human narration is the audiobook production standard that delivers the deepest listener engagement — but it requires the largest production investment. This guide covers how to find and cast the right narrator, the PFH vs royalty share contract decision, what a complete production timeline looks like, and how to evaluate whether the investment makes financial sense for your specific title.

Spotify for Authors is Spotify's own self-publishing portal for audiobooks — a direct upload path that exists independently of Voices by INaudio, with its own account, its own royalty reporting, and the ability to set your own suggested price. This guide covers how the portal works, how royalties are calculated under both the à la carte and Premium pool models, and how it fits alongside wide distribution.