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NOTE: This week's post about Self-Publishing Software comes from Dave Chesson, the Kindle Marketing Jedi behind KDP Rocket and Kindlepreneur.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s always important to seek out a better way of carrying out your self-publishing process.<\/p>\n

For most of us, there are many steps involved in creating a book.<\/p>\n

From our initial idea research, through to our post-release marketing, we are required to adopt a number of different mindsets and the skillsets that accompany them.<\/p>\n

Even if you choose to outsource some of the process, you still need to understand it well enough to specify your requirements and judge whether the work is of sufficient quality.<\/p>\n

One way to make various stages of the self-publishing process more efficient and less time-consuming is to use software. Using the right software packages can save time, improve your capability and produce better results than you could on your own.<\/p>\n

There are several stages of the self-publishing process that benefit from the use of software. These are -<\/p>\n

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  1. Researching your book idea<\/li>\n
  2. Organizing and planning the book creation process<\/li>\n
  3. Writing and editing the book<\/li>\n
  4. Marketing the book prior to, at, and after launch<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I will now explain my favorite software packages for each stage of the self-publishing process and explain how to use them in the most efficient way as part of a streamlined book creation process.<\/p>\n

    Better Book Research<\/h2>\n

    One of the most important steps in finding a book idea which will be a success and make you money is to be meticulous in your initial research.<\/p>\n

    It\u2019s vital to carry out a careful process of research to ensure there is sufficient demand within book marketplaces for books related to your idea. You must also ensure that you will be able to compete with the books that are currently on offer.<\/p>\n

    Sonar<\/a>. Sonar is a free tool which allows you to check for keywords related to your idea on Amazon. You can enter an initial word and it will show you a list of suggestions.<\/p>\n

    If you carry out a keyword search on Sonar, you can see the data offered by Sonar is very basic. It is ok for a free tool to carry out very basic research related to your initial idea, but as you can see, the search volume data is imprecise. There is no way to know how many people are searching for your book idea using Sonar. You also are unable to judge how much money your idea can potentially make.<\/p>\n

    KDP Rocket<\/a> is a book idea research tool which is much more powerful than any other free or paid option on the market. It gives you a much richer set of data as part of the idea research process. It also allows you to carry out extensive research on the competition for any particular book idea.<\/p>\n

    KDP Rocket shows you how many books are competing for a keyword on Amazon, how much books earn for that keyword, how many people are searching on Google for your book idea, an estimation based on reliable data on how many people are searching on Amazon for your idea, and how competitive your idea is.<\/p>\n

    You can use this data to judge how in demand any given book idea is and how likely you are to make money from it.<\/p>\n

    This competition analysis screen gives you information related to the title, subtitle, author name, age, keyword data, review data, price and sales data, for each book ranking for a particular idea keyword.<\/p>\n

    This gives you an accurate idea of how difficult it will be to compete for your book idea. You can spot opportunities based on a lack of keywords in the title and subtitle, for example, as well as low numbers of reviews. This can help you come up with a competitive approach and a tactical approach to your book title<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    Researching a book idea is the first stage of self-publishing success. Using software gives you reliable data to write a book you know there is a commercial demand for. The cost of research software is nothing compared to the time saved on writing a book idea which doesn\u2019t sell. If you sell only a few more copies of your book as a result then the software has paid for itself.<\/p>\n

    Better Organization and Planning<\/h2>\n

    Writing and publishing a book involves many different phases.<\/p>\n

    Keeping track of everything, and ensuring schedules are adhered to, is a key part of self-publishing success.<\/p>\n

    Using Trello <\/a>is a great way to plan out the different stages of your project and the tasks involved in achieving each.<\/p>\n

    Trello allows you to easily -<\/p>\n