Tools

Below is a list of tools I personally use for writing, editing, and professionally publishing a book. Note that some of the links contain affiliate codes.

3rd Party Tools

Research and Review

Spelling and Grammar check: Grammarly
Chatbot for Research: elicit
Chatbot for Review and Checking: claude.ai
Checking and Reviewing EPUB Files: epubcheck, Calibre, Kindle Previewer
Marketing Keyword Review: Publisher Rocket

Management

Cloud Backup: Dropbox
Task Management: asana
Time Management: Clockify
Version Management: GitHub
Reference management: zotero

LaTeX-Related Tools

Collaborative LaTeX Cloud Editor: Overleaf
TeXLive, Miktex, TeXstudio, TeXmaker, TeXworks, Visual Studio Code, Vim
LaTeX to EPUB Compiler: tex4ebook
LaTeX to HTML/XHTML Compiler: tex4ht, tex4ht cheat sheet

PDF-Related Tools

PDF accessibility checkers: PAC 2024, axesCheck
Screen readers: NVDA

Other

Graphical Website Editor: webflow
Graphics editing: Gimp

LODE Publishing Tools

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Automated KDP Invoice Generator
Automated Marketing Checker
EPUB to LaTeX Book Converter
DOCX to LaTeX Book Converter
Automated LaTeX Book Cover Generator.
Automatic check to optimize LaTeX loading times.
Auto-generate and analyze the editorial style guide based on your writing.
Automated Bibliography Checker, saving you time when you get strange errors in your bibliography file. If this does not work, a similar tool is available here, and a bibfile tidier tool here.
Auto-generate indexes for your book.

📁 Click to upload or drag and drop your BibTeX file

Accepts .bib files up to 5MB

Validating your BibTeX file...

LaTeX Index Generator

Generate LaTeX-formatted index entries from Markdown documents using AI analysis

Input Configuration

📁 Click to upload or drag and drop your Markdown file

Accepts .md, .markdown, or .txt files

Target Audience (auto-detects if empty)

✓ Auto-detected from document content

Discipline/Subject Area (Optional)

✓ Auto-detected from document content

Index Density

Generated Index Entries

Analyzing document structure and themes...

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