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

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 Bibliography Checker

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