AuthorShelf Blog
Transparent packages, royalties, Lightning Source literacy, and the Author Portal — written for authors who refuse opaque paid packages.
Traditional publishing pays an advance and takes rights. Self-publishing keeps control and cost. Here is which path fits — and where paid packages sit.
Read more →AuthorScale pricing is a monthly marketing SaaS. AuthorShelf is self publishing packages and author services. Different products — here is how to tell which search you meant.
Read more →A plain-English map of AuthorShelf self publishing packages: Spark $399 through Ultimate $2,989, portal, ISBN, rights, and what changes by tier.
Read more →Author services vs a self publishing package: editing, book cover design services, formatting, and launch — priced before checkout at AuthorShelf.
Read more →Book cover design prices at AuthorShelf: $349 custom cover upgrade, $99 revisions. Package cover paths from $399. What you get for print and eBook.
Read more →Copyright is yours unless you sign it away. ISBN identifies an edition. AuthorShelf does not take your rights or a cut of book sales.
Read more →Margins, fonts, TOC, ebook reflow, and print wraps. Why last-minute formatting is how first books slip.
Read more →DIY can be days if files are ready. Professional production is usually weeks. Here is what actually adds time.
Read more →AuthorShelf Inc. is based in Maryville, East Tennessee. Packages, portal, and a real founder — with distribution that still reaches Amazon and bookstores.
Read more →Amazon is a retailer setup, not a publisher. Here is what KDP needs, what “wide” adds, and where AuthorShelf stops and you start.
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