Practical Author Resources
Start with a practical tool, a focused guide, or a publishing-path recommendation.
Choose the work in front of you.
Use the groups below to find a guide, calculator, or preparation tool. If you are deciding where to begin, answer three questions first.
Publishing Preparation
Choose a starting point and prepare your manuscript conversation.
Audiobook Cost & Runtime Estimator
Estimate listening time and find the IME production package that fits your project.
View Resource ↗Find Your Next Step
Answer three questions and get a suggested starting point.
Find My Starting Point ↗My Book Publishing Roadmap
Build a publishing plan for your stage, schedule, and budget.
Open Tool ↗Book Title & Positioning Lab
Compare title options and build a reader-testing brief.
Open Tool ↗Publishing Readiness Review
Review eight preparation areas, identify missing work, and download a prioritized publishing brief.
Open Tool ↗Author Preparation Checklist
Download a planning checklist for your manuscript and publishing conversation.
View Resource ↗Book Blueprint · Free Book
Download The Instant Authority Book Method by Mike Driggers and Brandon Hintz. Explore positioning, writing, publishing, and book-to-business planning.
View Resource ↗15 Reasons to Publish
Download Mike Driggers’ original one-page infographic about using a book in your visibility, relationships, and author-business planning.
View Resource ↗Author Fast Start
Use this preparation area alongside your signed program scope. Your completed steps stay in this browser.
View Resource ↗Publishing Insights
Read practical guides to writing, publishing, distribution, and book marketing.
View Resource ↗Marketing & Profit
Compare book economics, offers, campaigns, and reader events.
Book Launch Timeline
Build a dated checklist for promotion, release day, and follow-up.
Open Tool ↗Book Profit Planner
Model per-copy contribution, returns, fixed costs, advertising, and break-even volume with editable assumptions.
Open Tool ↗Your Book Funnel, by the Numbers
Model buyer acquisition costs, checkout offers, and core-service sales.
View Resource ↗Authority Offer Planner
Name the reader outcome, choose the delivery format, and estimate the sales and conversations your annual goal requires.
View Resource ↗Authority Offer Command Center
Compare offers, test delivery capacity, and plan your first conversion event.
Open Tool ↗Reader-to-Revenue Event Studio
Compare event formats, model your audience, and plan the campaign.
Open Tool ↗Book Ad Break-Even Calculator
Find the maximum ad cost per sale and click your book economics support.
Open Tool ↗Book Launch Forecast
Compare conservative, expected, and optimistic sales across your launch channels.
Open Tool ↗Bulk Book Order Quote Builder
Prepare an order quote and check your margin before sending.
Open Tool ↗Book Marketing Campaign Scorecard
Compare sales, leads, booked calls, and contribution across marketing channels.
Open Tool ↗Reader-to-Client Event Planner
Estimate registrations, attendance, and calls for your next event.
Review the Event Planner ↗Media Preparation
Organize your media materials and rehearse interview answers.
Author Media Kit Builder
Prepare biographies, a book description, interview topics, and questions in an editable document.
Open Tool ↗Book & Film Press Release Builder
Draft a book announcement, book launch, film fundraising release, or film launch release.
Open Tool ↗IME Media Interview Practice Tool
Practice six interview questions with optional spoken prompts, local recording, and transcript-based checks.
Open Tool ↗Media Angle & Pitch Builder
Draft pitches for TV, podcasts, and print.
Open Tool ↗Soundbite Spark™ Builder
Prepare short, medium, and extended interview answers.
Open Tool ↗Media Outreach Tracker
Track pitches, follow-ups, replies, and bookings in your browser.
Open Tool ↗Book to Screen
Assess adaptation readiness, plan episodes, and prepare a pitch.
Book-to-Screen Assessment
Review rights, source material, audience, budget, and production assumptions before your screen conversation.
Open Tool ↗Mini-Series Planner
Connect your premise, lead, conflict, and resolution with an episodic release plan.
Open Tool ↗Screen Pitch Builder
Organize the logline, synopsis, audience, rights, team, and production request without invented credits or results.
Open Tool ↗Adaptation Rights Checklist
Identify the rights and permissions to verify before pitching.
Open Tool ↗Film Fundraising Readiness Planner
Calculate the funding gap and prepare for your next film milestone.
Open Tool ↗Film Release Path Planner
Compare a festival run, red-carpet premiere, and direct launch.
Open Tool ↗Author tools, in one place.
Prefer to browse the full tool collection? Open the Author Tool Studio. The tools use guided templates, explicit scoring, and editable calculations. AI evaluation is not connected.
Open Author Tool Studio ↗Frequently Asked Questions
What happens on the strategy call?
We review your idea or manuscript, publishing goals, and starting point. You leave with a clearer view of relevant services and next steps.
How do I choose the right level of support?
Tell us what you have completed and where you need help. We assess the manuscript or existing assets and outline a suitable scope.
What happens before work begins?
Your written proposal identifies deliverables, fees, responsibilities, approvals, and schedule. Review the agreement before authorizing the project.