265+ FREE and Inexpensive Tools for Authors
Writing and selling books is a lengthy and time-consuming process, which authors have discovered to be among their areas of greatest stress. While the publishing industry is getting more automated, marketing your books demands time and effort to go around writer's block and finish the job with a blank screen. To effortlessly allow your creativity to flow, today we’re sharing my selection of favorite tools.
I’m sure you are no stranger to tools that are helping you simplify your day-to-day writing life, however, I believe that you might be interested in knowing a few more content marketing tools that not only help save your time and effort and, on top of it all, these are also completely free of charge.
Tool Categories
Writing Tools
Book Formatting Tools
Design Tools
Productivity Tools for writers
Animation-Creation Tools
Video-Creation Tools
Photo apps
Audio-Creation Tools
Best Organization Apps & Software
Infographic-Creation Tools
Presentation-Creation Tools
Screen-Capture Tools
Cheapest Email Marketing Tools
Misc Tools
Let’s start.
Tools Categories
Writing Tools
Book Formatting Tools
Design Tools
Productivity Tools for writers
Animation-Creation Tools
Video-Creation Tools
Photo apps
Audio-Creation Tools
Best Organization Apps & Software
Infographic-Creation Tools
Presentation-Creation Tools
Screen-Capture Tools
Cheapest Email Marketing Tools
Misc Tools
Writing Tools
Google Docs
LibreOffice
Trello
EverNote
Notion
Grammarly
Hemmingway Editor
CoSchedule’s headline analyzer
BuzzSumo
WordCounter
Focus Writer
Book Formatting Tools
Atticus
Vellum
Kindle Create
Microsoft Word
Scrivener
Ulysses
Reedsy
15 Free Sites like Grammarly for Authors, Bloggers, Copywriters, and Content writers
Design Tools
Canva
Crello
Simplified
Pixelated
Tyle
Piktochart
Colorcinch
DesignBold
Photopea
Snappa
32 Free Canva Alternatives with Better Templates and Design Features
Productivity Tools for writers
1. Friday
2. Todoist
3. Asana
4. Trello
5. Slack
6. Microsoft Teams
7. Zoom
8. Nifty
9. Toggl
10. Clockify
11. Monitask
12. Harvest
13. Loom
14. IFTTT
15. Zapier
16. Integromat
17. Notion
18. Dropbox Paper
19. Clickup
20. Twist
21. 15Five
22. Tettra
23. Sunsama
24. Akiflow
25. TimeCamp
26. TickTick
27. nTask
28. Evernote
Animation-Creation Tools
Biteable
Boomerang
Moovly
Animaker
Blender
K-3D
OpenToonz
Pencil2D Animation
Plastic Animation Paper
Powtoon
Stykz
Video-Creation Tools
Lightworks
VideoPad
HitFilm Express
DaVinci Resolve
VSDC Free Video Editor
OpenShot
Shotcut
Blender
Movie Maker 10
iMovie
Magisto
WeVideo
63 Amazing Sites With Breathtaking Free Stock Photos
Audio-Creation Tools
Audacity
Adobe Audition
GarageBand
FL Studio
Descript
Best Organization Apps & Software
Any.do
Friday
Sunsama
Trello
Todoist
Akiflow
Get Plan
Toggl
Asana
ClickUp
24me
DayViewer
Microsoft Planner
Google Calendar App
Dropbox
I’d like to invite you to join me in my quest to provide you with the best tips, tricks and hacks to help you build your author career while keeping this newsletter free and independent.
If there was ever a time to join me in this quest, it is now. Every contribution, however big or small, powers me to create more amazing content and sustain the future of this publication. Support this newsletter – it only takes a minute. If you can, please consider supporting us with a regular amount each month. You can do either by buying me a cup of coffee. Thank you.
Infographic-Creation Tools
Canva
Venngage
Piktochart
easel.ly
Visme
Infogram
Vizualize.me
Snappa
Google Chart
MS PowerPoint
Presentation-Creation Tools
MS PowerPoint
Google Slides
Keynote
Prezi
Canva
PowToon
GoAnimate
Zoho Show
Screen-Capture Tools
CloudApp
SnapDraw Free
Free Cam
Screencast-O-Matic
OBS Studio
Debut Video Capture
ShareX
Apowersoft
CamStudio
ScreenRec
Ezvid
Cheapest Email Marketing Tools
Sendinblue
Mailchimp
Constant Contact
ConvertKit
Cake Mail
MailerLite
GetResponse
SendGrid
Aweber
Moosend
Omnisend
SendPulse
Mailjet
Email Octopus
Benchmark
Sender
RedCappi
Pabbly
Misc Tools
Hootsuite - To plan and track your social media activity
Right Relevance - To find the right influencer
Bitly - URL shortener
GTmetrix - for checking the website speed
Facebook Ad Library - To spy on competitors’ ads
Ocoya - for Scheduling Facebook and Insta Posts
Tubebuddy and Vidiq - for YouTube video Analytics
Rapdtags - for YouTube Video Tags
YouTube Audio Library - for Royalty-free music
Pexels - for free stock images and Videos
QuillBot - Paraphrasing tool that generates various synonyms
WordHero - AI writing assistant
What would you add to the list? Tell me in the comments
I’d like to invite you to join me in my quest to provide you with the best tips, tricks and hacks to help you build your author career while keeping this newsletter free and independent.
If there was ever a time to join me in this quest, it is now. Every contribution, however big or small, powers me to create more amazing content and sustain the future of this publication. Support this newsletter – it only takes a minute. If you can, please consider supporting us with a regular amount each month. You can do either by buying me a cup of coffee. Thank you.
About Chase Austin
I have spent 10+ years writing stories and marketing them. I’ve failed and succeeded over the years, and these are some of my tidbits on how I started my author business, perfected marketing, and more.
Here you’ll find resources to help you kick more ass with your words. No fluff, only actionable tips, and tricks if you are looking to make a living through writing, or just use it as a side hustle.
Things I like: Long walks, Reading about anything and everything, Telling stories and chess.
Visit me at www.thechaseaustin.com. Want to say hi, email me at contact@thechaseaustin.com.
Thanks this is a very helpful list. Hopefully I will start using these resources.