SelfPublishHQ – The Indie Author Roadmap
SelfPublishHQ – The Indie Author Roadmap
SelfPublishHQ – The Indie Author Roadmap
SelfPublishHQ – The Indie Author Roadmap – Nineteen practical guides that take someone from “I should write a book” to Book 2, in the right order. Built on a real 102,000-word novel written with AI and published on Amazon.
Self-publishing, in the right order
Most would-be authors don’t need more tutorials. They need a running order. SelfPublishHQ gives them a seven-stage roadmap (Start, Decide, Write, Polish, Package, Launch, Grow) with a practical guide at every stage.
The Core 5 (roadmap, case study, realistic expectations, Niche Finder, 30-prompt Co-Author Pack) plus all 14 next-step guides, from research to Book 2
Every guide uses a real published book as the worked example: Paladin 404, a GameLit mystery written with AI
Fiction or non-fiction, any genre, with or without AI
KDP rules checked against Amazon’s help pages in October 2026
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If you’ve ever thought about writing a book, you’ll know the odd thing about self-publishing advice.
There’s loads of it.
A video on covers. A thread on blurbs. A course on Amazon ads. Somebody very confident about keywords.
What nobody gives you is the running order. What to do first, what to do next, and what can safely wait until Book 3.
That’s what SelfPublishHQ is. It’s a seven-stage roadmap (Start, Decide, Write, Polish, Package, Launch, Grow) with 19 practical guides, each sitting on the stage where you’ll actually use it.
The useful bit: it’s built on a real book. Matt Garrett, who’s been in online marketing since 1999, wrote a 102,000-word novel with AI, published it on Amazon, and documented the whole process, mistakes included.
Works for fiction or non-fiction, with or without AI.
It’s $27, or $17 this week with coupon HQVIP:
P.S. There’s a two-minute “find your stage” quiz in the first guide. If you’re already halfway through a draft, start there and skip what you’ve done.
Upgrade Offers (OTOs)
Front end SelfPublishHQ: The Indie Author Roadmap
The Core 5 + all 14 next-step guides and an interactive Series Economics Calculator (stack value $483)
$27
$17 with HQVIP until 11:59pm EST Mon 9 Nov
Bump Book Cover Creator
Package those stories with professional-looking covers
$14.95
OTO 1 FindYourReaders: Reader Growth Toolkit
Tool 00 Campaign Brief + 12 Reader Growth Tools, 4 Campaign Recipes, manual, newsletter playbook, 2 worked examples (stack value $299)
$37
OTO 2 ShortStoryEngine
Create short stories that introduce new readers to your books
$17
OTO 3 ShortStoryEngine Submission Assistant
Prepare, publish and track short stories across relevant platforms (first-year licence)
$27
OTO 4 ShortStoryEngine Buyout
Turn the annual licence into lifetime access
$47
OTO 5 BookPromoPilot + SelfPublishPilot
Turn reader attention into broader KDP book promotion
$37
OTO 6 Newsletter Pilot
AI-powered audience-building browser extension for Kindle and self-published authors
$27
OTO 7 Short Story Pilot
Brainstorm and create short stories directly from the browser
$27
