It’s another cool morning here in Georgia, but I’m warm and cozy under my blanket with my laptop. Today we’re discussing how to organize your published works. You may be asking what I mean, well, let me enlighten you.
With over 50 published books, sometimes I get lost in where every book is already published. I can’t remember which book is on which platform. Organization is needed even if you only put your books on one platform. So, here is what I do…
Platform Organization
First, I sit down and make a spreadsheet. The header includes all of the platforms that my books are on. The first column lists all of my books. This way I can mark off the books that are already on certain platforms. And this also helps when republishing older works with new covers. Doing this, I don’t miss out on having my books everywhere.
The moment I started working with this spreadsheet, I realized that I was missing several platforms for some of my books. This is missed opportunity, so everyday I work on at least one platform, updating files and getting my books everywhere.
| Published | Amazon | KU | B&N | Kobo | Apple | Smash | Audible | ||
| 5 Oaks Ranch Series | |||||||||
| Ridge | |||||||||
| Oakley | |||||||||
| Chase | |||||||||
| Luke | |||||||||
| Maggie | |||||||||
| A Christmas to Remember | |||||||||
| 5O Collection |
Book Organization
Now, you may be asking how this is different. Book organization is a spreadsheet similar to the above one, but this one is book formats. In this one, I just copy the previous spreadsheet and change the header. In the header I input Ebook, Print, Audio, Front Cover, Back Cover, Blurb, and Publish date.
This has helped me to keep up with what needs to be done for each book. It’s like a checks and balances, but for books.
| outline | character | front | ebook | blurb | exerpt | back | spine | ||
| 5 Oaks Ranch Series | |||||||||
| Ridge | |||||||||
| Oakley | |||||||||
| Chase | |||||||||
| Luke | |||||||||
| Maggie | |||||||||
| A Christmas to Remember | |||||||||
| 5O Collection |
I do hope this helps you in some way. It’s helped me a lot.
As always, good writing and May God Bless You…
Stephanie Hurt - Romance Author 