Bookters

Free Resources for Authors

Practical checklists from the Bookters desk.

Seven working documents built from the diagnostic frameworks we use with clients. Free to download and use in your own visibility planning.

Checklist

Book Visibility Checklist

The core checks every serious author should run across positioning, metadata, retail, library, search and AI surfaces.

Checklist

Metadata Audit Checklist

A practical review of BISAC codes, keywords, description language and comparable-title alignment.

Checklist

Library Placement Checklist

Everything a book needs in place before a serious library submission is worth making.

Checklist

AI Discoverability Checklist

The signals AI systems weight most heavily when deciding which authors to recommend.

Checklist

Author Brand Checklist

A structured pass on the visual, verbal and positioning consistency of the author identity.

Checklist

Goodreads Optimization Guide

The Goodreads-specific fields that matter most for reader discovery and reader-advocacy compounding.

Checklist

Book Launch Preparation Guide

The upstream work that decides whether a launch produces a spike or the beginning of a floor.

Additional resources will continue to be added as new frameworks are ready.