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AI Tools for Self-Publishing

Ever wonder how AI Tools can help you as a self-published author? This course explores a broad swath of AI tools that can help you with brainstorming, publishing, marketing, design, and much more.

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AI Tools for Self-Publishing

AI Tools for Self-Publishing

Ever wonder how AI Tools can help you as a self-published author? This course explores a broad swath of AI tools that can help you with brainstorming, publishing, marketing, design, and much more.

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This course provides an overview of several key tools self-published authors can use to accelerate and improve their published products. IT IS NOT a course on how to get AI to write books for you! The intent is to expose you to the tools that can help in a variety of contexts, such as:

  • Brainstorming book and story ideas.
  • Creating brand assets.
  • Planning author activities, marketing, and book launch planning.
  • Evaluating competitive titles.

The primary concepts discussed include:

  • Legal and ethical constraints for using AI:       
    • Disclosing the use of AI.
    • Your work and what AI does with it.
  • Indie author/publisher competencies:
    • Deciding where AI can help.
  • Prompt engineering using a SMART framework:
    • AI support for prompt engineering.

AI platform tools:

  • ChatGPT
  • Claude (Anthropic)
  • Gemini (Google)
  • Midjourney 
  • OpenArt

Specialized author tools that rely on AI:

  • Publisher Rocket (aka KDP Rocket)
  • ProWritingAid

While you won't have hands-on training on using these tools, you'll understand specific challenges for some participants who complete the pre-work.

 

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Ages 14 and up are welcome.

Instructor
Joseph Fournier

Joe is a long-time learning professional and an indie author and publisher. By day, he's a Learning Technology Designer for a big insurance company. Joe has presented at dozens of international learning conferences and has designed hundreds of courses and training experiences for live and virtual platforms, including e-learning. Joe uses AI to help accelerate key parts of the book production and marketing processes. He's been an AI user, enthusiast, and amateur bot developer since 2019. He's collaborated with technology teams from IBM, FedEx, Aetna, Anthem, and a dozen other leading organizations. Joe is the author of two nonfiction books and four novels.

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