Meet Our New Partner, Reedsy

Blurb has joined forces with Reedsy to allow authors to seamlessly create, edit, print, and distribute their books. For fans of our Dream Team, Reedsy is another helpful resource to enlist professional help when self-publishing your book. Whether you’re a designer looking for an editor, or a photographer looking for PR help, Reedsy has what you’re looking for.

Why We Love Reedsy!

Reedsy is a “foundry” of bestselling books. Just like Blurb, they know that quality is the key aspect of any great book. That’s why they built a marketplace of professional editors, designers, and marketers who can assist authors and publishers through every stage of the publishing process. Books created by you can now get the helpful treatment that traditionally published books get.

But don’t worry! They don’t just allow any-old-freelancer onto their team. Only the top 3% of applications have been accepted, ensuring that their professionals are a community of the best the industry has to offer. Reedsy’s ambition extends much further than simply connecting authors and publishers with the right professionals. They also provide a suite of innovative collaborative tools that shakes up the common, traditional, cumbersome process of working with someone.

They also have free education on the self-publishing process and industry, which equips you for success with specific and helpful information.

What Reedsy Can Do For You

• The Reedsy Marketplace provides access to vetted professionals, who can assist you through every stage of the publishing process. From high-level marketing strategy, to email marketing and advertising, Reedsy has gathered some of the best marketers in the industry to help with publicity and marketing, so you can get your book into the hands of readers.

• With free, short publishing courses delivered to your inbox, Reedsy Learning provides educational support for your self-publishing project. Blurb is even offering its own course: Self-publish your photography book.

What is Reedsy Learning?

Reedsy Learning is a series of courses that allows authors to learn about the art and business of publishing. The courses consist of ten lessons. Each lesson should take fewer than five minutes to read, making it easy for students to learn over a cup of coffee—or whenever they have a few minutes to themselves.

Reedsy Learning’s courses currently include:

Writing: How to Write a Business Book, How to Write a Novel, Stop Procrastinating and Build a Solid Writing Routine, The Non-Sexy Business of Writing Non-Fiction, How to Turn Your Cookbook Idea into a Reality, How to Stop Talking About Writing a Book and Actually Start Doing It

Publishing: Traditional Publishing 101, Self-Publishing 101, Self-Publishing vs Traditional Publishing, Crowdfunding for Authors, How to Submit a Non-Fiction Book Proposal, Audiobooks, Book Design 101,

Marketing: Book Marketing 101, How to Get Your Book into Libraries, How to Run a Price Promotion, Amazon Algorithms, Facebook Ads for Authors, Book Reviews and How to Get Them, Amazon Ads for Authors

We’re so excited to be collaborating with Reedsy and offering our community even more self-publishing resources. Have you used Reedsy before? Tell us your experience in the comments below.