InkHub

What we're building

InkHub is built by an indie author, for indie authors. Here's what's live, what's in the works, and where we're headed.

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Book Bible

Every pen name, series, book, and metadata in one organized place — including cover uploads and author website sync.

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Series Bible

Track characters, world rules, timelines, and continuity across your entire series — built into every series on the Books page.

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Vendor Job Tracker

A personal directory of every editor, cover artist, narrator, and pro you work with. Log job history, track quotes and deposits, and link vendors directly to books.

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Launch Planner

Release date, full checklist, custom task management, and tracking built around your timeline. Add your own tasks and remove ones you don't use.

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My Team

Alpha, beta, and ARC readers plus your street team — all in one tabbed page. Build reusable questionnaires, email readers via BCC, track review status, and manage street team members.

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Word Count Tracker & Writing Goals

Daily word count goals, per-book progress bars, yearly targets, schedule-aware streaks, streak shield, and milestone badges.

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Release Calendar

A visual calendar across all your pen names showing upcoming releases and launch task due dates — color-coded by pen name, clickable by day.

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Marketing Hub

Facebook Group Tracker, Promo Submission Tracker (BookBub, ENT, Bargain Booksy, and more), and Newsletter Swap Tracker — all under Marketing in the nav.

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Sales Dashboard

Import royalty reports from KDP, Draft2Digital, and IngramSpark — stored permanently with deduplication. By Book and By Month views, Expenses tracker, Profit view, and Fourthwall payout tracker.

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Ad Spend Tracking

Connect Meta Ads and Amazon Ads to track spend, impressions, clicks, and campaign breakdowns alongside your royalties. More platforms coming.

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Public Author Profiles

Each pen name gets its own public page at getinkhub.com/author/[slug] — bio, social links, and a book grid. Private by default, live when you're ready. Set up from Settings → Public Profile.

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Reader Magnets

Create free-book magnets from Marketing Hub — each gets a public landing page where readers enter their email for a secure download link. Auto-syncs subscribers to Kit, Mailchimp, MailerLite, or Beehiiv. PDF watermarking stamps each copy with the reader's email.

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Achievement Badges

A badge showcase on the dashboard home recognizing writing milestones, community participation, and founding-member status. More badges added over time.

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Community

A members-only space with seven focused sections: General, Resources, Promo Opportunities, Swaps, Critique Partners, Celebrations, and Ask. Threaded comments, community voting, and public member profiles.

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Notifications

Get notified when someone replies to your Community post or comment. Bell icon in the nav shows your unread count.

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Newsletter Integration

Connect Mailchimp or Kit (ConvertKit) to see your subscriber count alongside your publishing data. OAuth or API key — your choice.

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Find a Pro

A member-sourced directory of editors, cover designers, narrators, VAs, illustrators, and more — with star ratings and written reviews from the InkHub community.

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Author Website Sync

One API key connects your InkHub book data to your author website automatically.

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Subscriptions & Billing

Founding member pricing, 30-day free trial, monthly and annual plans.

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Install as App (PWA)

Add InkHub to your home screen on iPhone or Android — no App Store needed. Opens full screen, just like a native app.

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Light / Dark / System Mode

Choose your preferred theme or follow your system setting.

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Reading Order Card Auto-Generation

Auto-generate a reading order card for any series using covers already in InkHub. Pick a background from Unsplash, and the finished image is ready to download or share. Bannerbear integration in progress.

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Referral Program

Full visibility of the Referrals page in Settings and the dashboard nav, with referral credits applying correctly to invoices.

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In-App Notifications (Extended)

More notification types — launch task due dates, vendor review alerts, newsletter swap completion, and system messages — with a dedicated notification center to browse your history.

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Graphic Studio — 3D Book Mockups

A generator for professional 3D book mockups from your own cover art. Four solo templates (paperback, tablet, phone, Kindle e-reader) and three composite templates (trifecta, paperback + tablet, phone + paperback). No Photoshop required.

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Kickstarter Launch Pipeline

A dedicated launch flow for Kickstarter campaigns alongside the regular book launch pipeline. Campaign URL, funding goal, prelaunch follower targets, campaign duration, and a special-edition toggle. Task templates built on data-driven indie author frameworks.

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Public Bio Page (Link-in-Bio)

Each pen name now has a clean public bio page at getinkhub.com/bio/[slug] — link-in-bio style for Instagram, TikTok, and Threads. Manage links from Settings → Bio Page.

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Author Self-Audit Quiz

A 25-question self-audit at getinkhub.com/audit that scores your indie publishing operation and matches you to one of five author archetypes. Shareable result pages, no account required.

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Launch Tasks Dashboard Widget

A widget on your dashboard home showing upcoming launch tasks across every active launch. Move it anywhere in your layout.

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Events + Inventory + Personal Sales

Track in-person sales at craft fairs, signings, conventions, and direct sales. Per-event stats, prep planner with application deadlines, custom unit prices, inventory tracking with low-stock alerts, print cost per book, and full profit math. Events show on your Release Calendar. CSV export for tax time.

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Indie Bookstores

Community-sourced directory of indie bookstores plus a private tracker for your own outreach. Filter by state, acceptance (consignment, wholesale, signings), and genre. Status pipeline from Planning through Active, with notes and books-placed tracking per store.

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Story Bible for Standalones

Same Characters / World & Settings / Timeline / Objects four-tab bible as the Series Bible — now available for standalone books from a 📖 button on the book detail page.

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Sales — By Pen Name

A new aggregation view on the Sales page combining royalties, personal sales, expenses, and net profit per pen name. See your whole indie business at a glance.

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What to Post — Idea Generator

A built-in idea bank inside Marketing Hub for the days you open Instagram with nothing to say. Spin a random post, browse and filter 273 ideas across 20 categories, or save your favorites for later. Filter by platform, category, and effort. Hide-asks toggle keeps the spin pool mostly value posts so you're not nagging readers.

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Team & Helpers — Delegate Sections

Invite up to 4 trusted helpers — a PA, pledge manager, co-author, or spouse — to access specific parts of your InkHub account. Each helper gets their own login, switches between helping you and managing their own data, and only sees the sections you grant. Settings, billing, Community, and Find a Pro reviews are always owner-only.

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Industry News Feed

A daily-updated widget on the dashboard home pulling articles from top book industry sources — Publishers Weekly, Reedsy, Written Word Media, Self-Publishing Formula, ALLi, and more. Tagged by category (Industry, Marketing, Craft, Platforms). Refreshes every morning.

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Backlist Health Score

Scores every book in your catalog across seven data points — cover, blurb, Amazon link, wide link, Goodreads link, pub date, and genre. Lowest-scoring books surface on your dashboard so nothing slips through the cracks.

Currently Working On
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Amazon Ads Integration

Built and pending Amazon's API verification. Once approved, connect your Amazon Ads account to track spend, impressions, clicks, and campaign breakdowns alongside Meta in the Ads tab.

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Email Templates

A library of pre-written emails with smart placeholders auto-filled from your Book Bible. New Release Announcement, ARC Invitation, Review Reminder, Street Team Activation, Launch Day Blast, and more.

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Campaign Link Tracker

Generate trackable short links per campaign per promo group, so you can see exactly which Facebook groups and newsletters are actually driving clicks.

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Series Bible (Full Version)

Expanded series bible with character relationship maps, world rules, timeline view, and continuity flags — building on the foundation already in the Books section.

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Blog / News Manager

Write posts inside InkHub, assign them to a pen name, and they auto-sync to your author website. Draft, schedule, and publish without leaving the dashboard.

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Mobile App

Native iOS and Android apps in the App Store and Google Play. InkHub already works as an installable PWA, but a dedicated native app is on the roadmap.

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Newsletter Swap Coordinator

A first-class newsletter swap coordinator inside InkHub — swap profiles, a browsable member directory, a lightweight agreement system, and a completion tracker.

Under Consideration
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Outline Builder

A structured outlining tool inside InkHub — pre-loaded frameworks (Save the Cat, Story Grid, Hero's Journey, Romance Beat Sheet) plus a blank template. Each outline links to a book in the Book Bible.

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Group Promos

Organize multi-author group promotions inside InkHub — manage participant slots, collect reader emails, and route subscribers to each author's list.

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Visual Publishing Calendar

One unified calendar combining social post plans, launch tasks, and release days — with toggles so you see exactly what you need at a glance.

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Social Suite

Post scheduling across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Bluesky, and X from inside InkHub. Likely an add-on rather than a base-plan feature.

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Public Series Bible / Reader World Guide

Flip your private Series Bible into a public, interactive reader experience at getinkhub.com/world/[slug] — character bios, world rules, and a spoiler-gated timeline.

Something missing?

Every feature on this list came from an author who needed it. If you don't see yours, tell us.

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