Free lessons, made by people who publish books.
Author Marketing School is a free resource made by Scribe Media, a book writing and publishing company in Austin, Texas that has published more than 3,000 books, including 23 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers.
Who it is for
First-time nonfiction authors, mostly business owners, consultants and experts. For most of them, the book's job is to win clients, open doors to speaking, or build trust in their work, not to top a sales chart. The lessons teach marketing toward that job, honestly, including the parts that take years.
Why it is free
Scribe Media sells book writing, publishing and marketing services. Most people who read these lessons will never become Scribe clients, and that is fine: a well-marketed book is good for its author and its readers whoever published it. Some readers will want help, and a few pages carry an optional form to talk with the Scribe team. Nothing on the site requires an email address.
How the lessons are made
- Scribe's own method. The approach to readers, goals and expectations comes from The Scribe Method, which Scribe publishes free online. Each lesson links the chapter it draws on.
- Real author tactics. Examples of what authors did come from Scribe Media's library of author tactics, each grounded in a verified source, and are linked to the author's full story on scribemedia.com.
- Outside rules, checked at the source. Anything about Amazon (KDP keywords, categories, descriptions, sales rank, and the rules on reviews and free copies) was read on Amazon's own help pages on October 20, 2026, and every lesson that uses those rules links the exact page. If a rule could not be confirmed on Amazon's pages, it was left out.
- Labelled examples. Worked examples that begin "Say you are..." are hypothetical, written to show a method. They are not real people.
About the author results
Every author result on this site is a verified Scribe Media author story, taken from the success stories Scribe publishes, with numbers copied exactly and each one linked to the full story. These are strong results, not typical ones. Nobody can promise them, and this site does not. They are shown because the tactics behind them are specific enough for any author to try.
The Launch Plan Builder
The Launch Plan Builder takes your launch date, the book's job and the hours you have each week, and lays the lessons out as a dated plan you can print or add to your calendar. It runs in your browser.
Corrections
Amazon and other platforms change their rules. If you spot something out of date, email privacy@scribemedia.com with the page and what changed, and it will be checked against the source.
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