Author E.M.S. Mission:
My goal is to help authors and indie publishers save time, reduce stress and improve focus on the creative work by providing services, consulting and education in the areas of self-publishing and basic business. —Amy Atwell
History
Author E.M.S. was born from my genuine desire to help prevent the meltdowns authors suffered when the changing technology in publishing overwhelmed them and dragged their focus away from writing.
With the help of some amazingly generous people, I started building the Author E.M.S. website in 2011. It was a labor of love and my primary focus for a few years, but the site proved too much for a single person to maintain. Meanwhile, I discovered that authors wanted to distribute to iBooks, but were having difficulties because they didn’t own Macintosh computers. Having used Macs for 30+ years now, I quickly realized I could offer assistance, and we launched our first active author service. Since then, we’ve added ebook and print formatting and uploading to other retailers.
From 2011 to 2017, I co-wrote and co-taught a wide variety of online classes and live workshops (some with the inestimable help of Kelli Finger), including Your Publishing Options, Intro to Your Self-Publishing Business, Virtual Real Estate Assessment, Your Pitch Begins with YOU, Creating a Book Launch Plan, What’s Your Social Media Game Plan?, My Book Is Online—Now What?, The Nuts & Bolts of Format and Distribution, Conceive–Believe–Achieve, Making the Most from iBooks, and Online Retailer Opportunities: Gain an Edge Through Education.
In September 2017, I archived a vast majority of the outdated web pages on this site. Now, I maintain a few that actively support our book formatting clients and provide useful information to indie authors for free.
Author E.M.S. will cease formatting services as of October 1, 2021. This website may go offline temporarily, but one of my goals for 2022 is to bring the website up to date and republish resources for indie authors. Thank you!