Social Media Management for Authors
You write the books — now let social media sell them. Schedule book launch campaigns, share writing updates and excerpts, and build a loyal readership across Instagram, TikTok, X, LinkedIn and every platform your readers use. PostPlanify helps you stay visible between releases so your audience grows while you focus on writing your next chapter.
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Everything you need to manage social media as a authors
Plan Book Launch Campaigns from One Dashboard
Build a complete launch sequence — cover reveals, pre-order announcements, countdown posts, launch day blitzes and post-launch follow-ups. Schedule everything across nine platforms weeks before release day so your promotion runs on autopilot while you celebrate.
Drive Reader Engagement Between Releases
The months between books are when readers forget you exist. Schedule writing updates, behind-the-scenes peeks, character reveals and personal posts to keep your audience engaged and excited for your next release — even when you have nothing new to sell.
Cross-Platform Posting for Maximum Reach
Post to Instagram, TikTok, X, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Pinterest, Threads and Bluesky from a single calendar. Each platform reaches a different segment of your readership — BookTok fans on TikTok, literary communities on X, visual readers on Instagram.
AI Captions That Capture Your Author Voice
Generate platform-specific captions that reflect your writing style and genre — witty and casual for BookTok, professional for LinkedIn, teaser-driven for Instagram. AI writes the first draft so you polish instead of staring at a blinking cursor.
Batch-Schedule Weeks of Content in One Session
Protect your writing time by batching your social media in one focused sitting. Plan and schedule an entire month of author content — then close the app and get back to your manuscript without daily posting interruptions.
Schedule Cover Reveals and Visual Announcements
Cover reveals are one of the biggest engagement moments in an author's year. Schedule the reveal across every platform with platform-specific formats — a Reel for Instagram, a video for TikTok, a post for X — all timed to drop simultaneously.
Repurpose Blog Posts and Newsletters into Social Content
Turn your author newsletter, blog post or guest article into Instagram carousels, X threads, LinkedIn posts and Pinterest pins. One piece of long-form writing becomes five social posts — all scheduled from one place.
Track What Content Sells Books
See which posts generate the most engagement, profile visits and link clicks. Understand whether writing updates, book excerpts, personal stories or aesthetic posts drive the most readers to your buy links — then double down on what works.
Manage Multiple Pen Names from One Account
Write romance under one name and thrillers under another? Use separate workspaces for each pen name with their own social accounts, content calendars and branding — all under one PostPlanify account with flat pricing.
Why Authors Needs Social Media
The numbers show that social media is no longer optional for authors professionals
of readers discover new books through social media, making an active author platform essential for visibility and sales
BookScan Consumer Purchase Report, 2024
of self-published authors say social media is their most effective marketing channel for driving book sales
Author Guild Income Survey, 2024
BookTok views on TikTok, proving that short-form video is the most powerful book discovery engine for modern readers
Penguin Random House Annual Report, 2025
more sales generated by authors who maintain a consistent social media presence compared to those who only post during launch periods
BookScan Author Marketing Study, 2024
of literary agents and publishers review an author's social media presence before making acquisition or partnership decisions
Author Guild Publishing Industry Survey, 2025
Save 5+ hours every week on content creation
One calendar. All your posts.
Plan, edit, and reschedule your social media posts from one clean calendar. Know exactly what’s going live, where, and when - without switching tools.
Create posts faster with AI
Generate captions, create images, and improve your content - all with built-in AI assistant.
Create visuals faster
Generate images with AI or import files from Canva and Google Drive. No downloads. No re-uploads. Just pick, edit, and post.
Bulk scheduling
Schedule many posts across platforms at the same time. Perfect for batching content and staying consistent.
Advanced analytics
Track performance, engagement, and growth across all your platforms.
Unlimited Team Members
Invite your team, assign roles, approve posts, and share one calendar — without paying per seat.
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Weekly Content Ideas for Authors
A ready-made content calendar you can schedule with PostPlanify in minutes
Writing Update or Work-in-Progress Snippet
Start the week by sharing your writing progress — word count milestones, a sentence you are proud of or what chapter you are working on. Writing updates make readers feel invested in the journey and create anticipation for your next release.
Book Excerpt or Teaser Quote
Share a compelling passage, quote or dialogue snippet from your published book or upcoming release. Pair it with a beautiful graphic or aesthetic background. Excerpts are highly shareable and introduce new readers to your writing style.
Behind-the-Scenes of the Writing Life
Show the human side of being an author — your writing setup, research process, editing struggles, a walk that inspired a scene or a stack of revision notes. Readers love seeing what happens between the pages.
Reader Q&A or Community Engagement
Answer reader questions about your characters, writing process, upcoming projects or publishing journey. Run polls about cover options, character names or plot decisions. Engagement content builds community and boosts your algorithmic reach.
Cover Reveal, Review Highlight or Milestone
Share a cover reveal, a glowing reader review, a sales milestone, an award nomination or a media feature. Fridays are high-engagement days — use them for the content that generates excitement and social proof.
Book Recommendations or Reading List
Recommend books in your genre or share what you are currently reading. Comp-title posts position you within your genre community and build reciprocity with fellow authors who may share your work in return.
Personal Story or Reflective Post
Share a personal reflection, a lesson from your writing journey, a publishing milestone or a moment of gratitude. Sunday audiences are in a reflective mood and personal posts build the authentic connection that turns casual followers into loyal readers.
Recurring Series — "Writing Wednesday" or "First Line Friday"
Build a weekly series your audience expects — first lines from your chapters, character spotlights, trope discussions or writing tips. Recurring formats create reader habits and make your account a destination, not just another post in the feed.
Monthly Author Update or Book Launch Campaign Push
Share a monthly recap — writing progress, upcoming events, book signings, pre-order links or release countdowns. During launch months, schedule a full campaign sequence with daily content leading up to and following release day.
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Best Social Media Platforms for Authors
Not every platform matters equally. Here is where authors professionals should focus — and PostPlanify supports all of them.
Essential Platforms
The visual home base for authors. Bookstagram is one of the largest book communities online — aesthetic cover photos, excerpt carousels, writing Reels and Stories drive discovery and deep reader loyalty. Essential for fiction and non-fiction authors alike.
TikTok
EssentialBookTok has single-handedly revived backlist titles and launched debut authors onto bestseller lists. Short videos about your books, writing process, tropes and recommendations reach millions of readers through the algorithm. A must-have for any author serious about discoverability.
X (Twitter)
EssentialThe literary community on X is vibrant — agents, editors, fellow authors and readers all engage here. WritingCommunity hashtags, pitch events and real-time conversations make X invaluable for networking and building your author platform.
Recommended Platforms
Facebook Groups for readers and genre-specific communities remain highly active. Author Pages and reader groups drive strong engagement, event promotion for book signings and direct access to an older demographic of avid readers.
YouTube
RecommendedBookTube has a passionate community of readers and reviewers. Author vlogs, writing advice videos and book trailers build long-term searchable content. YouTube Shorts cross-posted from TikTok extend your reach to a different audience.
Essential for non-fiction and business book authors. Share thought leadership, publishing insights and professional milestones. LinkedIn posts about your expertise drive book sales from professionals who buy books to solve business problems.
Readers use Pinterest to discover books, build reading lists and save aesthetic content. Book cover pins, quote graphics and reading list boards drive long-tail traffic to your author website and buy links for months after posting.
Worth Exploring
Threads
OptionalA text-first platform connected to Instagram that is growing among book lovers. Share writing updates, quick takes and engage with readers in a conversational format that complements your visual Bookstagram presence.
Bluesky
OptionalAn emerging platform attracting writers and literary professionals who migrated from X. Early presence gives you access to a growing book community with less competition and more organic reach.
You Should Be Writing… Not Wrestling with Social Media Every Day
Every hour spent crafting social media posts is an hour stolen from your manuscript. But skipping social media means your books disappear between launches and readers forget about you. PostPlanify lets you batch-schedule your entire author content calendar in one session — book promotions, writing updates, reader engagement and launch campaigns — so you stay visible on every platform without sacrificing your writing time.
Schedule a month of author content in one sitting
Protect your writing time by batching all your social media in one focused session. Schedule book promotions, excerpts, writing updates and engagement posts across every platform — then close the app and get back to your manuscript.
AI captions that sound like you, not a robot
Generate platform-optimized captions that match your author voice and genre tone — witty for BookTok, professional for LinkedIn, teaser-driven for Instagram. Refine the AI draft instead of writing every caption from scratch.
Build a readership that grows between releases
Consistent posting keeps you visible between book launches. Readers who follow your writing journey become fans who pre-order your next book, leave reviews and recommend you to friends — the kind of audience that sustains an author career.
From Invisible to Bestseller-Ready
of readers discover new books through social media
platforms to reach readers everywhere
more sales with consistent posting
How Authors Professionals Use PostPlanify
Real scenarios showing how PostPlanify fits into your workflow
Self-Published Author
An indie author publishing 2-4 books per year across Amazon KDP and other platforms, handling all marketing personally with no publisher support or marketing budget.
Every book launch requires weeks of coordinated social media promotion — cover reveals, pre-order campaigns, launch day blitzes, review requests and post-launch pushes. Managing all of this across Instagram, TikTok, X and Facebook while also writing the next book is overwhelming and inconsistent.
Use PostPlanify to plan entire book launch campaigns on a visual calendar weeks before release day. Schedule cover reveals, countdown posts, excerpt teasers, launch announcements and follow-up content across all platforms. Between launches, batch-schedule writing updates and reader engagement posts to maintain visibility.
Each book launch runs as a coordinated multi-platform campaign instead of scattered last-minute posts. Reader engagement stays consistent between releases, and the author reclaims hours every week for writing instead of daily posting.
Traditionally Published Author
A traditionally published author with 3-5 books released through a major publisher, expected to maintain an active social media presence to support publisher marketing efforts and satisfy contract expectations.
The publisher handles some marketing but expects the author to drive social media engagement. Balancing writing deadlines, book tours, media appearances and daily social media posting leaves no time for the creative work that actually produces the next book.
Batch-schedule social media content around publisher milestones — cover reveal dates, ARCs going out, pre-order windows and launch events. Use AI captions to quickly generate platform-specific posts, import publisher-provided assets from Google Drive and coordinate your personal content with the publisher's marketing calendar.
The author meets publisher expectations for social media activity without daily time investment. Content aligns with publisher marketing pushes, and the author maintains a professional, active presence that satisfies both readers and industry partners.
Non-Fiction or Business Author
A non-fiction author who wrote a book to establish expertise and attract speaking engagements, consulting clients or course enrollments, using the book as a credibility anchor for a broader business.
The book needs sustained promotion to drive ongoing sales and business opportunities, but creating thought leadership content across LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube and X while running a business and preparing speaking engagements is a constant time drain.
Schedule thought leadership posts that pull key insights from the book — quote graphics, framework breakdowns, case study teasers and reader testimonial highlights. Use PostPlanify to maintain a consistent presence on LinkedIn and Instagram while repurposing book content into social formats across all platforms.
The book generates a steady stream of social proof and visibility that drives speaking inquiries, consulting leads and course enrollments. The author's social media presence reinforces their expertise without requiring daily content creation.
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Social Media Management for Authors
PostPlanify is a social media management tool built for authors who need to promote their books, build their readership and maintain a visible author platform. Schedule book launch campaigns, writing updates, excerpt posts and reader engagement content across Instagram, TikTok, X, LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest, Threads and Bluesky — all from one dashboard.
Whether you are a self-published author running your own marketing, a traditionally published author supporting your publisher's efforts or a non-fiction author using your book to build a business, PostPlanify helps you stay visible and connected to your readers without sacrificing the writing time that makes everything else possible.
Key Features
- •Book launch campaign planning with cover reveals, countdowns and launch day sequences across 9 platforms
- •Batch scheduling to plan a full month of author content in one session and protect your writing time
- •AI-powered captions that match your author voice and adapt to BookTok, Bookstagram and literary X
- •Cross-platform publishing to Instagram, TikTok, X, LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest, Threads and Bluesky
- •Multi-pen-name workspaces with separate calendars, social accounts and branding for each author identity
- •Blog and newsletter repurposing to turn long-form writing into social carousels, threads and pins
- •Canva and Google Drive integration to import cover art, quote graphics and promotional assets directly
- •Analytics and insights to see which content drives reader engagement, profile visits and buy-link clicks
Why Authors Need a Social Media Scheduler
67% of readers discover new books through social media — but most authors either post inconsistently or burn out trying to maintain a daily presence. A social media scheduler for authors lets you plan weeks of content in advance, automate your book launch campaigns and stay connected with readers between releases, so you spend your best hours writing instead of posting.
Book Launch Campaigns That Run on Autopilot
A successful book launch requires weeks of coordinated promotion — cover reveals, pre-order pushes, countdown posts, launch day announcements and post-launch review requests. PostPlanify lets you plan your entire launch campaign on a visual calendar and schedule every post across every platform in advance, so your biggest marketing moments execute flawlessly without daily effort.
Stay Visible Between Releases
The biggest mistake authors make is going silent between book launches. Readers forget, algorithms deprioritize and your next launch starts from zero. PostPlanify helps you maintain a consistent author presence with writing updates, behind-the-scenes content, reader engagement and evergreen book promotion — building the audience that makes every future launch more successful.
From BookTok to Bookstagram to Literary Twitter
Your readers are spread across every platform — BookTok on TikTok, Bookstagram on Instagram, WritingCommunity on X and book lovers on Pinterest and Facebook. PostPlanify lets you schedule tailored content for each book community from one dashboard, so you reach readers wherever they discover their next favorite author.
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Schedule book launch campaigns, writing updates and reader engagement across every platform in one session. Build the author platform that turns followers into pre-orders — without stealing time from your manuscript.