To that end Public Access Software has developed several items that may be of interest to you. Packages are a new way to distribute applications or other files that can have multiple components associated with them in a folder structure configured to appear as a single file. Using Tape you can convert any existing folder into a properly formatted Mac OS 9 package format. Tape is fully graphical and operates easily via Drag 'n' Drop. Simply drop a folder containing all the relevant components you wish to package onto the Tape icon and it will be automatically wrapped for you.
Tape can also scan the selected folder and verify that it is setup correctly for packaging.
This includes looking for multiple alias files as well as pre-existing package settings. Mac OS X bundles have a much stricter internal structure which Tape will verify for you. This main file is what the package will appear to be in the Finder instead of a folder. This should be an application file. Both are very similar in structure, but Help Books have their own Info.plist file and the file name extension .help.