Indie Author Survival Guide

**UPDATED SECOND EDITION** (25% more content) 
Want to self-publish? This book will show you how to not only get your works out into the world, but publish them well. With inspirational essays and a step-by-step practical approach, the Guide helps you tackle your fears, plan for success, create a beautiful book package, and market without feeling like a slimeball. It's a guide for the heart as much as the head, designed to help you launch into your publishing journey successfully. 

If you're a first-time-publishing author, this book will help you avoid common mistakes and get the best possible start for a new author in 2016. If you've already published, but want to reboot your existing series or launch a new one, the Guide will help you navigate the self-publishing landscape as it stands today. 

The Indie Author Survival Guide is meant to be used in tandem with For Love or Money, the second book in the Crafting a Self-Publishing Career series. Together, these two books will set you on a path of turning your love for storytelling into a career. 

**JOIN THE FOR LOVE OR MONEY FACEBOOK GROUP** Connect with your fellow self-published authors and share information about writing and publishing. Susan hosts monthly consultation giveaways and shares updates on the constantly evolving publishing landscape. 
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**Table of Contents** 
1 - How to Not Get Eaten By Sharks 
2 - For Heaven's Sake, Get a Map and a Compass 
Writer's Mission Statement 
Five Year Plan 
3 - Taking the Road Less Traveled 
Ten Things I Believe 
Fear and the Creative Worker 
Fear of the Dark 
How to Be Brave 
Owning the Writer Title 
Four (Nasty) Lies We Tell Ourselves About Writing 
Emotional Judo: Lack of Support for Your Writing 
Have Faith In Your Work 
Taking the Road Less Traveled* 
The Secret Ingredient: Confidence 
Making the Leap 
Seven Questions to Ask Before Self-Publishing 
4 - My, That's a Beautiful Backpack 
How to Market Without Feeling Like a Slimeball 
Creating Covers That Sell 
Blurbs That Grab You 
Selling Your Book: Hook, Line, and Sinker 
Book Discovery in the Digital Age 
Stories Don't Expire - Don't Rush To Publish 
Pricing Your Ebook 
Kindle Unlimited and the New World Order 
Free in the Digital Era 
Reviews and How to Get Them 
Pre-Orders 
Using SMARTurls 
Paid Advertising and Giveaways 
Get Thee A Mailing List 
Make a Marketing Plan 
Launching Hard and Launching Soft 
5 - What Did You Forget To Pack? 
Where to Publish 
Hiring Your Team (Editors, Cover Artists) 
Formatting: The Easy Way 
Formatting: The Hard Way 
Uploading Direct To iTunes 
How to Make A Book Trailer 
6 - Watch Out For Quicksand 
Social Media Quicksand 
Yellow-Spotted Sales-Checking Fever 
Abundance vs. Scarcity 
Making the Donuts 
Training Your Intuition 
Give Yourself A Creative Retreat 
Four Keys to Finding Time For Your Creative Work 
7 - Are We There Yet? 
Measuring Success 
Hierarchy vs. Territory: Mastering Your Writing Domain 
Why Is My Book Not Selling? 
Big Levers and Small Levers 
Four Ways to Think Long Term in Indie Publishing 
True, Not True: Debunking Some Indie Publishing Myths 
Exploiting Your Rights 
Please Say No to Bad Contracts 
8 - You Are Free, Act Like It 
Age of the Empowered Writer 
Ebooks as Cauldrons of Innovation 
All About Serials... 
Author Brand in the Digital Age 
9 - What? We're Doing It Again? 
Debut Author vs. Career Author 
Appendix A--List of Freelance Service Providers 

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