Indie Author Survival Guide (Second Edition)

**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.
 
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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 PublishHiring 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 SuccessHierarchy 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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