Indie Author Survival Guide by Susan Kaye QuinnMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I'd heard a lot of good stuff about this book, so when the second edition came out and I had money (i.e. Amazon gift card balance), I decided to get it. Also, I was there as a book blogger when she first released Open Minds, and then she started becoming like this big name in something like 2 - 3 years, and I'm thinking, dang, how did she do that?
Then it sat in my kindle for ages and ages and ages until January when I was working on releasing my novella (Coexist) and getting the jitters.
Well, the Indie Author Survival Guide has tonnes of good advice, some of which I read and went *phew! I'm doing that*, some of which made me cringe, like *oh noooooo am I making a huge mistake here?*, and others which are just, okay, I'll work on that once I get the stuff I'm working on out of the way.
I guess it's the most beneficial to those who are just starting on the journey - or better still, before you start on the journey so you avoid some obvious mistakes - though I'm sure older hands will also be able to glean some nuggets of gold from it as well.
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Would you recommend it even if you've already gotten the first?
ReplyDeleteHmm.. I'm not sure what the exact difference is between the first and second edition other than that she's updating it with newer market research, i.e. book tours are not as effective as they used to be, changes due to KU. I guess if you want updated market data it might be worth while - though she's currently working on updating it for the third edition so maybe wait?
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