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Care to share your experiences as an indie author?

We are conducting this brief survey to learn more about indie authors. What are your challenges? Are you happy with your brand and author platform? Thank you so much for participating, have fun!
Tell Us About Yourself!

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* 1. Are you an author?

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* 2. How would you describe yourself?

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* 3. What is your main genre(s) that you write in?

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* 4. How many books have you published?

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* 5. Do you write series?

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* 6. What formats do you MAINLY offer your books in?

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* 7. Are you a full-time writer?

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* 8. How old are you?

Tell Us About Your Indie Author Brand / Platform:

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* 9. Do you have an author website?

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* 10. How do you feel about your website?

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* 11. Did you build your website from scratch?

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* 12. If no, did you hire a web designer to build your website?

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* 13. Rate your technical expertise with computers, websites, and data services.

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* 14. How much did your website cost to build?

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* 15. Without looking, do you know how many visitors your website had last month?

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* 16. Have you ever used paid book promotion services?

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* 17. Do you have a mailing list?

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* 18. Roughly how many subscribers do you have on your mailing list?

Tell Us About Your Indie Author Challenges:

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* 19. I would like to have access to readers who purchase my book for marketing purposes.

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* 20. I would like to be able to rapidly test different versions of my book description to find the one that works best for my genre.

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* 21. I would like to know how much of my books my readers are reading, and where reading drops off or is abandoned.

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* 22. I would like to be able to discuss books, writing craft, and ideas with other authors in my genre in private, invite-only forums.

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* 23. I would like to be able to discuss business, marketing, and promotion ideas with other authors in my genre in private, invite-only forums.

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* 24. I would like to be able to collectively promote books with other authors easily and securely.

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* 25. I would like to be able to pitch my writing to literary agents more easily.

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* 26. I feel self-publishing is a bit overwhelming in terms of all the tasks required to publish and market a book successfully.

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* 27. I would like to be able to find advance readers in my genre who can help me in my writing/editing process more easily.

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* 28. I would like to be able to find qualified vendors for book production quickly and easily.

Lastly, we have a few questions about everyone's favorite publishing topic: Money!

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* 29. On a "normal" day, when selling your books, how many sales per day do you reasonably expect to make?

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* 30. What is a reasonable fee for designing a cover for one of your novels?

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* 31. What is a reasonable fee for copy editing services for one of your novels?

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* 32. If you felt an online service was essential for your author/publishing business, what would you be willing to pay for it on a monthly basis?

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* 33. How much do you pay monthly for your author website?

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* 34. How much do you pay monthly for email mailing list services?

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* 35. How much do you pay monthly for book promotion services?

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* 36. Thank you for participating in our survey! We are building a new kind of author-centric service, and your feedback will help tremendously. If you are interested in staying up to date, please share your email address with us so we can keep you informed as we make progress. We will never spam you or sell your email address. Thank you!

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