The Independent Authors Guild

The Independent Authors Guild is for authors ready to publish. Get your book into readers' hands.

Why you should join: A working space with publisher Lara Helmling covering creation, editing, production, distribution and promotion. Free to join, with paid tiers for deeper support.

The one-liner

A The Independent Authors Guild community for a place for authors who want to get.

What they actually sell

The Independent Authors Guild by Lara Helmling a place for authors who want to get their books out of their heads and into readers' hands, with publisher and bestselling author Lara Helmling. The public lander does not spell out a clear join price. Members are promised most authors are told to just write the book, throw it on Amazon, and hope it works, not because the book is bad, but because the process is incomplete, the Independent Authors Guild is a working space for authors who want to understand - and execute - the full publishing process, most authors only focus on one or two, and that’s why so many books never go anywhere. Inside sit 9 courses. A formal money-back promise is not spelled out on the about page.

Who pays and why

Creators posting into silence and wondering what actually grows. The loneliness is shipping without feedback. They pay for feedback and craft systems for creators who want traction.

Where the members come from

The Skool lander and Lara Helmling's own teaching appear to be the main acquisition path. Public social links are thin on the about page, so growth reads as community-led rather than a giant media brand. Exact follower counts stay off the about page.

What's holding it back

If feedback is rare, creators will lurk and cancel.

Steal this

Make creator community about feedback on shipped work, not growth-hack dumps.

Would this work in another niche?

Yes for other creator craft rooms with feedback. Weak for growth-hack dump groups.