Someone over on the Leanpub page has asked about how UK-centric it is, so I thought I'd post pretty much my answer to that question here, because I think it's relevant:
"The majority of the book is relevant to going freelance wherever in the world you are. There are some sections, though (basically the money and legal ones) where, because I have first-hand experience of operating in the UK, I've framed it in UK terms. However, the principles/topics covered are still pretty relevant wherever you are in the world and will set you on a decent path to finding out about the local equivalents.
While it's impossible to write a book that covers legal/financial stuff relevant to the whole world in one go, I do want to add in more territory-specific detail where people ask for it. So, in a future release of the book (which you'll get for free, remember) the plan is currently to refactor the UK-specific stuff to be generalised and then 'add support' for versions of that info applicable to additional territories (most likely in an appendix, but I'll see how realistic that is when I've had more feedback about the territories people want the book to cover).
But, like I said, the advice in most the book is location-independent."
Great answer - thanks - and I see it on the leanpub page too. But maybe move it up top in case your comments there scroll it off the bottom of the Disqus section?
I am actually resident in the UK and buying a copy shortly!
Running a successful freelancing business, recruiting and working for clients, balancing your work/life relationship are all things that have nothing to do with location. And that's the difficult part of this business.
Taxes, accounting, legalities, etc. can all be localized by doing a little Googling.
