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One thing that's interesting is, at least some reasonably successful authors already hire someone to help them deal with various issues. I know Brandon Sanderso
by runevault 14y ago
One thing that's interesting is, at least some reasonably successful authors already hire someone to help them deal with various issues. I know Brandon Sanderson has an aid who helps with pre-hand off edits along with any number of other tasks. Mind you, a lot of authors who go primarily/totally traditional can't afford someone for that, but it DOES happen even for the old route.
I expect this sort of thing will become more common, and could even see people having a business where they do this sort of work you're talking about for multiple clients (not a lot, maybe 2-3). Possibly even teams like dev consulting companies who keep multiple people trained in the work that work together as needed to deal with clients.
- keltex 14y agoI do think there's an opportunity here. I think your market is authors who are already successfully publishing via the traditional route (like Charles) that you can persuade they will make more money via a hybrid route. It's a simple matter as running the numbers.
- runevault 14y agoAlso indies who've done reasonably well but are starting to feel buried under all the non-writing work. Even if you already have your own pipeline of people for covers/etc, having someone else to help manage those things and keep the things that don't require author input off his/her plate is still a damned valuable service.