> Anyway, I'm not even targeting commercial publishing, I'm targeting independent publishing. A few years ago, when I first quit my job, I was originally going

> Anyway, I'm not even targeting commercial publishing, I'm targeting independent publishing. A few years ago, when I first quit my job, I was originally going to start another magazine, but a previous experience in publishing had convinced me that I needed a version control system my writers, editors and advertising sales/production people could use. There wasn't anything available, so I started building something similar. When I tried to validate it as an actual business, the biggest problem I ran into was that the vast majority of the (magazine publishing) business is in a shambles, nobody knows if they will have jobs in five years and everyone is understandably a little paranoid. Successful publishers could (hopefully) afford to pay me, but they were generally extremely bureaucratic, difficult to penetrate, and averse to change what was (sort of) working for them. New or floundering publishers were interested (and they were seeking something easy to solve this problem), but the most common feedback I received was that they'd love a free tier, but couldn't afford to pay for it. The most interesting thing I saw during the whole process was an editor's version control system. This person edits a shocking volume using this system: /desktop/{author-last-name}/{article-name}/draft1-{date}/from-author.doc or /desktop/{author-last-name}/{article-name}/draft1-{date}/my-edits-to-author.doc You've definitely got a great idea and I can vouch that it's needed. Best of luck!!