Indie behind-the-scenes: don’t take advantage

So, a few weeks ago I talkedabout not being taken advantage of when hiring freelancers for publishing your book. You shouldn’t need to run a Kickstarter in order to finance your book, and I stand by that. But there’s a flip side to that, too: don’t be so obsessed with getting a deal that you rip off another independent artist in the process.

Publishing is a weird business. There are some aspects of it that have a relatively low bar for entry. If you want to be a cover designer, for example, s...