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Originally Posted by Ace
We just wrote a children’s book this year. Worked with a publisher. Since we have no artistic talent we hired an artist and had the choice to pay a fixed fee and keep all the royalties, or pay a portion from each sale. We paid a fixed fee through our publisher. If you’re self publishing there’s a Facebook group with super desperate artists that are working for cheap (like less than minimum wage cheap when you factor in how long it probably takes). We also had to order a set amount of books at a fixed fee, to get our ISBN.
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Don't exploit desperate artists. Pay them what they're worth. Building a relationship with a good artist and succeeding together will make for a better product in the end.