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Originally Posted by Maggie Leung
Such part-time positions already exist. Some pay pitifully, but they still pay more than a percentage of indie authors' profits. There are Web sites where you can bid for jobs, for instance. Again, there's a distinction between someone doing something as a hobby vs. as a living. You can pay hobbyists next to nothing, because they've got something else paying their bills.
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I can see your point, but I also see potential growth. You're forgetting recent grads who have little experience and we still [US] have large unemployment numbers. I know people with art degrees who can't get decent jobs and could use some published/commissioned work to place in their portfolios. I'm sure more experienced professionals could demand better fees.