Why Collaborate using the INSONA Author Alliance Network Platform
When someone originally decides to write a book, he or she may have visions of notoriety or a hope of helping the world. When a manuscript is finally completed, after endless hours of research and red-eyed sleepless nights, young writers often become discouraged by the overwhelming reality of the next steps. For someone who’s been there, it’s no secret that editing, cover art, market strategy, publication, distribution, etc. are the bigger part of an author’s job.
Along with traditions for countless newspapers, magazines, broadcasters, and other media outlets, the historic way of authoring a bestseller has been altered forever by the onslaught of the digital revolution. Unless you are already famous, the chance of today’s writer getting a contract for his book from a prestigious publishing house is near zero. Old-school publishers can’t compete in a market flooded with millions of self-published works, all seeking the eyes of the same readers. In addition to that grave fact, readers are being digitally transformed, too. People are spending less time reading for entertainment.
With innumerable grabs for the same audience and seemingly unending industry change, it may not come as any surprise that a variety of companies have sprung from the silt, designed to update the way we get our books into the world. One sector in the upwelling is the “Author Collaborator” field. I call them Partner Finders.
Officially, there is no name yet for this category, but there are dozens of companies, each with its own idea of how its business works. For many of these new-era companies, the method of operation is to put a percentile take on top of what the collaborator costs. For example, an author searches for an editor. The two agree on a timeline and fee to complete the project. Say the fee is $1500.00. The “Collaborator Finder” then becomes a third-party contract holder for the work, and tacks on a fee of ten to twenty percent, making the fifteen-hundred-dollar job an eighteen-hundred-dollar hit. At the author’s expense, the cost of notoriety or world contribution extrapolates further because the middleman "Finder" also charges the editor a percentage. More likely than not, the editor has built-in that expense in their fee to the author.
There are other services offering similar “matching services” that charge an outrageous annual membership fee to both the author and the editor. Or others that require committed contracts that put the “Finder” into a position of dispatcher. Many of these companies sub-contract editors to do work at a fraction of the collected fee while controlling who gets the work. As an author, wouldn’t you rather work directly with your editor, instead of having all communication with them monitored and manipulated by a sidelined spectator?
Not unexpectedly, even .org author organizations are fee-based. Today’s fledgling writer can expect to spend a bundle on a new book. For editing, formatting, cover art, printed books, marketing, and distribution, a first-time author can plan to hemorrhage four to twenty thousand dollars before the first book leaves the press. Even if you are only distributing eBooks, the cost spread can be paralyzing.
Fortunately, there are many self-help guides and mentors to help with the chore. But, stumbling through the maze of good advice and bad, can also be time daunting and further worrisome.
That’s why you should consider collaboration using INSONA Author Alliance Network.
● No Fee
● No Commission
● No Credit Card
● No Third-Party Contract
INSONA has built a proprietary database algorithm for matching not just authors and editors, but also specific author projects to pertinent member candidates who specialize in that type of work. You can manage projects for everything from book illustrators and cover artists to POD publishers and even book trailer producers.
Built by authors for authors, INSONA’s catalog of qualified, vetted professionals grows daily. When you consider that every book may have multiple projects centered on a vital release date, INSONA Author Alliance Network is your one-stop dashboard for managing the entire book-making process. You may have a single book that utilizes a basic or PRO editor (or both), formatting for three versions (HC-PB-eBook), a marketing consultant, a jacket designer, an audiobook version, and two distinct book trailers with original music. Each of these individual projects can easily find a collaborative match in the system. From there you have the option of interviewing as many candidates as you like, and you are then given the ability to directly contact and contract your personally-targeted project partner.
INSONA algorithm offers Direct Collaboration between authors, editors, cover artists, illustrators, consultants, and countless other self-publishing professionals. Basic Membership in the system is FREE for LIFE for all U.S., Canadian, U.K., and Australian authors. At present, the service is offered only in the English language.
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About Author, Ray Palla - © 2017 | RPalla.com
Software Architect | COO - INSONA Author Alliance Network | EditorStone | rp Books | Author of:
● Krill America - 2014
● Simple Triple Standard - 2015
● H: Infidels of Oil - 2017
"Never fry bacon naked." —rp
