#subcontracting

Nope, you’re not missing anything. Sometimes designers do bookcovers and logos, sometimes they don’t. Don’t overthink it, it’s a compliment — they like your work enough that they want to give you more work. If it happens a lot, then find a peer to recommend the logo work to and have them recommend their book covers to you! Some artists do this as a subcontract, and lease between the client and the secondary artist. But if you don’t feel comfortable stepping into an art direction role yet, then just keep a list of go-to recommendations around for work you don’t specialize in.

—Agent KillFee

page 123 - I don’t think it’s possible, but wouldn’t it be the freaking best if we could get snake DNA into concrete. Then instead of a 50 year lifespan, or whatever, any concrete structure would just shed its out casing once in a while; elements be damned.

If you are the prime contractor on a multiple company program by virtue of a teaming agreement, the challenge may involve issuing purchase orders to independent contractors as individuals and negotiating fully executed subcontracts with firms subcontracting to you.