Absolutely no issue with changing artists, for the reasons you said. I think the VAST majority of the times, the artist gets changed because of 1) they quit, or 2) their quality of work falls off / they stop delivering in a timely fashion. As independent creators, our ability to keep going depends on making sure that our release schedule stays on track. If a hired individual doesn't respect that, OR their life circumstances get in the way, then THEYVE already made that choice for us. This doesn't mean to flippantly move from person to person. We do everything we can to NOT make changes until absolutely necessary.
People need to remember, CREATORS are the ones footing the MASSIVE bill to create this. Artists are being paid by us to do a job. If they're not doing the job, we have no choice but to move onto someone who will.
People may be disappointed in a artist change mid book on a mainstream title but it's not a dealbreaker. Meanwhile, an indie book doing the same thing will be looked on as unprofessional and dropped. It's just another thing that proves people will hold indie books to a higher standard on criteria they take as "business as usual" from big publishers.
Absolutely no issue with changing artists, for the reasons you said. I think the VAST majority of the times, the artist gets changed because of 1) they quit, or 2) their quality of work falls off / they stop delivering in a timely fashion. As independent creators, our ability to keep going depends on making sure that our release schedule stays on track. If a hired individual doesn't respect that, OR their life circumstances get in the way, then THEYVE already made that choice for us. This doesn't mean to flippantly move from person to person. We do everything we can to NOT make changes until absolutely necessary.
People need to remember, CREATORS are the ones footing the MASSIVE bill to create this. Artists are being paid by us to do a job. If they're not doing the job, we have no choice but to move onto someone who will.
People may be disappointed in a artist change mid book on a mainstream title but it's not a dealbreaker. Meanwhile, an indie book doing the same thing will be looked on as unprofessional and dropped. It's just another thing that proves people will hold indie books to a higher standard on criteria they take as "business as usual" from big publishers.
Expertly stated. Absolutely correct. Thanks for the input!