Looks like someone’s touched a pulse in the shape-shifting world of creative freelance. From making portfolios and pitching to clients to reading between the lines of terms and conditions, signing contracts and understanding copyright and licensing, and navigating the disputed tides of pricing—The Pitch-hiker’s Guide to Creative Freelancing has generous inputs for every freelancer.

Written in a Douglas Adams style (pitch-hikers, hitchhikers, get the link?), the sci-fi epic lends inspiration to the title, theme and flow of this 52-page handy guide, keeping it light and breezy, not preachy. We like that the book discusses important topics like diversifying income streams, communication and freelancer ethics too. “When very senior experienced illustrators tell us that this book should have come around 15-20 years ago, at the start of their careers, we feel it’s worth all the effort,” says Megha Vishwanath, co-founder Yada Yada Collective, a platform for Indian freelance artistes. From registering copyrights to drafting contracts and negotiating fees, imagine young freelancers having access to all this information in one place, from the very beginning of their careers. “It helps build better practices in what is still an informal sector. It’s been a very meaningful exercise,” adds Vishwanath.