Legal Setup

[Erotica Jane]

First of all: admission of fandom.

I notice some familiar names in this vicinity; not familiar, as a person would be to a friend, but more like how it would be for a groupie to wander into a comic con and find herself in a sea of exalted celebrities. I mean, come on, Greenguy? Cleo's Porn Links? Shemp? My inner-nerd: totally engaged. (If you have Nathan Fillion here, I may never leave.) I've been surfing the dirty (wonderfully dirty) waves of your sites for aeons; LOR being the very first of the bunch, that opened the doorway to literally zillions. Consequently, yours truly? Prodding sig links like a woman possessed.

And now that we've got that out of the way, and I've made you all entirely uncomfortable, and myself look like a prize prawn in the process . . .

Legal Setup

When not hungover, brain dribbling from ears hungover, I write erotic novels. Always, just for fun though. But I'd like that to change. I've considered sharing my output in the traditional and modern ways; most notably, real-world publishing and Amazon Kindle. And that still may be a go, but I have another idea in mind: to join the ranks of the many people I admire. (Yourselves, of course.) I know the score, affiliate marketing, and I'm in love with the idea of sharing something good, and in return, receiving something good: affiliate commission; it benefits all, and seems to be in the true spirit of the internet (or, the original spirit). I'd like to setup a free erotica site to share what I write; in the process, grow an affiliate income. And all of that I can do myself, being no stranger to the process. All of it except for one glaring - and vital - component. You guessed it: the legal aspect. If I go ahead and setup my business, I obviously need to setup the legal side, too.

I've researched for weeks and come to a conclusion: the safest way is to hire a lawyer. Only trouble being, I simply lack the funds. Now, I'm not foolish enough to believe that a business, a good business, can be setup without startup costs, and of course running costs, but if you lack the often vast funds for a lawyer, you lack the often vast funds for a lawyer. I simply can't swing it. Which means - I either resort to traditional publishing or Kindle, I wait until I have funds for a lawyer, or I wander onto this forum, in the hopes that some kind soul can demystify the process, by pointing me in the right direction. Spoonfeeding is not required; I'm a worker. If anyone here has a moment to spare, and can pen even a short but helpful reply to this post, I would surely appreciate it. What I could do with knowing is this: does there exist a specific, and idiot proof resource online, where I can easily learn how to setup all of the legal elements of my site to ensure I'm doing everything as I should be?

To help: I'm based in Britain, will not be using any sexually suggestive images, and will be providing the kind of erotica that is found on Amazon; in other words, nothing weird. I hope to throw this erotica into blog posts and into PDFs for download and sharing. Blog posts, short stories, novels. If anyone can point me in the right direction, even if that direction is in the form of, "Listen, Jane, stop being silly - get a lawyer," then I would truly appreciate it. And in return, I don't expect to be all take take take. I'm not remotely clued-up as to the adult industry, but I'm looking forward to sharing what I know from mainstream.

Thanks for reading! Now - coffee, plenty plenty of coffee.

Jane