That's definitely something to look into. I don't think I've ever seen any small Indy companies doing something like that and many of us have practice not only with using tones, but doing tutorials. We could definitely provide lineart.

As for the books, I'll look those up when I go into work tomorrow. I had them in my hands a little over a week ago and was pondering picking them up, but then my inner scrooge didn't want to spend money :p

The AP tones and speedline CDs that I have are invaluable. I'm really glad I picked those up.