No clue what a Kickstarter is. 

This x 100.Dalya said:Okay, this does not apply to the Opening Post, because some Kickstarter projects are really awesome, but this satire is about the bad ones:
Oooo! I volunteer! Who wants to kickstarter me?MeiLinMiranda said:Kickstarter is a way for writers, game designers, artists, clothing designers and foodmakers to raise seed money in exchange for whatever it is they're offering. Essentially, it's a presale. We don't have access to Amazon's presale system, so this is a way to do a presale without them. Your fans get what they want (your books) and you get money for book production. It's neither a loan nor a donation. Don't attempt it without an existing fan base.
I've kicked several books and graphic novels/comics, two or three films, several musicians (including Amanda Palmer, and the Polyphonic Spree), an artisan salt maker (jobs for the Oregon coast), two or three games and a food cart.in exchange I've gotten music, films, books, ebooks, games, comics, two drop dead gorgeous card decks, a little tin of really delicious salt, a bag of goodies from the new grocery store in my neighborhood, and my favorite food cart.
Which are you asking for? A boot to the head, backside, or jewels?vrabinec said:Oooo! I volunteer! Who wants to kickstarter me?
That is awesome news.MeiLinMiranda said:So it looks like my latest Kickstarter presale may fund in a single day. I asked for $1500, and 19 hours in I'm at not-quite $1100.Twenty days to go, too. Last time I asked for $1500 and raised all of it in three days (over the course of a month it raised $5250). Best way to do a Kickstarter: barebones goal. You can always raise more, but you can't raise less.
That's not what I'm talking about. I'm asking why an established author would kickstart a new book instead of funding it with prior sales of her last books. Even a new book isn't very expensive to produce, including edits.MeiLinMiranda said:Putting out a backlist, sure, you could use it for that. You can ask for as much or as little as you need, though you're right, putting out a backlist title is relatively inexpensive. My major expense is a development editor, which you don't need for a backlist release. If you did the Kickstarter as a package--something like a package deal of, say, three backlist novels--it might make a lot of sense.
You forgot Thread about Pen Names.George Berger said:[X] Thread about Smashwords.
[X] Thread about Select.
[X] Thread about evil literary agents.
[X] Thread predicting the death of publishing of one form or another.
[X] Random thread completely unrelated to writing, ebooks, et cetera.
[_] CAPS LOCK WEDNESDAY.
[X] Thread about Kickstarter.
[X] Duplicate thread.
[X] Thread announcing something "new" that's been around for months.
[_] Thread for all the fanboys and fangirls to squee about how awesome DWS is.
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