The world's largest online community for connecting authors and readers in genuine and engaging ways turned seven years old today, and is celebrating with the launch of something new. Wattpad Stories, which goes live at 10am ET, takes an in-depth look at people whose lives have been transformed by the power of writing and storytelling, and by the ability to instantly share that … [Read more...] about Happy Birthday, Wattpad: Celebrating with the Launch of Wattpad Stories
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Crowdfunding the Next Big Thing in Publishing?
While crowdfunding sites likes Kickstarter have helped launched a large number of diverse projects through user-generated donations, this fundraising model has been slow to work in the publishing industry. One of the first sites that operates through user-interest dollars was Unglue.it, who as early as 2011 was working to solicit donations to take existing books and basically … [Read more...] about Crowdfunding the Next Big Thing in Publishing?
De Gruyter, Unglue.it Work Together to Crowdfund Open Source Textbooks
When Unglue.it first launched its platform to strip the copyright status of books once a crowdfunded, pre-determined amount of money had been raised, skeptics spoke out. Not against that concept of "ungluing" a book, of course, but against the idea that ordinary readers would be willing to donate money to a publisher to make a book permanently public domain. Happily, Unglue.it … [Read more...] about De Gruyter, Unglue.it Work Together to Crowdfund Open Source Textbooks
Unglue.it Back In Action After Finding New Payments Provider
Unglue.it, whose launch earlier this year was only recently overshadowed by its news that it has had its first successful “ungluing,” was forced to halt future attempts at unglue it campaigns when it’s payment processor, Amazon Payments, decided to pull the plug on its acceptance of donations.What is ungluing? It’s the crowdfunding process by which individuals pledge … [Read more...] about Unglue.it Back In Action After Finding New Payments Provider
First Successful Unglue of a Crowdfunded eBook
Unglue.it, a project conceived by Gluejar founder Eric Hellman, has faced some obstacles along the way to establishing copyright-free ebooks based on crowdfunded pledge campaigns, but has been able to release a landmark work as part of its first successful "ungluing."Back in May, Unglue.it broke the news that it had received the required amount of pledges based on the … [Read more...] about First Successful Unglue of a Crowdfunded eBook