Linda Liukas established a Kickstarter campaign to write an important children's book, but went so far past her original goal that her project has now grown to include a mobile app of the book, as well as an accompanying parents' guide. From the $10,000 she hoped to raise to write and publish a book, she's now moved to nearly $300,000 with just over two weeks left in the … [Read more...] about Crowdfunded Children’s Book Works to Introduce Girls to Coding
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HumbleBundle Launches Audiobook Giving Campaign
There is a whole movement on the internet dedicated to letting people demonstrate that they are basically good. Opportunities to give back like crowdfunding and name-your-own-price let consumers make purchases they feel good about while often supporting a worthy cause or charity. HumbleBundle, who began their price naming projects in video games, has now brought that same … [Read more...] about HumbleBundle Launches Audiobook Giving Campaign
IndieGoGo Campaign Launches to Save a Brick and Mortar Bookstore
While many consumers bemoan the death of independent, brick and mortar bookstores--sadly, often while scanning their showrooming apps and placing their online book orders--one resident and author decided to take to crowdfunding site IndieGoGo to launch a campaign to save a local bookstore. While Main Street Books in St. Charles, Missouri, isn't shuttering its doors due to a … [Read more...] about IndieGoGo Campaign Launches to Save a Brick and Mortar Bookstore
Pubslush Takes Crowdfunding to Books, Launches New Blog
Crowdfunding has become a widely popular method for startups to secure the funding they need to launch their conceptual services or products while generating much-needed buzz about their pending product. A small number of diverse platforms have begun bringing the same support structure to books, including Pubslush, whose founder Amanda Barbara spoke to Good e-Reader about the … [Read more...] about Pubslush Takes Crowdfunding to Books, Launches New Blog
Happy Birthday, Wattpad: Celebrating with the Launch of Wattpad Stories
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
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