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Originally Posted by JeremyR
Lawrence Watt-Evans has done something like Kickstarter for I think 4 or 5 of his novels. Only just had fans pay him direct.
He starts off by writing a few chapters and posting them on his website. If he gets $250, he posts another chapter of the book. When he gets another $250, another chapter, on and on until it's done, where he takes it off the website and gets it edited and turned into a book.
When it's done, people who paid enough will get a copy of the book ($25 for paper, $10 for e-book).
Apparently he's thinking about giving Kickstarter a try.
http://www.ethshar.com/serials/ |
That seems like a pretty bad way to crowd-source a book, but if it's working for him then fair enough. If I recall correctly Stephen King tried something similar, probably with higher goals, and failed - letting a lot of people down.
There have been quite a few successful comic/web comic Kickstarters.