So, here’s something a little bit special.
You know how we always talk about launching Dumbo Feather into the digital age? In the right way? In the Dumbo way? In the not-just-throwing-a-PDF-at-you-and-calling-that-a-plan way? Well, we’ve got a real plan, and we need your help!
We’re launching a crowdfunding campaign.
We’re calling on our loving readers and subscribers to join us for a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign that will launch us into our digital future. Head on over to Kickstarter to watch our video, read our thoughts, and pitch in with your support.
Don’t forget to (ahem) pass it on to your friends – like the campaign on Facebook or tweet your support with the buttons below – we’re going to need all the help we can get to reach our goal.
We’ve just launched, and we’ve raised over $1,500 in our first day. But we’ve only got 33 days to raise the money we need, so don’t delay.
Kickstart Dumbo Feather’s digital future!
With love,
Team Dumbo Feather: Berry, Danny, Patrick, Jessica, Ming-Zhu, Michelle, Katie, Stuart, Tristan, Vicki, Kaj, Simon, Adam and Klara.
Comments
Alfard 21 Jul 1:37PM
Good post as usual, David. Tobias Buckell and Tim Pratt are two writers I've seen recntely who have effectively used Kickstarter, offering interesting pledge incentives. It's a great model.I still see nothing wrong with actually doing the work first and then hoping for fair compensation, since that is the way much of the real world works, but if it helps supporters feel like a part of the project, that's wonderful. For the record, an advance is not really an advantage at all in traditional publishing unless you are already a well-established star or a new bonus baby. Most advances are broken into thirds (upon signing, delivery of manuscript, and publication). Therefore, self-pub writers will probably earn the equivalent of their advance before any of their advance would have arrived, anyway, and since advance payments are notoriously late, the portion of the advance paid after publication might not arrive for maybe 15 months after you finish the book and turn it in. The advance is not even a real advantage for traditional publishing anymore because the advance is still slower than getting monthly payments beginning in 31 to 60 days.
Elke 20 Jan 7:30AM
This is probably off topic. Please PLEASE help me out
by giving another chance olife to my family. One dollar for you
is a whole world to me!
http://www.gofundme.com/Dignity-Again