Not Marked by Mary E. DeMuth5/11/2023 ![]() Do I have an existing, engaged tribe of followers? ![]() So here are 7 questions you need to ask yourself before you begin crowdfunding your staggering work of genius. Should I Crowdfund my book? 7 Questions to Help Authors Know for SureĬrowdfunding is not for everyone. Currently we’re hoping to reach some stretch goals. We regrouped and put the project up on Indiegogo, and fully funded after a week. ![]() I pitched the project to Kickstarter and was turned down. My friend Thomas Umstattd here at Author Media had recently run a successful Kickstarter campaign for MyBookTable, and he offered to help me navigate the world of crowdfunding. I address why I’m not going with Print on Demand on this post. The problem? I didn’t have the funds to hire an editor, pay for formatting, or fund an initial print run. So last spring I decided to publish it myself and do it right. Sexual abuse isn’t exactly dinner table conversation, and the shame associated with it makes people keep it silent. I knew how much heartache lived in this world, where people hurt in silence. Yet the message of the book burned inside me. I shopped the book to publishers, but they passed on it. ![]() I wrote Not Marked last spring after I wrote a post about sexual abuse for Deeper Story. ![]() Backgroundįirst, let me tell you about my project and how it came about. While I was in the middle of a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo, I received quite a few questions from authors about how I went about it, and would crowdfunding be a good idea for them. ![]()
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