Fantasy author raises $25 million on Kickstarter to self-publish 4 new novels
Brandon Sanderson has just created the number one Kickstarter project of all time. Backed by over 110,000 people, more than $25 million dollars has been pledged as of time of writing … with 23… Read more »
Kickstarter launched for new online literary magazine Fictionable
The global COVID pandemic may have devastated many areas of life, but it has not quashed our love for reading. Figures from the Publishers Association showed that fiction sales for… Read more »
Comic crowdfunding platform provides additional services to creators
Crowdfunding a project can be hard work. Leading up to its launch, creators have to figure out a whole host of things, such as production, fulfillment, pledge management …… Read more »
A new publisher wants to give away one free book for every book sold
This past year has seen quite a few initiatives dedicated to promoting and celebrating the act of reading. Public schools have tested out book vending machines and PBS launched the Great American… Read more »
An impressive update on Bookselling Without Borders
There are only two days left, the Bookselling Without Borders Kickstarter campaign surpassed its $20,000 goal. The campaign aims to “[bring] you the world through books.” Therefore, due to the success… Read more »
New Pepe zine hopes to reestablish the cartoon frog as a symbol of love and acceptance
Matt Furie, the cartoonist responsible for the creation of Pepe the Frog, that iconic and most troubling of cartoons-turned-memes, has had a tough, and very weird, couple of years. We’ve… Read more »
Artistic duo cracks Alabaster over Christ’s head and beauty comes out
The canonical Christian gospels—Mark, Matthew, Luke, and John—are receiving a makeover in Alabaster, a new project from Brian Chung, age 28, and Bryan Chung, age 22, a pair of artistic-minded… Read more »
Milkweed Books could use your help!
This just in: the lovely folks of Milkweed Books, the non-profit bookstore coming September 6 to Minneapolis from stalwart indie publisher Milkweed Editions, have set up a kickstarter to raise money that… Read more »
Fund fancy books, get a personalized story from a Pulitzer finalist
Small Beer Press, a tiny publishing house operated by the husband-and-wife author team of Kelly Link and Gavin Grant, recently decided to pursue an impressive goal: they wanted to bring out… Read more »
Amy Collier wouldn’t read Purity if you paid her…PSYCH!
For the past year, Amy Collier has been exclusively reading books written by women. Inspired by the fruits and frustrations of her investigation into the literary canon, she founded an online… Read more »