A People's Guide to Publishing: Build Your Own Media Empire
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An accessible, unconventional guide to the business and art of publishing books that matter.
Backers: 199
Average Pledge Per Backer: $40
Funded: $7,902 of $4,300
Dates: Jun 28th -> Jul 24th (27 days)
Project By: Microcosm Publishing
Backers: 199
Average Pledge Per Backer: $40
Funded: $7,902 of $4,300
Dates: Jun 28th -> Jul 24th (27 days)
Project By: Microcosm Publishing
$7,902
current pledge level
Last Updated: July 24 @ 23:01 -0400 GMT
183%
of goal
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Latest News
FREE Workbook if we hit $8,000! 
July 24th - via: kickstarter.com
We're SOOOOO close! If we break the $8,000 ceiling then all backers will receive a free People's Guide to Publishing Workbook with all of the questions and exercises from the book printed in a blank book for you to complete about your own publishing... (Read More)
Our Independence Plan Explained, with Dinosaurs
July 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Our announcement last week of our plan to go independent in 2019, including no longer distributing our books through Amazon, came right before this week's Amazon warehouse worker strikes and the revelation that the company's founder, Jeff Bezos, is... (Read More)
A peek at the Publishing Workbook cover
July 18th - via: kickstarter.com
We're in the final week of this project and we're quickly approaching our first stretch goal. Help us make this workbook for your actualizing of your biggest plans! Thank you for backing this project, and sticking with us through the end! (Read More)
The power of a niche: Feminist bicycle science fiction
July 16th - via: kickstarter.com
From the cover of Bikes Not Rockets There's a lot of talk throughout A People's Guide to Publishing about finding your own niche. So many new authors and publishers think they have to appeal to as general an audience as possible. But the opposite... (Read More)
Fully funded! And some even bigger news...
July 12th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)
Stretch goals!
July 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi all, Thanks for backing A People's Guide to Publishing -- we're over 90% to our initial goal, $4300, which covers the printing bill for the book, and now we're looking to stretch goals. Every chapter in the book comes with homework exercises for... (Read More)
Book excerpt: Title Development
July 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you for backing A People's Guide to Publishing! Chapter Two of the book is all about the most-neglected-yet-important part of the publishing process (well, possibly second-most after budget projections). Here's the introduction to that... (Read More)
20%!!!!! Thank you!
June 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi backers, Wow, thank you all so much for an amazing first day of the Kickstarter project for A People's Guide to Publishing! We're excited about the response to this book. We set the project goal low, just enough to cover the exact printing cost... (Read More)
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