What We Have Learned
In which we learn what we have learned from the experience – and failure – of our first crowd funding campaign. And discover there may be a Plan B.
Indie publishing
This sub-category of At the Quill collects all my posts about self publishing, independent publishing, crowd funding, marketing etc.
Gone live! My crowdfunding campaign.
The crowd funding campaign to publish My Gothenburg Days went live this morning and I have difficulty concentrating on anything else.
Adventures in Crowd Funding My GBG Days
Adventures in Crowd Funding, the genesis of my projected e-book, plus problems with Swedish, and crowdfunding My Gothenburg Days.
Video tips
Not “7 Steps to a Great Promo Video”. Some of the pitfalls of filming your own promotional video and some tips to overcome them.
My Gothenburg Days – Dagar i mitt Göteborg
Starting to plan the crowd funding campaign to print and publish My Gothenburg Days / Dagar i mitt Göteborg – my projected photobook.
Fear of free-fall – before a crowdfunding campaign
In which we return (by way of free-fall) to crowd funding and consider what might be involved in a campaign to attract support for my projected photo-book.
As yet Unbound – three books from a crowdfunder
To learn about crowd funding for publishing I am supporting 3 book projects with the British crowd funded publishers Unbound. The books and why I chose them.
Funded by crowds – more on crowd funding
A second look at getting funded by crowds to publish a book – crowd funding sites reviewed: Kickstarta, Kickstarter, Fundedbyme.
Crowd Funding – The Alexander Pope method
An introduction to crowd funding from the perspective of an independent author, referencing Kickstarter and Unbound but mostly Alexander Pope.
The Great Dragon Tattoo Giveaway (part 2)
The story of how Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo helped establish a British publishing house – but almost destroyed it first.
(Part 2 of 2)