From: seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com   
      
   On 6/12/14 3:01 PM, Michelle Bottorff wrote:   
   > Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)  wrote:   
   >   
   >>        Kickstarters for complete unknowns have succeeded before. If you are   
   >> TOTALLY unknown -- no friends, no network of acquaintances -- yes,   
   >> you'll fail, because you have no way to get the word out. But if you   
   >> have people who know you and respect you and are willing to get the word   
   >> out -- say, other published authors who think your stuff is worth   
   >> looking at -- you may well succeed.   
   >   
   >   
   > I had one published author post a five star review, and it got me about   
   > 35 investors buying in at roughly 15$ per investment.  That's only a   
   > little over 500$.   
   >   
      
   	That's very good response for a review. A Kickstarter takes place over   
   30 days (usually) and you're not going by reviews alone but by   
   networking -- get people to mention it on FB, Twitter, Usenet, their own   
   sites, etc. If you have a lot of friends, that can add up fast. And   
   since contributions can start at $1 and go up, almost anyone who isn't   
   literally flat broke can get in on the fun.   
      
   	I set a goal of $5k and ended up well over 7K, past my first stretch   
   goal. Yes, I'm a bigger author than you, but I also don't like promoing   
   myself. I still found that Kickstarter made it fairly easy, and they're   
   a really nicely done platform for this.   
      
      
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