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So my side job is a writer, which gives me an excuse to talk about the business of publishing. Since my publisher's Kickstarter is fully-funded (although we have some stretch goals) let's talk about capital.
Publishing in the ebook and print-on-demand era has a low cost of entry. Basically, the most costly parts of the business, namely actually printing and distributing books, are outsourced to others and on a pay-as-you-go basis, the only costs appear to be getting a laptop.
"Appear to be" is doing a lot of work here. Covers cost money. Marketing costs money. Editors cost money. Even poor authors like to get paid a little bit once in a while ;-) In short, to do it right, you need up-front cash, or what the business world calls "capital."
Fortunately my current publisher understands this, and more fortunately, he successfully raised some capital for the business. To those who donated or even just shared the post, thank you.
Publishing in the ebook and print-on-demand era has a low cost of entry. Basically, the most costly parts of the business, namely actually printing and distributing books, are outsourced to others and on a pay-as-you-go basis, the only costs appear to be getting a laptop.
"Appear to be" is doing a lot of work here. Covers cost money. Marketing costs money. Editors cost money. Even poor authors like to get paid a little bit once in a while ;-) In short, to do it right, you need up-front cash, or what the business world calls "capital."
Fortunately my current publisher understands this, and more fortunately, he successfully raised some capital for the business. To those who donated or even just shared the post, thank you.
