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Bring your author dreams to life! Make awesome books & special editions Nurture superfans Boost your income Free yourself from the retailer hamster wheel! Whether you're writing fiction, poetry, nonfiction, children's books, editing anthologies, or involved with any number of bookish endeavors, Kickstarter for Authors, 2nd Edition gives you the essential tools and techniques to launch your first project - or lift your next one to new heights. More and more authors are finding success (often in the 5-figure funding range) with their projects on Kickstarter. Are you ready to join their ranks? In this new, updated edition, you'll find all my best advice and research in one bursting-at-the-seams package. In addition to detailed step-by-step instructions and a brand-new comprehensive Kickstarter Checklist, it contains everything you need to succeed: current best practices for successful campaigns, pitfalls to avoid, and a deep dive into the newest tools Kickstarter has rolled out to help authors & creators reach their goals. ALL-NEW EDITIONSo much has changed on Kickstarter since 2023, when the first edition of this book came out. Not only has the Kickstarter interface gone through a number of upgrades, with a bunch of significant new functionalities, the book and publishing ecosystem on the platform has rapidly expanded and shifted. While some of the core best-practices remain, there are now a lot of new things for an author using Kickstarter to consider. I have brand-new and refined advice for almost every aspect of the platform.

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Anthea Sharp is a bestselling fantasy author, and a huge fan of Kickstarter. She has run a dozen campaigns to date, raising over $136k since she started crowdfunding. Anthea also founded and runs the massive Kickstarter for Authors group on Facebook (8k members and growing) and is considered among the current experts on book-related Kickstarter campaigns. She has helped hundreds of authors run successful projects via her consulting services. Find out more at fiddleheadpress.com

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