Welcome back to the blog mini-series where I write about my experience running a Kickstarter campaign to help release an album. At the time of writing, there’s just under a week to go with the campaign. At the time of publication, there will be one day left. The good new is, we made it. Funded! […]
...moreThe 18-year-old independent publisher McSweeney’s is looking to raise some money for a new wave of projects. The publisher of Timothy McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, The Believer, The Organist podcast, and more has launched a Kickstarter campaign, with plenty of rewards (including book recommendations from or conversation with Rumpus founder Stephen Elliott).
...moreAmanda Palmer, who says that she’s been getting criticism for making money from her webcasts, has one hell of a manifesto up on her blog called, subtly enough, “Why I Am Not Afraid to Take Your Money.” She’s got a pretty convincing and simple argument as to why artists shouldn’t be afraid to ask their […]
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