tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7298453902176932361.post6834891715233434101..comments2023-10-29T07:38:08.829-07:00Comments on Ralph's Rants: Your daily Ralph- My Rant Against Kickstarters 10/20/13Dominatr37http://www.blogger.com/profile/07838019491546843082noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7298453902176932361.post-1186558995854205292013-11-11T12:24:26.107-08:002013-11-11T12:24:26.107-08:00I'm sorry but you're wrong. Best to ignore...I'm sorry but you're wrong. Best to ignore your reply. Sorry but I don't believe in lowering myself to beg others for money. The only money I want from others is proceeds from the books they bought of mine. Don't kickstart unless its for something so big that an author cannot possibly afford to do it for himself, like a comic project or a self produced movie. As far as his wise ass comment at the end of this reply, l couldn't care less if this guy who refuses to give his real name has heard of me or not, I sell a fair amount of books every month, so guess what? more than a few people have heard of me, and that number grows every month. It just means you're not as well read you like to think, whoever you are. Ignore his advice. Dominatr37https://www.blogger.com/profile/07838019491546843082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7298453902176932361.post-25227541336664936872013-10-24T12:35:38.951-07:002013-10-24T12:35:38.951-07:00To anyone reading this post:
IGNORE IT.
Kickstar...To anyone reading this post:<br /><br />IGNORE IT.<br /><br />Kickstarter is an amazing platform for self-publishing, for a variety of reasons. First and foremost, of course, is that it gives you a budget. Running a KS campaign doesn't suddenly prevent you from raising your own money otherwise. Why would you "wait", as Ralph is suggesting, when you could do BOTH?<br /><br />Second, and this is the more important point. Kickstarter provides you with PUBLICITY. There is almost nothing more valuable to a writer - especially a new, lesser known, and/or unpublished one. The networks you'll form - and you have to, in order to make a KS campaign a success - will be of use to you during and after the campaign. <br /><br />Publicity is the difference between selling your book and not. It is what separates self-publishers from those who go through the publishing houses. These days, self-publishing makes a lot of sense, because publishers (who are now hemorrhaging money) aren't putting their financial muscle behind their writers. They just don't have the funds. The MAIN advantage of going through those houses, besides credibility, is marketing muscle. If they don't have the muscle to put behind you, there's less of a reason to use them.<br /><br />That said, publicity (and this means self-marketing) is the key. If you can convince a bunch of people to fund your project through Kickstarter, then you've already built up quite a base.<br /><br />Even if you FAIL, a good number of people will know about you that didn't before. <br /><br />No offense, Ralph - really - but you are giving AWFUL advice here. And with respect to publicity, um...who ARE you, even? I bet if you ran a Kickstarter campaign, I - someone - might've heard of you.<br /><br />IGNORE THIS POST, people. Kickstart. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com