Crowdfunding Your Book with Kickstarter | Reedsy Live

What if you could pay for the editing and design of your next book while also selling the first hundred copies?
In this special Reedsy Live, Kickstarter's Oriana Leckert will show you the ins and outs of running a successful book campaign on the world's top crowdfunding site.
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Oriana Leckert is the Head of Publishing at Kickstarter, where she helps creators bring a marvelous array of literary projects to life. She's written and edited for Vice, MTV News, Slate, Hyperallergic, Gothamist, Atlas Obscura, and many more. Her first book, Brooklyn Spaces: 50 Hubs of Culture and Creativity (Monacelli, 2015), grew out of a multi-year project chronicling the rise and fall of under-the-radar creative places across New York City.

[@makiniregal2928]

Thank you for including my book, The Wonderful World of Zuri Rose 🌸

[@stolibolli]

Thanks - this was helpful. And in the spirit of ‘if you don’t ask, you don’t get’, I’m going to repeat my questions here in case they get picked up after the event. Specifically in the book publishing space, what are Kickstarter’s key differentiators vs the other major crowdfunding platforms (eg, Unbound, Indiegogo, GoFundMe, etc)? Which genres/segments might find more success on a different platform since Kickstarter can’t dominate them all? Many thanks

[@Ohemaamary]

I have a Kickstarter campaign and I can tell you that if you don’t have a following you’ll most likely not get funded. I have 15 people following my campaign but none have converted to actual backers. They also don’t tell you that people will come and message you trying to get you to pay them for promoting your campaign which is something that is very annoying.

[@rscio7822]

You mean a following on social media ? Thank you

[@Ohemaamary]

@@rscio7822 yes a following on social media or even UA-cam. If you don’t have a large amount of followers then getting exposure to your campaign is difficult. But it all depends on how you market. I’ve tried several times and got nowhere.

[@jeanettmarigibsonshort9851]

This wasn't what I was expecting and it felt a bit like an ad. It wasn't tailored for beginning authors.

[@iPodFayne]

This was helpful. I’d love to see a video about writers who use Patreon.

[@pearlsandmanna]

Please comment if you know! What is the best crowdfunding platform for getting a Christian children’s picture book project off the ground? Thanks!

[@patriciamurray2553]

Patricia Valencia, Spain

[@lobosafiliados]

Oh I see i am watching replay oh no wonder i couldnt chat

[@WildaKier]

Thanks so much. I loved this and I appreciate you.

[@michaelofarrell3067]

Really helpfull ...Thankyou

[@tfree8821]

Teri from Las Vegas

[@Unmasked_Truths_Writer]

Some very great and helpful tips! Great job, and best wishes to everyone looking to crowdfund their work :)