Spain's
Pentian crowdfunding platform for books offers a new business model: paying
50% of profits from book sales to backers of the book and 40% to the author.
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With
Pentian's model for crowdsourcing books, it turns the backer into a
self-interested investor. But like with any investment, one must be willing
to gamble.
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James
Zirn's "Mother Court," a history of legal cases in the the Southern
District of New York, recalls a failed attempt to censor Joyce's
"Ulysses" in the US.
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From the Archives:
Startup
Crowd the Book launched in March, is using selective, online marketing to try
and "create a wildfire around great books published by small
presses."
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Former leading New Zealand publisher and bookseller, and widely experienced judge of both the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, talks about what he is currently reading, what impresses him and what doesn't, along with chat about the international English language book scene, and links to sites of interest to booklovers.
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Book Crowdfunding Platform Pentian Pays Writers and Readers
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