Didn't you have friends edit and lay out both of your Kherishdar books, and then self-publish those through POD? Okay, you didn't need to find a friend to illustrate them because you did that too, but otherwise it's similar. And you set the donation target for the original stories based on professional rates, so you should've gotten at least what you'd get from a conventional publisher, excepting that none of them would've bought those books.
Success in cyberfunded creativity is based on: * the quality of your material, * how many people you already know, * and your networking skill, which boosts the number of people you know and can get to consume your products.
The bigger your fanbase, generally, the better you will do. But it is possible to start small and grow. Based on personal experience, I vigorously encourage people to start new projects on a cautious scale, to allow time to work the bugs out. Last month I worked 12+ hours in my Poetry Fishbowl ... if that had happened the first time, it might have creamed me. As it is, the modest start gave me time to learn and grow with the project.
I wish Cory luck with his project. I hope that you, or someone, will continue to provide updates, since it's highly relevant to many of us. Also, I note that one of his fans made a conversion program that converts a single text file to multiple formats; that would be very useful to many of us.
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Date: 2009-10-31 04:31 am (UTC)Success in cyberfunded creativity is based on:
* the quality of your material,
* how many people you already know,
* and your networking skill, which boosts the number of people you know and can get to consume your products.
The bigger your fanbase, generally, the better you will do. But it is possible to start small and grow. Based on personal experience, I vigorously encourage people to start new projects on a cautious scale, to allow time to work the bugs out. Last month I worked 12+ hours in my Poetry Fishbowl ... if that had happened the first time, it might have creamed me. As it is, the modest start gave me time to learn and grow with the project.
I wish Cory luck with his project. I hope that you, or someone, will continue to provide updates, since it's highly relevant to many of us. Also, I note that one of his fans made a conversion program that converts a single text file to multiple formats; that would be very useful to many of us.