New Crowdfunding Project: "Streetbooks"
Sep. 13th, 2011 01:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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crowdfunding Streetbooks began with a grant and has gone to crowdfunding on Kickstarter. It is a bicycle-powered library for people who live outdoors. If you have a few bucks, please donate for the support of literacy and library survival. Books = freedom.
Also, it occurs to me that this type of project would be a great way to promote books that might otherwise not get much attention. Books by/about people of color, poor people, queer people -- those groups are heavily represented on the street, and they like reading about characters who resemble them or topics they've lived through. Crowdfunded books, self-published books -- go for it. There are plenty of entertainers out there who understand what it's like trying to have a creative career. Spread the word; I think this is a cool project that would work well if duplicated elsewhere.
Also, it occurs to me that this type of project would be a great way to promote books that might otherwise not get much attention. Books by/about people of color, poor people, queer people -- those groups are heavily represented on the street, and they like reading about characters who resemble them or topics they've lived through. Crowdfunded books, self-published books -- go for it. There are plenty of entertainers out there who understand what it's like trying to have a creative career. Spread the word; I think this is a cool project that would work well if duplicated elsewhere.
