S50 Bonus - Publishing on Kickstarter with Oriana Leckert

Funding is one of the most precarious parts of publishing your own books. From the editing to cover design to formatting, it can be an expensive process to undertake on your own. One route many authors have found is through crowdfunding campaigns such as Kickstarter.

We talked with Oriana Leckert, Head of Publishing at Kickstarter, to talk about how crowdfunding can be a useful tool in getting your books out into the world.

First aired January 27, 2024.

Resources:

• Kickstarter Publishing
• How to Create a Kickstarter Budget
• How to Create a Publishing Project Page
• How to Promote Your Kickstarter Project
• Examples of Kickstarter Publishing Projects
  • Small Genre
    • Skyblue
    • Fraud and Feta
    • Haunted Haven
    • Kit and Basie
  • Anthologies
    • Death in the Mouth
    • Crown Collection
  • Audiobook
    • Wounds of Ash
    • The Lost Cause
    • Stone & Sky
  • Deluxe Editions
    • Dragons Rising
    • The Gilded Blood
    • The Sea at the End of Everything
  • Big Genre Projects
    • Esrahaddon
    • Seasons of Shadowhunters
    • Wraithmarked
• Other Resources
  • Kickstarter for Authors Facebook Group
  • Writer MBA – Russel Nohelty

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