On Feb 25, 2013, at 10:17 AM, Richard Williamson <[email protected]> wrote:
> Technically, "get their money back" is incorrectly stated. > > If the initial goal isn't made, the money is never taken in the first > place. Only if goal is made, /then/ money is taken from those backing > the project. > > Not going to turn this into a lecture on Kickstarter :) ... or why > corporations don't really see Kickstarter as a viable alternate > channel for their products yet, as they are too tied in to the > traditional marketing channel for getting their products out into the > market. It will be a couple of years until it happens. Basically not > until the people who are successfully funding stuff now have /grown/ > into the larger market opportuni ... wait, I said wasn't going to > turn this into a lecture on Kickstarter. > > Shutting up now. > > irp > > > On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Schoenau, Niko > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Since there are new ways of funding: maybe your publisher could start a >> kickstarter project for a limited edition. If the goal is met, the limited >> edition will be printed, if not, the pledgers get their money back. From my >> point of view the safest way for all participants. >> >> >> >> Regards >> >> Niko Niko, my publisher in English is HarperCollins. They are owned by News Corp, i.e. Rupert Murdoch. You're talking Fox "News" in the US, BSkyB in the UK, Sky in Australia, the Wall Street Journal, etc. They hardly need to go to kickstart. A subscription before publican might be one choice, but even that is tricky; too many people might back out before delivery. Anyway, nothing is possible until this economy turns around a bit more. Best, R.E.F> ---- www.crydee.com Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by stupidity.
