A quick look at Kickstarter novels

[mizkit]

Matt Forbeck, who ran a couple Kickstarters last year, has done an in-depth analysis of gauging your chances of succeeding with a Kickstarter novel.

If you’re at all interested in this kind of thing (as I obviously am), it’s pretty, er, interesting. :) I did a kind of mock “aw!” when I saw NO DOMINION hadn’t made it into his top ten list, although

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[haikujaguar]

$13K as a ceiling seems excessive to me. My observation is that anything over $5K is unlikely to fund without a well-established fanbase.

(I should note--I keep looking at your photos via friends of friends! And saw some of my readers are over here, so I followed them!)

[dancinghorse]

I agree. I think a smart project aims between $5 and 6K. Then the overage looks better than if you aimed at $10K and barely made it.

The first comment mentions my two and he says he's pleased with them. Main criterion: fulfilled on time and with quality he'd hoped for.

So that's another thing to be aware of. (As you know, of course. But readers coming by may not.)

[haikujaguar]

I am beginning to think that many smaller Kickstarters are an easier road to keeping money flowing in than only a few large ones. Granting the time to do any of the administration, of course. I am still taking notes. :)

[mizkit]

I think you might well be right about that, though Evil Hat has been doing rather spectacularly well with many large ones. OTOH, they're a gaming company, not novelists. :)

[gows]

NO DOMINION *did* make it into his refined list-and by the end of his refinements, is nestled nicely at #4

*happy booty dance* Go Catie, go Catie! :D

[jslinder]

Well pewp, I missed that Marla Mason one. Hopefully it will pop up on Amazon at some point.

[mizkit]

I linked to it at least twice! But it'll be available on Amazon late this year, I think. :)

[irishkate]

Yay for No Dominion!