Crowdfunding Archives

How to Overcome the Fear of Book Promotion

by Novel Marketing | May 12, 2021 | Crowdfunding, Independent Publishing, Publishing

Learn how to find your readers, write the book they want, and overcome the fear of promoting your book to them.

Kickstarter Tips and Tricks With Chris Fox

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Mar 9, 2020 | Crowdfunding, Promotion, Publishing, Strategy

Learn how to run a successful crowdfunding campaign with Chris Fox.

New Podcast: Creative Funding Show

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | May 7, 2018 | Crowdfunding, News, Platform, Podcasting, Promotion, Publishing

We are launching a new podcast! The Creative Funding Show is a podcast where Author Media CEO, Thomas Umstattd interview Authors, YouTubers, and Podcasters who are funding their creativity using platforms like Patreon and Kickstarter. You will also learn about making...

128 – Taking Novel Marketing to the Next Level

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Mar 14, 2018 | Crowdfunding, News, Publishing

119 Working with Beta Readers, Crowdfunding, and More with Curt Iles

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Jan 9, 2018 | Crowdfunding, Independent Publishing, Publishing

In this episode, we’re not going to be talking theory, but real-world examples of an author using the principles we talk about on Novel Marketing.

049 – How to Use Crowdfunding to Fund Your Next Book Advance

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Oct 7, 2014 | Business Advice, Crowdfunding, Independent Publishing, Publishing

The Ultimate Crowdfunding Course for Authors Is Here

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Jul 22, 2014 | Crowdfunding, News, Publishing

We’ve spent quite a bit of time at Author Media talking about crowdfunding– what it is, how awesome it is, and how to make it happen. A few months ago, we turned that talk into action, and put our own “Crowdfunding Is Awesome” theory to the...

7 Kickstarter Mistakes We Made on MyBookTable

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | May 21, 2014 | Crowdfunding, Publishing

Kickstarter is changing the way that self-published authors are raising money for their books. Here are some hard lessons we learned on our first project.