Get Your Book Selling on Kickstarter: Why You Should Use Kickstarter to Sell More Books and How To Design Your Campaign, Budget For Profitability, Market Your Project, and More

By: Russell P. Nohelty, Monica Leonelle

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

With $300,000 in fundraising across 20+ Kickstarter projects, Russell Nohelty knows a thing or two about running publishing campaigns for novels, nonfiction, anthologies, comics, audio dramas, and more. He tested his system with 70+ authors with great results, and is now generously sharing everything he knows about the platform for authors with an audience of zero as well as those with a fanbase.

In this book you’ll find:

• Why using crowdfunding is an important avenue for authors and how authors are currently using it
• Choosing the right project for Kickstarter and designing your campaign
• Budgeting your campaign for profitability (and why it’s critical for your success!)
• The types of messages you should send to your audience vs. cold traffic
• Delivering your rewards for your Kickstarter project
• Keeping momentum going after Kickstarter

Hailed as one of the most comprehensive books on Kickstarter for Publishing projects, this book is a must-have if you're Kickstarter-curious or planning your campaign.

HORRENDOUS AI Narrator

If these authors are so good at Kickstarter crowdfunding, why couldn’t they run a campaign to pay for a human narrator?
Listening to this book is like the world’s most annoying robotic customer service phone call. I’d rather call my bank or local hospital. I literally had to skip chapter that ran through series of numbers because it made me want to break a window and eat it (the AI names each digit rather than say the number, so $500,000 is “Five-Zero-Zero-Zero-Zero-Zero”). Just terrible. Makes the several typos stand out more. Plus the AI doesn’t know how to pronounce certain words the authors regularly use.
The book appeared like it could be helpful if the voice hadn’t filled me with rage. But there is a good amount of selling of the authors’ available pay services, so some of the book feels like a sales pitch.
The authors seem savvy, so I imagine they’ll eventually cave and get a real audiobook and not this sorry excuse. Just wait for that. This isn’t worth your time, money, credit, or file space.