Publishing
How to Publish a Book
A step-by-step guide for writers who want to see their work in print.
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Creator Tips
How to Launch a Product on Kickstarter, Part 3: Building Your Community
Advice and resources for product designers planning a Kickstarter campaign. Developing and launching a product on Kickstarter is an exciting process, but it can also be overwhelming. In this series—which includes guides on prototypes and manufacturing plans and product storytelling—we offer direction, support, and resources to prepare you.
Publishing
How to Fund a Journalism Project with Kickstarter
Ideas, examples, and advice for launching a publication, sustaining a newsroom, funding a podcast, and more.
Creator Tips
How to Launch a Product on Kickstarter, Part 2: How to Tell Your Product Story
Advice for product designers looking to run a Kickstarter campaign. Developing and launching a product on Kickstarter is exciting, but it can also feel overwhelming. In this series, we’ll share advice and resources on the main areas you need to prepare before launching a project. In this post, we
Creator Tips
How to Launch a Product on Kickstarter, Part 1: Creating Your Prototype and Manufacturing Plan
Advice and resources for product designers looking to run a Kickstarter campaign. Developing and launching a product on Kickstarter is exciting, but it can also feel overwhelming. In this series, we’ll share advice and resources on the main areas you need to prepare before launching a project. First, up,
Creator Tips
70 Ideas for How to Fund Your Creative Work—and Pay Yourself—in Quarantine
Use these examples to rally your community in support of your creative work and livelihood.
Film
Kickstarter-Funded ‘Hair Love’ Wins Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
Hair Love is the third Kickstarted film to take home an Oscar, and 2020 marks the tenth consecutive year that a Kickstarter-funded project has been nominated for an Academy Award.
Film
'Hair Love' and 10 Years of Kickstarter-Funded Oscar Nominees
This year, all of us at Kickstarter are rooting for Hair Love, an animated short film by Matthew Cherry about an African-American father trying to do his daughter’s hair for the first time.
Film
How to Run a Kickstarter Film Project: After Your Campaign Ends
In this section, they’ll tackle everything you need to know about receiving your Kickstarter funds, producing and fulfilling your rewards, and keeping in touch with backers.
Creator Tips
The Cost to Create a Book: Derby Life
Margot Atwell shares how she budgeted to publish her Kickstarter-funded ode to roller derby. In 2014, I had been running my roller derby website, Derbylife.com, for three years when I started to realize I couldn’t do it forever. After a lot of agonizing, I decided to focus on
Finance & Legal
Product Update: A Calculator for Funding Goals
Setting a funding goal is a critical step in launching a project — but it can be a confusing one. We’ve released a new tool to help make at least part of this process easier and more transparent.
Creator Tips
The 10 Emotional Stages of Launching a Kickstarter Project
Kirsten Thompson, creator of the comic ‘I Am Hexed,’ shares the emotions you’ll cycle through as you get ready to launch your Kickstarter campaign — plus some tips to keep you going.
