Open Calls
Announcing "Heartstrings & Hardbacks", a new Open Call for Romance Projects
This July, take part in our latest Open Call dedicated to all things love and romance.
Publishing
Explore the forefront of independent publishing. From novels and zines to academic texts, this category celebrates the written word in all its forms.
Creator Tips
How to Write a Press Release for Your Kickstarter Publishing Campaign
Publicity is a tricky thing. How do you get a reporter’s attention without being annoying? How do you encourage positive coverage in the press? Where do you even start?
The Creative Download
The Creative Download: Trends in Publishing
Reflecting on 2023 and Anticipating 2024's Breakthroughs in Publishing.
Creator Tips
A Guide to Getting Your Books Purchased and Promoted in Libraries
How to Win over Librarians and Broaden the Reach of your Work.
Newsroom
Making Audiobook Rewards Easier with Findaway Voices by Spotify
Crowdfund for your book with Kickstarter. Give backers their audiobook reward with Findaway Voices by Spotify.
Creator Tips
How to Create a Great Kickstarter Publishing Project Page
Tips and tricks for each element of your campaign, from choosing your funding goal to lining up creative rewards.
Creator Tips
How Brandon Sanderson’s Kickstarter Project Broke the Bookish Internet
Here's why the author's record-smashing Kickstarter campaign performed so phenomenally well.
Creator Tips
Funding Your Photobook or Art Book
Thinking of creating a photobook or art book? Here's our advice on handling budgets, printing, distribution, and more.
Comics
How To Build An Audience For Your Comic
Make good art, establish an online home base, be a generous community member, and more tips for growing an engaged following for your work.
Creator Tips
9 Creators Share Advice From Their Journeys To Help Guide Yours
Over the last several weeks, we hosted a series of small workshops for creators of color and marginalized genders in the UK, in collaboration with gal-dem magazine. Here, we open up some of the insights and advice from those sessions to all.
Publishing
How to Publish a Book
A step-by-step guide for writers who want to see their work in print.
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.
