Kickstarter’s Publishing category is home to some truly amazing books and comics. And if you’re a new creator, now is the best time to start planning your crowdfunding project as there are a lot of success stories to draw inspiration from. Kickstarter compiled a fantastic list of 117 projects that can show you what’s possible. And currently, there is a wide variety of live projects to check out including Vanishing Asia, 42: The Wildly Improbable Ideas of Douglas Adams, and Unburying My Father just to name a few.

Join Jason Furie from BackerKit alongside Oriana Leckert from Kickstarter for an in-depth discussion about how you can set yourself up for success when crowdfunding your book or comic. Main presentation will be followed by a live Q&A.

How to build your audience and focus on your campaign story

Expert campaign page strategies including effective rewards

How to assess your reach and determine your campaign goals

Differences between book projects and comic projects

Impacts of the pandemic on literary crowdfunding

Oriana Leckert is the Director of Publishing & Comics Outreach at Kickstarter, where she helps creators bring a marvelous array of literary projects to life. She’s written and edited for Vice, MTV News, Slate, Hyperallergic, Gothamist, Atlas Obscura, and many more. Her first book, Brooklyn Spaces: 50 Hubs of Culture and Creativity (Monacelli, 2015), grew out of a multi-year project chronicling the rise and fall of under-the-radar creative places across New York City.

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Jason Furie is the Community Manager at BackerKit specializing in crowdfunding resources and community building strategy. He’s an artist, writer, and entrepreneur who loves all things pop-culture and retro. He’s run 2 successful Kickstarter campaigns, most recently a new tabletop game called Rental Rumble.

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