Project 3 on kickstarter.
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Robin writes a book on Kickstarter
Second project backed on Kickstarter. Check it out for the updates including great short stories and great posts about the process of writing it and additional projects that came out of this work.
Wuthering Heights marketed to Twilight fans
Twilight-style Wuthering Heights Book
Saw this at Tesco tonight. Wuthering Heights being marketed to teens on the basis that their fave fictional characters like the book.
The red seal/sticker/stamp reads “Bella & Edward’s Favourite Book” and the cover design is similar to the Twilight series covers.
Marketing reading as sexy is good. Ugly visions of cynical marketers trying to make a few bucks off the back catalog also maybe not bad if it allows them to keep publishing in tough economic times.
I have one question – Is this actually working?
Buy it on amazon.co.uk if you want it to match your set of Twilight books from here »
Crossword puzzles on Kickstarter
Kickstarter is a way for creative people to get their dream projects, big or small, funded by the general public through microfinance as opposed to big massive sponsorship deals. These can be events, art projects, documentaries.
Similar to PBS / NPR funding drives there are donation levels and rewards, decided on by the creative people.
Many post videos to peak interest that are fantastic and status updates can be really creative too.
I found out about kickstarter via Ken Jennings (highly recommend his book
Eric Berlin creates crossword puzzles. He wanted to create a suite of puzzles that interlink. To generate interest he linked to a pdf of a previous suite of puzzles on Brooklyn as a theme. They’re quite good. Just donating$1 gave you access to the puzzles and helped them to get made. For $5 people could participate in a competition. Reward levels above that included copies of his book.
Recommended Books 2008
Recommended books for 2008:
The Post-Birthday World by Lionel Shriver – One of my favourite authors. One moment, one choice in a person’s life – this book explores two parallel timelines in alternating chapters and does it well!
Nim Chimpsky: The Chimp Who Would Be Human by Elizabeth Hess – Really interesting non-fiction book about a 70s experiment to have a chimp raised in a human family and be taught to communicate.
The Host: A Novel by Stephenie Meyer – Enjoyed it but she is wordy and that doesn’t change here.
Apples: A Novel by Richard Milward – First novel set in Middlesbrough in the North east of England. Depiction of teen life is harsh but engrossing and funny at times too.
Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages by Ammon Shea – Experience novel, but well-written and funny.
Pride of Baghdad by Brian K. Vaughan – Graphic novel. Sent to me by a secret santa on librarything.
Plus 3 internet memes turned books + 1 book based on TV:
Pop Charts by Paul Copperwaite
Indexed by Jessica Hagy
Sleeveface by John Rostron, Carl Morris
Mock the Week: Scenes We’d Like to See by Dan Patterson
These are fun books to have laying around when people are over.
