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RE: "Ithaqa" Comic Book Update #145 Changes Incoming + Crowdfunding With Steem
This is VERY helpful, thank you. I wouldn't say we have a large fanbase, if I'm being very optimistic I can think of about 50 individuals who would donate something as of now (with not too much effort on my part). The rest would have to come from press, social media, and a very well executed kickstarter campaign. I have a few big influencers who might help shout out the project as well, which is a consideration of mine.
Would you mind me asking what your fundraising goals were in the past?
Sure. My first attempt was for $3000 - and I barely scraped by, with the help of friends/family. But that connected me to brand new people, so the second campaign brought in a bit more than $4000, and that was all from fans/readers, rather than charitable family. :) And it stayed about the same from there.
Really I ended up doing two issues per campaign on a couple of them, rather than just one.
I will say: despite my successful Kickstarter campaigns, I have yet to turn a profit, or even pay myself a page-rate, for my work on the book. :) But steemit is helping.
Hrmmm.... thanks. This is very helpful for me as I consider my next moves.
Have you ever tried to get into a comic book store? What was that like if so?
I made some admittedly half-hearted attempts. None successful. Apart from it being difficult, even if I were to get some stores interested, I'd be lucky if they pay me print cost. And more likely, they'd pay less than print cost. The only way to make that profitable - as far as I can see - is print thousands of books, and get the lower print rate.
Selling online at least leaves a decent profit margin. Of course, then you have to actually get the sales. :)