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For anyone interested, I found the author's Patreon page here: https://www.patreon.com/user.php?v=queertypes&ty=h https://www.patreon.com/user.php?v=queertypes&
by brbsix 11y ago
For anyone interested, I found the author's Patreon page here: https://www.patreon.com/user.php?v=queertypes&ty=h https://www.patreon.com/user.php?v=queertypes&ty=h
Cost of living is listed as $5k/mo on this page, which contrasts with the $6.6k/mo listed on the IndieGogo campaign.
The author is a self-described anti-capitalist but this campaign looks an awful lot like free-market economics at work. Rather than simply writing the book for free and accepting donations, the author has simply stated a price ($20k) for a product (an open source book).
I also found a blog post here https://blog.cppcabrera.com/posts/53-announcing-queer-types.html https://blog.cppcabrera.com/posts/53-announcing-queer-types.... where the author goes into more personal detail about the project. Apparently the $20k would cover in excess of 3 months living, whatever that means. There was even mention of releasing additional books if funding reached $60k+. Sounds pretty far-fetched.
- dudul 11y agoAnd the author doesn't even have to write the book for free. They could perfectly use a distribution platform focused on self-publishing (I mentioned GitBook and Leanpub in a different comment). A good strategy would be to start writing the book and make it available in pre-order/beta for whatever amount ($20 maybe). It would probably take longer than 3 months to write since the author would have to work on the side, but so what? I'm not aware of a programming focused author who can actually cover their living expenses simply by writing.
- brbsix 11y agoAgreed. I don't have a problem with the campaign and hope it goes well, it just seems as if the author is a bit out of touch. The 12 hour workshop (with a relatively unknown person) for $5k and a number of other little things really add to that general feeling of malaise.