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This is absolutely insane. It would be cool to see a service where users could pledge cash for a book printing, then the number of pledges by the time of releas

This is absolutely insane. It would be cool to see a service where users could pledge cash for a book printing, then the number of pledges by the time of release determines the actual price and quality.

egypturnash 7y ago
This is pretty much “running a Kickstarter with several stretch goals.” Although I guess having a one-stop shop that handles making the printing and shipping happen could be a thing. My experience doing small press stuff via KS is that it’s probably not gonna be anywhere near worth doing until you can print at least a thousand books at once, though. There are economies of scale to deal with.
EamonnMR 7y ago
https://unbound.com/ https://unbound.com/
- fermentation 7y ago
  As it turns out I don't actually have any original ideas
  - thaumasiotes 7y ago
    "Anticipatory plagiarism occurs when someone steals your original idea and publishes it a hundred years before you were born."
    - EliRivers 7y ago
      I have invented the holographic lens, bicycles and network cables. Each time, it turns out someone else invented it before I was born.
    - gitgud 7y ago
      I thought I had the original idea of regenerative braking for recovering energy in cars... But it had been done. Maybe the reason ideas come around again is because they haven't been fully exploited and people are unaware that they exist... Which could be another reason why execution matters more than the idea...
- jon-wood 7y ago
  My partner is currently writing a book for them, and they go way beyond basic print on demand. They’re pretty stringent about what the quality they’ll publish, give loads of support in the fundraising process around things like producing the pitch video and workshops on promoting it, and once the book is done put it in front of professional editors. I can’t recommend them highly enough. And because she’d kill me if I didn’t take the chance to put the book in front of a new audience, you can find it at https://unbound.com/books/all-my-worldly-joy/ https://unbound.com/books/all-my-worldly-joy/

egypturnash 7y ago

This is pretty much “running a Kickstarter with several stretch goals.” Although I guess having a one-stop shop that handles making the printing and shipping happen could be a thing. My experience doing small press stuff via KS is that it’s probably not gonna be anywhere near worth doing until you can print at least a thousand books at once, though. There are economies of scale to deal with.

EamonnMR 7y ago

https://unbound.com/ https://unbound.com/

fermentation 7y ago
As it turns out I don't actually have any original ideas
- thaumasiotes 7y ago
  "Anticipatory plagiarism occurs when someone steals your original idea and publishes it a hundred years before you were born."
  - EliRivers 7y ago
    I have invented the holographic lens, bicycles and network cables. Each time, it turns out someone else invented it before I was born.
  - gitgud 7y ago
    I thought I had the original idea of regenerative braking for recovering energy in cars... But it had been done. Maybe the reason ideas come around again is because they haven't been fully exploited and people are unaware that they exist... Which could be another reason why execution matters more than the idea...
jon-wood 7y ago
My partner is currently writing a book for them, and they go way beyond basic print on demand. They’re pretty stringent about what the quality they’ll publish, give loads of support in the fundraising process around things like producing the pitch video and workshops on promoting it, and once the book is done put it in front of professional editors. I can’t recommend them highly enough. And because she’d kill me if I didn’t take the chance to put the book in front of a new audience, you can find it at https://unbound.com/books/all-my-worldly-joy/ https://unbound.com/books/all-my-worldly-joy/