> Since the book series apparently is already widely translated and published, why is a Kickstarter needed? Have you not heard of Brandon Sanderson edit: seri

> Since the book series apparently is already widely translated and published, why is a Kickstarter needed? Have you not heard of Brandon Sanderson edit: seriously, your entire analysis of his current status as a professional writer, and your dismissal of this article, is because he's using Kickstarter? > selling easily digestible rebellion fantasies, That's been his entire shtick, he was a big Creative Commons-boosting, FSF-friendly, WIRED contributor type of blog pundit since the early 2000s. What you call "amateur political agitation" is Doctorow's bread and butter. It might not be for you (it certainly isn't for me), but it shows that you clearly don't know anything about the public figure you're attacking.