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Ryan Hoover
@rrhoover · Founder, Product Hunt
To be honest, I'm skeptical of Kickstarter platforms for specific verticals -- very hard to compete unless your service provides unique functionality tailored to that medium/content/audience. That said, it's an interesting movement and I'm curious to hear of other "Kickstarter for X" markets.
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Ben Yoskovitz
@byosko · Entrepreneur, investor & author
Anything in the book publishing space is challenging. It's just such a messed up industry. I'm not sure if the Kickstarter style model is the right one for books, I'm not sure most authors have a $$ goal in mind for creating the book in the first place. But I do think collecting pre-orders makes a ton of sense as validation before writing a book.
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Ryan Hoover
@rrhoover · Founder, Product Hunt
@byosko - agreed. Gumroad is a great solution for authors -- simple and useful.
For many writers, blogging is the "kickstarter.". @nireyal has clearly validated interest in his writing, acquiring several thousand email subscribers in preparation for his upcoming book.