Reflections on a successful book crowdfunding campaign: The emotional toll of self-promotion
By
Matt Maxwell
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Summary
The author reflects on the emotional journey of running a crowdfunding campaign for their book "My Gifts Are Hungry." Despite initial struggles, feelings of rejection, and a moment of despair, the campaign ultimately succeeded at 250% funding. The piece explores the tension between creative passion and the uncomfortable realities of self-promotion, the awkwardness of asking for money, and the relief of finishing the campaign.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledAll those desperate Bluesky posts and blog posts and photo threads and attempts at outreach that just got blown off (even to some folks I know directly and that's not a great feeling)
250% funded. Bunch of folks wanting to buy all the books, not just the new one
Even after that despair post from last Thursday, when the campaign seemed moribund and belly up at the surface of that fishbowl
It's the way that you don't pay, that's okay
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