Hi Inksharers,
I am pretty new to this platform and am bumbling about (trying not to step on toes!) while trying to learn and understand how this all works.  In the process, I’ve watched Donna Fung’s videos.  Laughed & drank along with the good trio from Drinkshares.  And, most of all, read lots of posts about crowdfunding do’s and do not’s.

Somehow in all of this, I gathered that crowdfunding a book is a lot of hard work and one needs exposure.  Without much thinking, I decided to vend at I-CON 32 happening this coming weekend in Brentwood, Long Island.

I have my sales tax ID number.  I had a banner made.  I have copies of my books to sell.  I have a few t-shirts to sell and maybe I’ll raffle off one, or two.  I have some flyers for my books and I just finished designing bookmarks for my scifi book of short stories, and Fury From Hell, my book that’s currently in funding mode.  But it feels  like I’m missing something (other than an elevator pitch for each of my books...)

I would love any advice you can share about your experiences with attending/vending at genre conventions such as this: http://blog.iconsf.org/.

Also, if you have some flyers you want me to take, let me know!  I can print some and hand out for you.  If you’re in the NYC area, I can pick up flyers from you.  Or, if you’d like me to have some of your books on the table, let me know that, too.

Best,
Rochelle

The last and final interview of Coming Clean on Crowdfunding is with @Jason Pomerance author of Women Like Us! You can find his interview on Medium HERE, immediately following a list of the ten key lessons I gained from my experiencing interviewing eight of Inkshares’ finest-- @Janna Grace , @Jane-Holly Meissner , @Alastair Luft , @Amanda Orneck , @Jason Pomerance, @Ferd Crôtte, @Evan Graham , @Rick Heinz.

(https://medium.com/@DonnaMLitt/10-hard-earned-lessons-on-crowdfunding-your-novel-dd14fe2b77cf#.l0w5oi9yi)

I encourage you to check out what Jason has to say, especially if you’re considering a social responsibility platform (ie. contributing donations from revenue generated by your book sales) to help grow your audience. I’m pausing the generation of new interview resources for now, and am looking forward to evolving the direction and nature of future content based on interest & need. 

Thank you to all for your participation and involvement these past few months! 

As always, questions and comments are welcome. On that note, @Susan Hamilton, you raise a great point. I’m sorry I wasn’t able to pose your question to any of the authors I interviewed.  If anyone has a comment to share on the topic of  generating reviews & recommendations, it would be awesome to hear!

Best of luck!

Donna