Hi Donna! Thanks for posting these interviews.  They are a wealth of information, and comfort.  I am brand new to crowdfunding a book.  After binge-watching all of your posts, I’ve learned that I made some major missteps already.  Some fixable, most not.  But, I wouldn’t have known what was going on without these inspiring stories from other Inkshares authors.  Thanks to you all!

@Craig A. Munro good point. It would be more accurate to say: Readers Also Enjoyed...

Sorry to bring this up again @Thad Woodman but on newer books with no previous recommendations or reviews there is no Reviews tab on their page. I can’t figure out how to recommend or review their books.

There isn’t any "recommend this book" button at the end of the chapters anymore, either.

I just wanted to throw this out there -- and @Elena Stofle has gotten a few emails from me on this, so sorry for beating the proverbial dead horse.

I continue to have issues sending DMs on the site. I will start a new DM to send to a new follower for example, but my  message will not only go to that person (sometimes multiple times), but it also sometimes gets inserted into the most recent DM exchange I had with someone else.

Does anyone else have this issue? And any suggestions to get around it?

I have a MacBook at home but primarily access the DMs during lunch breaks at work, which means I use my work laptop for that (which is running IE 11).

Thanks!

(maybe it is this computer; I also find that when I’m on the work computer, I consistently have issues using the search function on Inkshares.)

Hi Everyone, By Your Side Self-Publishing are great book formatters!  Dana even assisted me when my cover artist did not finish some minor edits in a timely fashion.  Can’t recommend this great resource enough. She’s patient and helpful.  She provides editing and social media tutorials and assistance as well. http://www.byyoursideselfpub.com/

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