Kickstarter

The book I read to research this post was Kickstarter For Dummies by Aimee Cebulski which is a very good book which I read at

http://safaribooksonline.com

Kickstarter is a venture capital or crowdfunding website. Basically you write about a project you want to start which can be a book, a film, a start up business or even something like a charity thing and people pledge to help fund it and usually if you make a profit they get a share of the proceeds. You have to designate how much you wish to raise and what percentage you will give them. You first of all tell them in one word what type of project it will be. You then tell them about the project in less than 135 characters. There is another part where you can tell them about the project in more detail. You need a title for the project, a photo or video & maybe even a website or blog for them to visit for more information. Investors aren't always paid in cash, you might in the case of a book send them a signed copy or another reward for investing a set sum. It's customary to thank your backers whether you achieve your target or not and of course you pay the website a percentage. The default deadline is 30 days although you can adjust that. Kickstarter is at http://kickstarter.com & they have a tumblr blog also called kickstarter. You need to be a USA citizen and have a social security number and payments are done through Amazon.com. This is a very interesting book and if you are a potential investor the projects are categorized on the website.