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Crowdfunding seduces independent publishers

2023-04-14T16:12:39.301Z


DECRYPTION - This model reduces financial risks and better remunerates authors. 70,000 euros collected in 24 hours. Nearly 175,000 euros raised in one month. The comic book author Boulet is still struggling to believe in the success of his crowdfunding campaign for Volume II of Rogatons , a collection of humorous stories about the author's daily life. Last year, he had already obtained 220,000 euros from 7,000 readers to finance the first volume. He carried out these two camp


70,000 euros collected in 24 hours.

Nearly 175,000 euros raised in one month.

The comic book author Boulet is still struggling to believe in the success of his crowdfunding campaign for Volume II of

Rogatons

, a collection of humorous stories about the author's daily life.

Last year, he had already obtained 220,000 euros from 7,000 readers to finance the first volume.

He carried out these two campaigns with Exemplaire, a publishing house that has made crowdfunding its economic model.

Bob Leman's short stories in

Welcome to Sturkeyville (Scylla), the

Octopus Fiction

comic strip

by Jérôme Bellanger (Édifice),

A baby if I can

, the first novel by Marie Dubois (Éditions Massot)…

Like Exemplaire, more and more publishers are using crowdfunding to publish their books.

The publishing world

is after cash.

We receive the money 100 days after the publication of the works”

, says Yves Michel, founder of Éditions Souffle d'Or.

And

“between…

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Source: lefigaro

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