Despite having a literary agent representing me and the book, we're still having a difficult time finding the right home for it. I won't get into the specifics (at least, not yet), but suffice it to say I think most publishers just don't see the book the same way I do.
So, in the interest of keeping my options open, I've been thinking about other ways to get the book made and available. After all, I've been working on it for two years and I'm dying to get all the great material my generous contributors have sent in in front of people!
One of the ways I've been considering is via Kickstarter. Like I'm doing with my online comic strip Ace Kilroy, I've been thinking about putting Hey Kids, Comics! on Kickstarter, and try and raise money to get the book produced and distributed all on my own, without any publisher playing middleman.
So, that's where you all come in: I've put up a poll (to the right, at the top of the sidebar) to determine just how many of you would consider essentially pre-ordering the book via Kickstarter (which goes through Amazon, in terms of billing), which would front me the money necessary to make it a reality.
Obviously, there are a lot of variables here--I'm not sure of the price of the book (though I'm shooting for a 5x7" standard trade paperback format, priced at around $17.99), and the line-up of contributors may change a bit, depending on people's schedules, how many pages the book ends up being, etc. So I'm not going to take these results as any sort of final word; I'm just trying to gauge whether there are enough potential fans of the book out there willing to pay up front to make Hey Kids, Comics! a reality via this new, unorthodox style of independent production.
So please vote, and thanks!
Remember: You can see the tentative line-up of the book here, and download the Hey Kids, Comics! Free Sampler here!
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