I came across a new book publishing site the other day, and I wondered if anyone here has any experience with it or know anyone that does.
The site is called Inkshares (https://www.inkshares.com), and it seems to work similar to the Amazon Worlds concept: Authors pitch their ideas directly to readers, and readers decide if they want to read the novel by pre-ordering. If the novel receives enough pre-orders (threshold seems to be 750), the company publishes the book.
The concept seems to combine crowd-funding with platform-building, and it seems a very interesting model to me. But I would love to hear others’ impressions, especially if they’ve used the company or something similar.
Donald