Booktopia looks to crowdfund $10m
Online retailer Booktopia is seeking up to $10 million in equity to help expand warehouse automation, buy more stock and fund the liquidity of the business. Booktopia has engaged crowdfunding...
Australian crowdfunded publishing projects raise $1.2m in 2014
Crowdfunding websites raised more than $1.2m for successful publishing and writing projects in Australia in 2014. At Kickstarter, $609,182 was pledged to 56 successful Australian publishing projects, from a total of...
‘Going Down Swinging’ launches Pozible campaign to avoid closing
Literary journal Going Down Swinging has launched a Pozible campaign to raise funds to ‘stay alive’.‘We’ve always got by without much cash, but a stack of our 2012 issue were damaged in...
International library news
UK librarians to crowdfund library festivalIn the UK, a group of librarians have launched a crowdfunding campaign to establish a National Public Library Festival, reports the Bookseller. Librarians Richard Veevers...
Arts Tasmania funds book printing through ‘Crowbar’ initiative
Arts Tasmania will contribute $800 to the publication of illustrator and author Sarah Strong’s next book The Boobook’s Nook, after the author exceeded her target of $1600 in pledges on...
QLA achieves $20,000 crowdfunding target
The organisers of the Queensland Literary Awards (QLA) have achieved their $20,000 crowdfunding target in just under four weeks. As previously reported by Books+Publishing, the money from the Pozible campaign will...
Wattpad introduces crowdfunding
In the US, the Wattpad online writing community has launched Wattpad Fan Funding—a crowdfunding service for self-publishing, reports Publishers Weekly. The service allows Wattpad members to pledge financial support to writing projects...
QLA launches crowdfunding campaign
Organisers of the Queensland Literary Awards (QLA) have launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise money for this year’s awards and to ‘sustain the awards for the future’. The campaign, which is...
Following the crowd?: Crowdfunding books
Crowdfunding is flavor of the month, but is it a long-term answer to publisher and bookshop funding models? Lucy Stewart reports.A phenomenon that began as a way to fund band...
In brief
Renovated Torquay Library reopens The Torquay Library in regional Victoria reopened on 22 September after being closed for renovations for four weeks. According to a statement from the Geelong Regional...
QLA achieves $20,000 pledge goal
The Queensland Literary Awards (QLA) has achieved its goal of $20,000 from crowd-funded pledges and the amount continues to rise with 27 days left in the campaign. The volunteer-led awards replaced the axed Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards, then...