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1. The Trandalorian 🏳️‍⚧️ (charliejane@wandering.shop)'s status on Friday, 17-Mar-2023 07:48:12 UTC The Trandalorian 🏳️‍⚧️

   I still can't believe that no tech whiz has created a version of Kickstarter for book pre-orders.

   By this I mean: author says they'll write a book if they get 10,000 guaranteed pre-orders from local bookshops.

   Readers credibly promise pre-orders before the book is written.

   Once the book is ready and pre-orders are available, the money goes directly to local bookstores so everyone can pick up copies on pub date.

   This way, the author has guaranteed sales before they invest time/energy.

   • levampyre (levampyre@chaos.social)'s status on Friday, 17-Mar-2023 07:48:11 UTC levampyre

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     @charliejane And then, 7 years later, I can finally read the book, that I don't even remember pre-ordering 7 years ago.

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   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 17-Mar-2023 07:48:13 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

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     • levampyre
     @levampyre @charliejane No, that's the Kickstarter model. 🤣