Tagged: inkshares

June 15, 2016 @ 1:21 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Inkshares, a start-up crowdfunded book publisher, announced on Wednesday it was launching its brand new app for agents, publishers and studios. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Inkshares Properties is described as a marketplace that “offers sample chapters and info on movie, TV, audiobook and foreign rights all… Read More

March 25, 2016 @ 12:55 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Inkshares, a start-up crowdfunded book publisher, announced on Friday that Quincy Carroll’s Up to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside has been recognized as a finalist in the 18th annual Foreword Reviews’ INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards. The website revealed that in the next three months, a… Read More

February 1, 2016 @ 3:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Inkshares, a start-up crowdfunded book publisher, announced on Monday it will be expanding its partnership with Nerdist to include sister site, Geek & Sundry, for six fan-driven publishing contests throughout 2016.  According to the website, these contests will seek submissions in genres that speak to… Read More

December 1, 2015 @ 3:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Inkshares, a start-up crowdfunded book publisher, announced after running an initial publishing contest in the spring of 2015 with Sword and Laser, an award-winning science fiction and fantasy-themed book club, video show, and podcast, the website will be running a sequel contest with Sword & Laser to… Read More

October 23, 2015 @ 11:28 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, crowdfunded book publisher Inkshares announced two platform changes that the company believes will allow it to publish more books and grow even faster. These changes are significant, comprising a new funding goal structure and a refined credit system. The company shared: “In 2014 our funding… Read More

October 1, 2015 @ 2:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Inkshares, a crowdfunded book publisher, and Nerdist, the wildly popular digital network founded by comedian and television personality Chris Hardwick, announced today the winners of the Inkshares Nerdist Collection Contest. In a surprise decision, Nerdist shared that two, not one, of the five finalists will… Read More

September 18, 2015 @ 1:09 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

  To writers of fiction and nonfiction alike, TechCrunch editor John Biggs has this to say: “I’m looking for things I love.” Biggs, who has written reams on the intersection of book publishing and tech, recently launched an imprint on Inkshares called Ray Bridge Press. Ray Bridge Press is the… Read More

August 17, 2015 @ 12:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Inkshares, a start-up crowdfunded book publisher, announced today that the Nerdist, a website, YouTube Channel, and podcast network founded by comedian and television personality Chris Hardwick, will be launching a collection on its crowdfunding platform. This collection will include books published under the Nerdist name,… Read More

June 19, 2015 @ 2:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, start-up crowdfunded book publisher, Inkshares, announced that Seattle-based publisher Ada’s Technical Books became the first independent bookstore to sign on for its imprint program, Collection. During an interview with Publisher Weekly, Matt Kaye, VP of marketing and operations and former produt manager at Amazon,… Read More

June 3, 2015 @ 1:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Little Fiction | Big Truths, an online publisher of short fiction and narrative non-fiction, announced the launch of a Collection on Inkshares, a start-up crowdfunded book publisher, to publish their forthcoming anthologies: Nomfiction, a non-fiction anthology about food, and a music anthology, featuring both fiction… Read More

April 14, 2015 @ 4:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdfunded Book Publisher Launches “Collections” Feature with Science Fiction/Fantasy Publishing Contest Inkshares, a start-up crowdfunded book publisher, announced today a partnership with The Sword & Laser, an award-winning science fiction and fantasy podcast and community, to launch a feature called “Collections”—allowing third parties to run… Read More

February 19, 2015 @ 10:29 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, Star Wars and The Book of Eli writer, Gay Whitta launched a campaign on book publishing crowdfunding platform Inkshares to raise funds for his new novel, Abomination.  Whitta wrote on the campaign’s website, “Hi! My name is Gary and I’m a screenwriter turned author. My best-known work is my original screenplay for The… Read More

November 19, 2014 @ 8:12 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ganjapreneur, a website dedicated to cannabis business news and culture, recently published an interview with Matt Gray, CEO of The Stoner’s Cookbook, a resource for marijuana culinary enthusiasts to find and share infused recipes. In the interview, Gray discussed how he became involved in the project over… Read More