What is Kickstarter? What's the process for ordering a book from Kickstarter? For a long time, I thought Kickstarter was just for inventors with wacky ideas.  Kickstarter has changed a lot for the better in recent years. What I didn’t know until about a year ago was, they have a publishing category! There are hundreds of authors on the site now. Investors (you) are enabling authors to get their businesses up and running with high quality editors, professional covers, developmental editors, and professional proofreaders. All that costs a ton of money! Most authors just starting out don’t have $2,000-8,000 to pay all those professionals. Because of Kickstarter and people like you, who are willing to invest in authors, the whole indy publishing industry is able to raise the bar on creating quality stories!