Crowdfunding of Academic Books : A Case Study

• If crowdfunding were to become a viable alternative for scholarly publishing, this seems like a promising way to finance academic publications beyond the traditional regimes of funding. For us, this was reason enough to start an experiment aiming at crowdfunding the publication of a book. This chapter is a report of the campaign – and its failure.

Subject headings

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Media and Communications (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Crowdfunding

Academic Publishing

Open Access

Media and Communication Studies

Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

Publication and Content Type

vet (subject category)

kap (subject category)