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We anticipate authors will be able to raise several thousand dollars for promising book projects. Very promising ones certainly may raise $50K or more.

Crowd funding is proving to be a very powerful fundraising model. For example, the record, so far as I know it, is currently $190K for an iPad stand listing on Kickstarter.com:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jay-design/padpivot-lap-...

Edit: Also, successfully raising funds is just the start, as this would be a great indicator of ready market demand for the book.

Not even close to this one :)

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1104350651/tiktok-lunati...

I love the idea for your concept though!

Wow, thanks for the correction! :)

I thought I heard about a project nearing one million dollars, but the iPad listing was what came to mind.

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