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Transparency Agenda 94: #Racism on the PodCast and Some new books I bought

Is Kickstarter.com concept the venture capitalist business model for small publishers?

While looking over the AMAZING job Gareth is doing with Far West (Good work and I am professionally jealous. Got to give credit when credit is due), reading The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss, I was thinking about what I would define Kickstarter.com as being.  Kickstarter defines it self as a new way to Fund and Follow Creativity. But if you look further you might say their business model is that of venture capitalist. Venture capital is defined in wikipedia as financial capital provided to early-stage, high-potential, high risk, growth startup companies. The venture capital fund makes money by owning equity in the companies it invests in, which usually have a novel technology or business model in high technology industries, such as biotechnology, IT, software, etc.  While this is not exactly what Kickstarter does, you can see a relationship between the ideas of a venture capitalist and a kickstarter project supporter. So the question is, Is Kickstarter.com concept the venture capitalist business model for small publishers?  What do you think.  Talk to you later...

Answering Third Party Publishers Questions about selling PDFs, working with Paizo and RPGnow.com...

Just in case you were wondering here is the link for Poke the Box, The Thank You Economy and Why We Buy.  Talk to you later...

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

What I am reading...

Just finished up Display of Power by Daymon John, Now on to Anyone Can Do It by Duncan Bannatyne. Good business reading...

Books to Read: Tilting at Windmills

OK If you really want to get your product in retail locations then you need to understand what goes through the mind of retail owner. That is something that is not readily available. But you can still get that information. The best place to get that information in the Tilting at Windmills written by Brian Hibbs, owner of San Francisco's premier comic book store, Comix Experience. This book even though form roughly 15 years ago the lessons and knowledge is still absolute true and valuable today. Brian has a very interesting very of what the future should be and even 15 years later nothing has really changed and the same problems exist. If you have a retail store and your sales are going down the tubes, YOU HAVE TO PURCHASE THIS BOOK. The reason I know using this book you can make a very successful retail store is because this book was given to me by Tate Ottait, owner of Tate’s Comic here in South Florida, who said he followed and did just about everything in this book. Using this book Tate went from a 1,000 sq.ft store in 1993 to an over 6,000 sq. ft main comic store with an additional a 2,000 sq. ft gaming retail store a few stores down from the main store in 2009. So understanding what retailers want will help you understand what you need to do to get your product into their stores. Tilting at Windmills is mandatory reading for those who are looking to be serious about specialty shop retail sales and selling. Talk to you later…

Books to Read: Rules for Revolutionaries

This is one of the greatest marketing / business book I have ever read. This book is a blue print for doing the impossible. This is the book that I used to increase my sales at RPGNow.com by a factor of 16 in only two years. This is the book that taught me how to deal with any potential business threat that might arise. If you only listen to one thing I will ever tell you then listen to this: Go buy Rules for Revolutionaries by Guy Kawasaki. This book will change your business life. For those of you who choose to ignore my advice and don’t pick this book up, stop what you are doing, close your business and find something else to do. You will not be able to compete with the people who have read this book. No joke. Not reading this book could be the reason why your company fails. Talk to you later…

Book to Read: The 4-Hour Work Week

I have talked about this book, The 4-Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferriss, a WHOLE bunch of times on this blog. I read the entire book in Trinidad & Tobago while and vacation and I have been using what I have learned to make some extra money and ideas. Plus this book is FULL OF INFORMATION that is useful in any business that you might work in. Plus there is a full section that teaches you how you can talk to your boss to get them on board with you work from home (see page 207). I am going to use it to see if I can pull it off and I will let you know to see how that works out. It is an interesting and entertaining read. Go to your local Borders and read the first chapter for free and then purchase it from Amazon (great way to “test drive” a product). Talk to you later…

Home from vacation and back to work...

I have not left the US since 1985 (in which I traveled to France with my 9th grade French class), so this vacation trip to Trinidad & Tobego was very special (since I was going to meet the rest of my wife's family). I was a great trip! Trinidad & Tobego was beautiful, relaxing and Maracas Beach was very cool and make sure you get the Bake and Shark from Richard's when you are there. It is SOOOO GOOOODDDD!!! Now since the vacation is over, well it is back to work...

Over the vacation I read and finished The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferris. For those in the field of creating content like we are in, YOU HAVE TO READ THIS BOOK!!! The amount of ideas that you get reading this book will be massive. Using this book I have finally decided how I can get LPJ Digital off the ground and make sure it is an amazing sucess. Plus the tons of great sources of online materials that will help you save money are AMAZING! so do yourself a favor and go get this book now. The massive amount of sales you make will thank you for it. Talk to you later...

Ten Books that helped me in RPG & PDF Publishing

Things you should know...

1. Rules for Revolutionaries by Guy Kawasaki
2. Marketing Gurus by Chris Murray
3. The Non-Designer’s Type Book by Robin Williams
4. The Non Designer’s Design Book by Robin Williams
5. How to Drive Your Competition Crazy by Guy Kawasaki
6. Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun by Wess Roberts, Ph.D
7. The Graphic Design Cookbook
8. Tilting at Windmills by Brian Hibbs
9. Small is the New Big by Seth Godin
10. Make it Happen by Kevin Liles