In 2023, fans who donated to the author’s wildly successful campaign will receive these four new releases as either e-books, audiobooks, or physical editions, based on their level of contribution. We also thought this might make it fun for book clubs or groups of friends and family to co-read a mysterious Sanderson book, knowing almost nothing about it.”īut for readers who simply cannot wait, Sanderson is offering some tantalizing teasers and previews for each of these upcoming titles on his YouTube channel. “Some of you might want to receive these books with minimal spoilers and just enjoy them fresh and new, without even knowing the title ahead of time-kind of like going into a movie blind, never having seen the trailer, on the promise that it’s by a filmmaker you know you love. Well, we thought it would be fun to keep those hidden for now,” says the author on his Kickstarter page. “You might be asking why none of these have titles yet. Three of the four works will be set in the author’s famous fictional universe, Cosmere, but aside from the setting, the rest of the details remain largely shrouded in mystery. The staggering sum raised on Kickstarter is funding the publication of four brand new, top-secret books, which will be released next year. He’s written countless titles, including his smash hit YA series, The Reckoners, and hugely popular adult series The Stormlight Archive and Mistborn. The author has been penning epic fantasy and sci-fi fiction for more than twenty years, and his bestselling books have been translated into more than 30 languages. Sanderson may have got much more than he bargained for when he asked for his reader’s support, but with millions of loyal and adoring fans worldwide, it’s perhaps no wonder his campaign did so well. I was blown away by the result-and am gratified and humbled,” he said in an interview with Publishers Weekly this month. “This has already been a year of surprises, and the success of the Kickstarter campaign was a giant surprise. This is by far the most funded Kickstarter of all time, and no one is more surprised than the author himself.
Just three days after going live on the site, he’d already beaten the previous record holder, smartwatch company Pebble Technology, which raised an impressive $20.3 million in 2015.Īnd after 30 days, he made crowdfunding history by collecting a staggering $41.7 million. Using the popular crowdfunding site Kickstarter, he offered readers a series of rewards and incentives to back his latest project, but never in his wildest dreams could he imagine just how successful his campaign would be.
When Brandon Sanderson asked his legions of dedicated fans to help him fund a collection of four secret new novels, he set himself the bold and ambitious target of $1 million.
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