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Inkshares Wants To Create A Hybrid Of Traditional Book Publisher And Crowdfunded Digital Platform

Posted at 8:35PM Wednesday 26 Feb 2014

The founders of Inkshares don't think the traditional publishing industry is broken, just antiquated and inefficient — and they think marrying crowdfunding and the kinds of services publishers used to offer makes for a pretty compelling service for writers and ultimately for readers as well

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