Brandon Sanderson Fans React As New Novels Shatter Kickstarter Record
Science fiction and fantasy writer Brandon Sanderson's recent Kickstarter continues to break the news cycles, but not everyone will agree that the news is good news. For those who missed it earlier this week, the Stormlight Archive author revealed four brand new novels that he produced in secret over the past two years and decided to fund independently through Kickstarter. Not much information was given, synopsis-wise, about the novels themselves other than the fact that three of them will take place within the Cosmere universe. But that did not stop Sanderson's fans from supporting the prolific author.
Sanderson's Kickstarter goal initially was $1,000,000, but in half of a day's time, more than $15,000,000 had been raised. As of this writing, Sanderson's Kickstarter has surpassed a staggering $25,000,000 and counting. Officially, this marks the highest earnings for any literary project posted onto Kickstarter in the website's 13-year history. The project is slotted to remain up and running until April 1st, putting him on track to end his Kickstarter campaign with, essentially, one of the biggest book deals in American history. This puts Sanderson in the same company as James Patterson's $150 million 17-book deal with Hachette Book Group and the Obamas' $65 million deal with Crown for their memoirs.
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The reaction to the overwhelming success of Brandon Sanderson's Kickstarter campaign has mixed, to say the least, from not only casual audiences but even writers in the same field as Sanderson. The polarizing reactions can best be summarized just by glancing at anyone's Twitter timeline. We'll showcase some of the more positive and optimistic
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