Crowdfunding - What is it, and why do you need to know?
As this lovely little image I found on BookLogix (Kajpust, 2015) suggests, crowdfunding allows your idea to get funded from many different sources with varying sizes of commitment. In a nutshell this is what crowdfunding is, you present your idea on your chosen platform, Kickstarter, IndieGoGo, Patreon, etc. and then if people, the crowd, like it, then they will donate and help you reach the required amount to fund the project. Jenkins, Ford and Green (2013, p.251) describe t