The Pound Project

I came across The Pound Project online. Founded in 2018 and based out of Birmingham, the independent crowdfunding publisher is already gaining a reputation within the literary world for its revolutionary approach and has been bestowed with The Bookseller’s much-coveted BookTech Startup of the Year Award, in a nod to their innovative publishing model.

Founded by the author and writer, JP Watson, the concept is crowdfunding one story and one writer at a time. By pledging £1 you can read or listen to the piece online and from £5.99 you will receive the book in print. Each title is a limited edition and is only available to purchase during the campaign which, as JP explains, directly tackles the issue of sustainable content; literally and metaphorically.

“People are so willing to consume crap. As digital-age consumers we expect content to be available to us for little or no cost, so deeply-ingrained are our beliefs towards the value of content created within the online sphere.” For JP, the task is to convince people that their pound is worth investing in return for stories with depth, rigour and poignancy. Authors include Dolly Alderton, Daisy Buchanan, Emma Gannon and Jordan Stephens.

For the full article, head over to Yolk’s magazine, Yolklore