TenPages.com

Summary

Tenpages.com was a Dutch website for crowdfunding investments in books. Authors post at least 10 pages of a book they want sponsored. Investors buy shares in the book. If a book meets its funding goal, it is published. The writers get 10–20 percent royalties and the investors get 10 percent of total sales.

Tenpages.com
Type of site
Crowd funding
Available inDutch
Headquarters
URLwww.tenpages.com
CommercialYes
LaunchedFebruary 2010

It was founded by Valentine van der Lande in February 2010.

On 7 February 2014 tenpages.com announced on its website that it has stopped all activities.[1][2][3][4][5]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Valentine vs der Lande “Crowdfunding in the Dutch Book Publishing Industry”, Huf Post Small Business, 26 July 2012
  2. ^ “Nieuwe trend: crowdfunding” 6 minutes, 30 June 2010
  3. ^ Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards, 2012 finalists.
  4. ^ Judith van Teeffelen, “Crowdfunding, het nieuwe toverwoord”, De Telegraaf, 20 October 2010
  5. ^ “Platform beginnende schrijvers stopt ermee”, De Telegraaf, 7 Februari 2014

External links edit

  • (in Dutch) Official website