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.
Type of site | Crowd funding |
---|---|
Available in | Dutch |
Dissolved | February 2014 |
Headquarters | |
URL | www |
Commercial | Yes |
Launched | February 2010 |
It was founded by Valentine van der Lande in February 2010.
On February 7, 2014, tenpages.com announced on its website that it has stopped all activities.[1][2][3][4][5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Crowdfunding in the Dutch Book Publishing Industry". HuffPost. July 26, 2012.
- ^ “Nieuwe trend: crowdfunding” 6 minutes, 30 June 2010
- ^ "Valentine Van Der Lande | Cartier Women's Initiative Awards". www.cartierwomensinitiative.com.
- ^ "Judith van Teeffelen, "Crowdfunding, het nieuwe toverwoord", De Telegraaf, 20 October 2010".
- ^ "Platform beginnende schrijvers stopt ermee".
External links
edit- (in Dutch) Official website