Brandon Sanderson’s Record-Breaking Kickstarter Is the Exception, Not the Rule

One month ago Brandon Sanderson revealed that he had written four novels over the past two years, and he was Kickstarting their publication. Now, a week after the end of the crowdfunding campaign, we can definitively say that Sanderson’s project has not only become the most-funded Kickstarter ever at $US41 ($57) million pledged, but stands far and away from the competition, having doubled the platform’s last previous record.Kickstarter and crowdfunding have proved their importance fo