Turn your fandom into cash : a geeky guide to turn your passion into a business (or at least a side hustle) / Carol Pinchefsky ; foreword by Jennifer Frazier, cofounder of ThinkGeek.

By:

Pinchefsky, Carol [author.]

Contributor(s):

Frazier, Jennifer [author of foreword.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Newburyport, MA : Career Press, an imprint of Red Wheel/Weiser, LLC, 2022Description: xvi, 202 pages ; 21 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781632651976
1632651971

Other title:

Geeky guide to turn your passion into a business, or at least a side hustle

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DDC classification:

658.1/1 23

Contents:

You already have what it takes to start a business -- Your fandom is someone else's intellectual property : deal with it--legally -- The business of geek business -- Selling your work and selling yourself -- Funding your business like a boss -- The pros and cons of cons -- Get a geeky job -- Lessons learned -- Geek-centered work.

Summary: This geeky guide (by an avowed geek) shows you the ins-and-outs of making money involved in the worlds you love to immerse yourself in or one you want to create.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	Bedford Public Library Non-Fiction	Non-Fiction	658.11 PIN	Available		32500001836619

Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This geeky guide (by an avowed geek) shows you the ins-and-outs of making money involved in the worlds you love to immerse yourself in or one you want to create.

Turn Your Fandom Into Cash teaches fans how to power up their own geeky businesses, harness the power of their fandom, and shield themselves against the wrath of intellectual property holders. This book will also offer real-world examples for aspiring Tony Starks and Bruce Waynes. In many cases, these passion-pursuits have led to full-time careers; in one case, it created a $100 million business.

This book is filled with advice from geeky creators, all of whom have earned money following their passions. Some of these creators work independently, others take gigs when they're not at their day jobs, and some have created businesses that have earned millions.

In Turn Your Fandom Into Cash , you will learn: How many opportunities there are to find work doing something you love. What kind of education and financial outlay is required to start your particular geek business. How to acquire a license from a major media publisher. What kind of work you can legally create, even without a license. Advice on why you should--and should not--go into business for yourself. Practical tips on getting your products and services noticed by fans. Truly, there has never been a better time to have a geek business. Now grab your lightsaber or your Lucille and take a slice out of the fandom you love dearly.

This geeky guide (by an avowed geek) shows you the ins-and-outs of making money involved in the worlds you love to immerse yourself in or one you want to create.

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According to Pinchefsky, geeks are prime small-business owners. They know the market, and they love to learn new things. Though she doesn't promise the secrets to a full-time, health insurance-providing income, she guides "geektrepreneurs" through the basics of starting a small, fandom-related business. First, she goes into the basics of working with intellectual property (IP), both original and created by others, including how to get an IP license, with a sample proposal included. She also covers issues that pertain to any small business (regulations, bookkeeping, marketing, etc.) but peppers each point with examples from geeky businesses, from game developers to cosplayers to steampunk tea makers. She also offers fandom-specific advice: choosing the right convention to attend, setting up a crowdfunding campaign, monetizing content on YouTube or Twitch. The writing style is lively and spiced with geeky pop culture references, and nothing is sugar-coated as business owners share lessons learned from hard mistakes. A unique addition to public library small-business collections.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Carol Pinchefsky has written about geek culture for Forbes.com, Playboy.com, SyFy.com, and more and manages to insert science fiction references into her business and technology writing. She is also the humor competition editor for The Magazine of Fantasy Science Fiction. She won the NewSpace Journalism Award in 2012.

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