How Ali Hazelwood and Adriana Herrera’s After the End Kickstarter Raised $775K for Dystopian Romance Fans

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As the motto goes, "we shoutout creators" and we also love authors who take agency!

This week we stumbled on an awesome project that is doing numbers, and I mean $700,000+ higher than expected!

The Story:

One spring day in 2024, two well-known authors were eating empanadas and drinking margaritas when they started doing what all great storytellers do… tell story ideas. One story turned to two, two to three and before you know it they not only had full bellies from all the empanadas but also a collection of stories that they knew readers needed in their hands.

Enter the premise:

After the End is a collection of dystopian novellas authored by NY Times bestselling author Ali Hazelwood, Adriana Herrera, and other beloved storytellers (one being friend of Bookum author Nicki Payne!).

Here’s the kicker (aka the Kickstarter):

The After the End collective started a Kickstarter (read as fundraiser) with the goal of using $10,000 to support efforts through printing the 8 books, digitizing the ebooks, and producing the audiobooks. But oh, as you know, when the romance community shows up, they show out!

As of this writing the campaign has officially hit $775,929 with over 5,701 backers and still over 19 days to go (Now up to $920,329)!

Creators, authors, and those beyond—take this as a sign to start that project, host that book club, and tell your stories because your community will find you. And when they do, you might be shocked at the overwhelming support!

To learn more or to get your After the End 8-book collection stop by the link below:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ahpublishing/after-the-end-a-dystopian-romance-collection

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