Amanda Palmer

Rock star, crowdfunding pioneer, and TED speaker Amanda Palmer knows all about asking. Performing as a living statue in a wedding dress, she wordlessly asked thousands of passersby for their dollars. When she became a singer, songwriter, and musician, she was not afraid to ask her audience to support her as she surfed the crowd (and slept on their couches while touring). And when she left her record label to strike out on her own, she asked her fans...

Estrella de rock, pionera del "crowdfunding", y conferenciante TED, Amanda Palmer lo sabe todo sobre el arte de pedir. Cuando se ganaba la vida como estatua viviente, disfrazada de novia y con la cara pintada de blanco, recibió dinero de cientos de viandantes. Cuando se convirtió en cantante, compositora y música, nunca tuvo miedo de pedir a su público que la sostuviera en volandas cuando se lanzaba sobre ellos desde el escenario o que le prestaran...

"In sharply argued, fast-moving chapters, Cory Doctorow's Information Doesn't Want to Be Free takes on the state of copyright and creative success in the digital age. Can small artists still thrive in the Internet era? Can giant record labels avoid alienating their audiences? This is a book about the pitfalls and the opportunities that creative industries (and individuals) are confronting today - about how the old models have failed or found new footing,...

Rock singer, crowdfunding pioneer, and TED speaker Amanda Palmer knows all about asking. Performing as a living statue in a wedding dress, she wordlessly asked thousands of passersby for their dollars. When she became a singer, songwriter, and musician, she was not afraid to ask her audience to support her as she surfed the crowd (and slept on their couches while touring). And when she left her record label to strike out on her own, she asked her...