Is Kickstarter the new way to launch books?

Easy answer? Yes. And no.No, it isn’t actually new.And it didn’t happen overnight. It had a few heavy hitters like Brandon Sanderson to pave the way. But it is becoming one of the best ways I’ve seen in a long time for indie authors to launch their books.The Kickstarter phenomena is intriguing to me, as someone who came from a traditionally published background—with books by HarperCollins,