Patronage 3.0: Create-on-Demand

I am a few days away from fully re-launching 1889 Books in its 3.0 form, a large part of which is ditching downloadable PDFs in favour of something a little bit cooler. Doing that isn’t a business decision, but it got me thinking about my business. Or lack thereof.  And a big part of where my mind is going is the issue of patronage, and perhaps switching my model on its head.

Here’s the theory: on the 1889 Books site, there’d be a list of “potential titles”.  These are books that I’d LIKE to pro