Patronage (7 P’s of Publishing: 7 of 8)

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This element is perhaps one that writers might think is more applicable in today’s world than it might have been decades ago. They would be right in thinking that, but I’m not just talking about crowd-sourcing from places like Patreon, Kickstarter or other crowd-funding services; that is definitely a part of this. I’m talking about the overall idea of patronage. Of willing consumers.