What is "inkshares"

Inkshares is a hybrid publishing company based in Oakland, CA. Inkshares publishes books based on a crowdfunding model. Readers decided which books are published by pre-ordering. Once a book crosses one of the publishing thresholds (250 pre-orders - light publishing tier or 750 pre-orders - full funding tier) then it moves into production. The fully funded tier gets the full works of editing, design, printing, distribution, and marketing of the book. The light publishing receives light edits, no marketing, design or distribution (sometimes seen as one step above self-publishing).As of May 2016, Inkshares has 94 funded titles with 35 books currently available now in stores and online.