

Weir’s new sci-fi book, “ Artemis,” was funded the old-school way: Before he wrote it, Crown had already agreed to a traditional print book deal.

I can’t just do the thing and hope you give me money. “Ultimately, if I’m going to do this thing, I need you to pay me, and I need that to be guaranteed. “I don’t think you can have an economy where people derive their income solely through donations,” he added. “But if you want to talk about something that’s large, that’s scalable - you couldn’t have something like this for a large company that employs 50 people.” “I think it’s good on the small scale and it helps out people who are doing small-scale things,” Weir said. Speaking with Recode’s managing editor, Edmund Lee, Weir said this accidental act of crowdfunding does not, in fact, represent the future of all media.
