Alexander Pope financed his Homer translations via subscription campaign. An 18th century precursor to Kickstarter?
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@StephenMarche Didn't Pope make a fortune from it?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@StephenMarche Well options were 1) patron [which Johnson also didn't like] and 2) subscription or 3) low advances; subscription looks good2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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@StephenMarche Not to overdraw the subscription/kickstarter parallels. But there is similarity.
9:18 AM - 29 Jan 2013
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