People use crowdfunding to find the money to complete various types of creative projects using such sites as Indiegogo and Kickstarter. It’s not new that authors have been turning to crowdfunding to help publish their books, including the site Wattpad offering its own new crowdfunding platform. But there may be mixed feelings about an article from The New York Times that reports how several indie bookstores have turned to crowdfunding in order to stay in business. It’s no secret that indie bookstores have been struggling to stay in business. Big bookstores such as Barnes and Noble and the now defunct Borders hit smaller independent bookstores hard during their big boom. When Amazon hit it big with its low prices and deep inventory, indie bookstores…