First, I'm delighted to say that the final part of the puzzle is in place - Blood In The Margins has arrived!
Blood In The Margins, in the flesh!
I've spent this morning setting up the pledge manager with correct weights for all the items and I've sent it off to review. As soon as that's approved by Backerkit - which they say can take up to 2 days - I'll be able to send surveys out. These will allow you to select any add-ons you might want and provide your shipping address.
Once surveys are out I plan to leave them open for two weeks to give people time to fill them out. I'll send out reminders. Once they close I'll charge for shipping, and then I'll be able to get the physical books out to you.
Thanks again for your support on this project! I'm really excited to put these books in your hands.
Apologies for the delay in updates here! I realise I'm a little later than planned in charging cards for shipping. The short explanation is a combination of two things; firstly a couple of people had emailed me asking to delay it a week or two for financial reasons, and secondly I've had a lot of trouble sourcing my normal postage boxes. I should have updated you on this sooner.
As of today I've finally found a new supplier for postage boxes and they've been ordered. They should be with me this week. Once they arrive I can do the weighing of the packages, input proper postage costs into Backerkit (who have turned that option back on for me after I had initially chosen "Charge Shipping Later" when setting up the pledge manager), and charge cards. That should happen at the beginning of next week at the latest, but if for some reason there's a problem I'll update you.
A quick update for you. Around 95% of you have now completed surveys, which is great, and you should have had a notification that orders have been locked. Because I'm charging shipping after locking orders, I have to wait for Backerkit to flip a switch on the back end to allow me to do that. I've emailed to request that they do it, and it should happen in the next day or two. As soon as I'm able to I'll charge for shipping, and then we'll start getting the books out of the door! I'll also send any outstanding digitial rewards from pledge manager add-ons at that point.
Hi everybody, I hope you're doing well! As of this morning 84% of surveys have been completed, which is fantastic. Getting your responses in makes my job a lot easier, so thank you.
I'll be locking orders in a week's time, at which point I'll be able to get final shipping rates for physical rewards so that I can charge cards and get the books sent out to you. If you haven't filled out your survey yet, please do so. You backed for these rewards and this is the only way to make sure you get them!
This morning I've sent out surveys through Backerkit's pledge manager. Filling this out allows you to give me your shipping address so that I can actually send you your rewards.
The surveys have gone out a little later than I planned after sending the Smoke Test. Backerkit recommends waiting until 50% of the Smoke Test surveys have been completed to flag any errors or issues with the surveys. At the time of writing this update, only 5 people have completed the survey from the smoke test, but I don't want to leave things hanging any longer.
I'm leaving the surveys open for the next two weeks, and then I'll charge cards and start fulfilment some time around the 17th of June. I'll send out reminders once a week, but please try to fill out your survey sooner rather than later so that you can actually get your books! You pledged for these rewards, and completing your order is the only way for you to get them.
