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Hi everyone!
Project Tasman's BackerKit campaign has officially ended. Technically it's been done since Friday night, but admittedly I needed a few days of emotional break before I wrote this post up. To say that running this campaign was a tiring, albeit fulfilling, experience, would be an understatement.
I want to begin by taking a moment to thank everyone who helped get eyes on the Project Tasman campaign. Whether you pledged yourself, shared the campaign with others, or whatever you did in order to help me out, I'm incredibly grateful for you. A little over ten years ago, I released my first book (a book of short stories released under my deadname). The book got zero preorders. Hell, it didn't even get its first order until a month and a half after release. There were multiple literal years where I sold few enough copies of my book(s) that I could count the sales on one hand. To go from that a decade ago to having a crowdfunding campaign that's fully funded within the first ten hours is surreal.
For those who backed the project, I have surveys like 90% ready to go at this point to send out to you all. That said, I do have one question out to BackerKit support. Additionally, they recommend I wait 14 days after end of pledges to send the surveys, so as to allow anyone whose payment failed time to correct. So, that means I will be aiming to get the surveys out on or around September 18th. It's a few days later than I planned, but not too bad. Most items that I need are already ordered, so that slight delay shouldn't delay shipping much, if at all. I do intend to ship rewards during the month of October. Since the main release of Project Tasman isn't until November 11th, that means most (if not all) backers should get their copies of the book before the general public release! The sooner you can get your survey completed after those go out, the better, but I do plan to keep them open until early October.
Additionally, for those of you who are able to come to one of the two following events, I will offer local pickup of your rewards at the following book events that I have planned in October. Please note that if you are planning for local pickup, I do need your survey completed in advance of the event. While this shouldn't be a big deal with timing, it is critical so that I bring everything I need.
- October 10th (1-3pm Eastern): Grounds for Thought, Bowling Green, Ohio
- October 24th (11am-1pm Eastern): The Learned Owl Bookshop, Hudson, Ohio
I'll have more updates when surveys go out. Until then though, I just want to thank everyone for supporting this book. Time to prep for release now, it seems.
Project Tasman's BackerKit campaign has officially ended. Technically it's been done since Friday night, but admittedly I needed a few days of emotional break before I wrote this post up. To say that running this campaign was a tiring, albeit fulfilling, experience, would be an understatement.
I want to begin by taking a moment to thank everyone who helped get eyes on the Project Tasman campaign. Whether you pledged yourself, shared the campaign with others, or whatever you did in order to help me out, I'm incredibly grateful for you. A little over ten years ago, I released my first book (a book of short stories released under my deadname). The book got zero preorders. Hell, it didn't even get its first order until a month and a half after release. There were multiple literal years where I sold few enough copies of my book(s) that I could count the sales on one hand. To go from that a decade ago to having a crowdfunding campaign that's fully funded within the first ten hours is surreal.
For those who backed the project, I have surveys like 90% ready to go at this point to send out to you all. That said, I do have one question out to BackerKit support. Additionally, they recommend I wait 14 days after end of pledges to send the surveys, so as to allow anyone whose payment failed time to correct. So, that means I will be aiming to get the surveys out on or around September 18th. It's a few days later than I planned, but not too bad. Most items that I need are already ordered, so that slight delay shouldn't delay shipping much, if at all. I do intend to ship rewards during the month of October. Since the main release of Project Tasman isn't until November 11th, that means most (if not all) backers should get their copies of the book before the general public release! The sooner you can get your survey completed after those go out, the better, but I do plan to keep them open until early October.
Additionally, for those of you who are able to come to one of the two following events, I will offer local pickup of your rewards at the following book events that I have planned in October. Please note that if you are planning for local pickup, I do need your survey completed in advance of the event. While this shouldn't be a big deal with timing, it is critical so that I bring everything I need.
- October 10th (1-3pm Eastern): Grounds for Thought, Bowling Green, Ohio
- October 24th (11am-1pm Eastern): The Learned Owl Bookshop, Hudson, Ohio
I'll have more updates when surveys go out. Until then though, I just want to thank everyone for supporting this book. Time to prep for release now, it seems.
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