Hello hello, faithful followers of Paradise Lust! 👼✨
We come bearing news of great joy to all those awaiting our backer PDF! Here it is, for you all: a couple months ahead of ...
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Book of Shadows Editorial Team
2 months ago
PARADISE LUST PDF dropping soon! Photos, previews, and more!
Hello hello, faithful followers of Paradise Lust!
We hope you’ve had a wonderful start to your 2023, and thank you so much for both your patience for news on our development! W...
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Book of Shadows Editorial Team
5 months ago
Special Thanks Submission Window EXTENDED! Jan 14th – FINAL DUE DATE
Hello hello, everyone!
Your editors here with a quick, near-end-of-year update for all our faithful followers! 👼 Production continues despite business of the season and editori...
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Book of Shadows Editorial Team
5 months ago
December Update: Special Thanks name submission form OPEN until Jan 1st, 2024! Production Continues!
Hello hello, fine backers of Paradise Lust!
We're happy to say that a month after our campaign ended and two weeks after our funding has disbursed, production is clicking righ...
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Book of Shadows Editorial Team
6 months ago
Post-funding breakdown! 👼✨ What's next?!
Hello hello, fine and fabulous backers to Paradise Lust!
We took the weekend to rest and revel in our funding success; thank you to everyone who backed this campaign and helped...
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Book of Shadows Editorial Team
6 months ago
LAST 12 HOURS! Contributor Interview: Mikoto!
Hello hello, faithful followers!
This is it: the last day and last contributor update we have before the campaign's end TONIGHT at 11:59PM PT! We've been able to break goal wit...
Hello hello, faithful followers of Paradise Lust! 👼✨
We come bearing news of great joy to all those awaiting our backer PDF! Here it is, for you all: a couple months ahead of the book's physical arrival, and before we open the Backerkit backer surveys. As a head's up: for those that pledged for a Buffomet PDF in addition to the Paradise Lust PDF, we'll have those disbursed once we send out the official Backerkit surveys, which will encompass your entire pledge and any possible add-ons.
We're entering into the nitty gritty of getting physical books in your hands, now that internal design is finally complete, and even at this stage we're extremely proud of how the book has turned out. We hope you as our backers enjoy it just as much, and once again we thank you for both your support and patience.
Find the download link and the file access password in the backers-only content section of this update, and we hope you enjoy as we start a new month!
We hope you’ve had a wonderful start to your 2023, and thank you so much for both your patience for news on our development! We’ve had a busy winter-turning-springtime over here in between our full time jobs as freelancers and work on the interior development of Paradise Lust, so we thank you for your understanding.
We have exciting news for you: The Digital PDF for Paradise Lust (AND the Buffomet PDF, for those of you who added it to your pledge) will debut to backers before the end of March, so get ready to see those sexy PDFs in your backers-only update notifications! The latter half of this month (unless technical issues arise) will be dedicated book production, with book shipments beginning in April.
As a preview for you: take a peek at how these gorgeous pieces are being framed so far …
And one more treat: our PATCHES OF PRAYER have landed and they are gorgeous!
Just look at that sparkling gold thread!
We’ll have limited numbers of the patches available as post-campaign add-ons once we open up the Backerkit fulfillment survey, so keep your eyes peeled for those. Wooden standees and posters will be ordered once the books are on their way and we know how many to order – just in case folks want to add on a little something special with their book orders. 😇✨
Thank you again, everyone! We’ll check back in soon with news and good tidings of great joy in the form of your PDFs. We wish you a prosperous week, and thank you again for your support!
Your editors here with a quick, near-end-of-year update for all our faithful followers! 👼 Production continues despite business of the season and editorial workloads; we're about 50% complete with the book and its initial design and proofing process, so we'll be thrilled going into the new year working whole angelic hog on this beautiful book.
Since as of writing we only have 140 names submitted for the special thanks section out of our 500+ backers (and our proofing window aligns with when we'd need names by), we've extended the window for folks to submit their custom entries to January 14th. Please fill these out ASAP to guarantee yourself a custom special thanks name in the back of the book (find the link to do so in our backers-only section/link below this update).
Have a wonderful end to your 2023, and may 2024 bring you all sorts of bountiful blessings! 😇✨💦
We're happy to say that a month after our campaign ended and two weeks after our funding has disbursed, production is clicking right along. Contributors have been paid, side swag is in development, and the book is coming together and about to enter the main legs of production. Once again, thank you for your patience as we close out 2023 amidst end-of-year deadlines and holidays, and we hope our supporters are having a heavenly December.
Below the backers-only cut is the form to submit the desired name you’d like to see in the book! Since we would like to have our books in the production line before possible end-of-year delays in January/February, this name submission form will remain open until January 1st, 2024 12AM PT.
If you do not submit a custom entry, we will use the name that was associated with your initial BackerKit account/name listed, so this is your chance to customize it before we hit print!
We'll send out one more two-day reminder on December 29th before the survey closes, but the sooner it's filled out the better.
As a free-for-all-preview, check out how gorgeous Iris Jay's patches of prayer have turned out in a photo preview from our manufacturer!
Check out that shiny gold thread! Oh my!
Backers, find the exclusive link in your backers-only content section, and we'll be back soon with more preview photos, production updates, and more! Thank you again, and stay blessed! 👼✨
Best, Iris Jay, Nero Villagallos O'Reilly, and Hye Mardikian
Hello hello, fine and fabulous backers to Paradise Lust!
We took the weekend to rest and revel in our funding success; thank you to everyone who backed this campaign and helped close us out at a wonderful $26,281.06!
No matter if this is your first time backing a Book of Shadows book or you're a return from Buffomet, we're thrilled to have you along for the ride with us as we dive into this phase of bookmaking. We know Paradise Lust is gonna knock some socks off, so here's to our production going smoothly as possible!
Before we get into timeline discussion, we do ask that you ensure your payment methods are updated and/or accurate. We currently have about 25 pledges that have stalled and/or are not charged, and you have until November 30th/December 1st to update these methods before your pledge is dropped completely and you lose your ability to claim your rewards!
Now, onto the fun stuff: production!
Our prospective schedule is as follows:
December: prepress/final design production of the book, as well as campaign swag production. Since we'll receive our Backerkit funds around the first half of December, this'll be the stage in which we ensure our files are submitted correctly and the rest of Paradise Lust's interior design is wrapped up. Our campaign swag is also very nearly ready for production (save for some final artwork touchups and formatting for each items' appropriate manufacturers), so expect to see some hopeful proofing news around the latter half of December (and maybe even some physical reward photos)! This is also when we'll be sending out the survey to take down how you'd like your name to be listed in the Special Thanks section of the book, so please be on the lookout for that backer-only update for a link to the exclusive survey!
January: book printing/physical production! For as many copies as we're getting, it'll take about three weeks for the books to be printed, bound, and packaged to get ready for their overseas shipment. Not a whole lot happening during this time, but we hope to have them on a boat before February begins.
February: set sail for Washington! This month will mostly be transportation of the books from our printer overseas to our fulfillment partners White Squirrel. It takes usually around 3-4 weeks for books to land, depending on dock traffic, and then there's always a possible wait to see how long it'll take to get shipped from port to the PNW itself. This is also most likely when we'll begin releasing fulfillment surveys and charging for shipping, so be on the lookout for those emails!
Middle/late March and April: fulfillment (hopefully) begins! While White Squirrel might receive items later than expected depending on shipping scheduling and reward tier organization, this is when we hope to see packages being sent out from White Squirrel!
That's all we have for now! We'll keep you posted if anything should arise or if shifts happen to our schedules, but for now kick back, relax, and know that you helped fund an amazing book and made sure some amazing artists are paid by a congregation of crowdfunding.
This is it: the last day and last contributor update we have before the campaign's end TONIGHT at 11:59PM PT! We've been able to break goal with some spare change in tow, but can we break our first stretch goal of $27,000 to guarantee our artists a bonus? Only time will tell!
Be sure to update your reward tiers if you needed anything changed to your pledge before the campaign ends this evening!
Our socials, should you like to spread the word before Paradise Lust's crew ascends back into the heavens:
And that's all for now! We'll be back tomorrow afternoon post-midnight closeout with the final word of how much we raised, what our timeline will look like, and more!
Since you've already gotten an update today alongside CW Foxfaer's interview, we'll keep this one short and sweet: tonight, Paradise Lust's campaign hit its base funding goal of $24,000, and the book is officially on for production!
Thank you all again for your support and enthusiasm about this installment in the Book of Shadows series. Just like our contributors, this series wouldn't exist without you, and we're so so excited to show you its final printed version.
For now: onwards and upwards into ✨Stretch Goals!✨ Both Baphbino and his new friend [M E A T A T R O N] have the initial goal list covered for us...
As you can see, at $27,000 we'll be able to give all 40+ contributors to the series a well-deserved raise! After that, it's crimson page gilding at $30,000, and after that? More for our contributing artists; they were the angels that helped fill this holy horny tome, after all!
We'll see you all in the coming days and our final contributor interview, and thank you again for your support! 👼💦
This is it, the home stretch – we have only ~3 days until we end on November 17th at 11:59 PM PT to hit our base funding goal of $24,000! It looks like we'll definitely hit target before then, but the sooner we reach that goal, the better: because that's more money for both our contributors and any possible book upgrades!
We'll probably post another small update once we do hit base funding, because there's a lot happening in these next ~72 hours! Thank you all again for your support so far, and helping us get to where we are now; we couldn't do it without such a heavenly host. 👼✨
Our socials, should you want to spread the good word:
We're at one week to go with a couple more thousand needed towards our base goal of $24,000! You have until NEXT FRIDAY at 11:59PM PT to reserve your copy of Paradise Lust, as well as secure our base funding so we can get our artists paid and books printed!
If you want to help us spread the word (and even check out chief content editor Nero Villagallos O'Reilly discuss our reasoning behind incorporating royalty payments to our contributors), don't forget to check out our socials below:
And that's all we have for now! We'll be back soon with further campaign news and more contributor interviews until the end, so for now: continue being your angelic selves for backing Paradise Lust in the first place! 👼✨
Hello hello, heavenly patrons and horny parishioners!
We're in our third week now with just about 10 days left on the funding clock before we end on November 17th at 11:59PM PT!We're just short of $3,200 before our initial funding goal of $24,000. If you've been holding off on pledging, now's the time to seal the deal so we can bring our book home and ensure our contributors are paid as much as possible!
Looking to promo or share around that sweet slice of heaven with your friends? Family? Followers? Fellow believers far and wide? Check out our socials down here:
With our weekly status report out of the way, it's time for another Tuesday Contributor interview! Give it up for Adam Green: also known as ✨🦷Glittertooth!🦷✨
We're back at it again with another bi-weekly campaign update: we've finally crossed that coveted $20,000 milestone, leaving us with only $4,000 left to raise before we end on Friday, November 17th at 11:59PM PT!
If we can get ~100 pledges for the physical book's base tier, we'll see ourselves funded in no time! Thank you again to everyone who's pledged their support and helped lift us towards the heaven that is our base funding goal: we and the contributors wouldn't be here without you.
Our socials, should you want to help spread the good word:
As we rev up our campaign for its last two weeks (of which will end on November 17th at 12PM PT), we have another interview from contributor and third holy ghost of the editorial team: Iris Jay!
We'll be back Tuesday with another contributor interview and more news from the campaign! Maybe even news of us hitting goal? We'll see what the divine has planned for us 👁🔥👁🔥👁
With a new month quickly on the horizon, we're entering into the second half of Paradise Lust's crowdfunding campaign with about two and a half weeks to! We've made wonderful progress this past week, jumping all the way to 76% funded: a whopping $18.5k, and only ~$5.5k left to fundraise towards our base funding goal of $24,000! Fun fact: that's less than 140 people needed to back at our basic physical tier level for us to score funding 👀👀👀
Thank you all again for your help spreading the campaign around: we truly can't do this without your help, thanks to the fluctuation of social media out there! If you do want to follow us on our socials and preach the good word, remember you can find us on:
With our crowdfunding recap out of the way, it's time for the week's first new contributor interview to go live: Nero Villagallos O'Reilly: chief content editor of the BOOK OF SHADOWS series, and erotica comics/illustration maestro!
We're entering into our second weekend with Paradise Lust, and we've seen a phenomenal amount of support from you in these past couple of days! We've managed to lift ourselves towards heaven that much more, leaving only ~$6.6k left to go until our base funding of $24,000, and selling out of almost ALL of our available BUFFOMET books!
We have plenty of time left on the clock, but helping us fund now ensures we're able to get the biggest bonuses for our creators possible – along with some snazzy book grades later on. Thank you to everyone who's pledged their support of these these past 10 days; we couldn't do this without you!
For now, onto our new Friday interview! Let's talk with contributor Bassenji: author and artist behind an incredible double-page spread you'll find in Paradise Lust's pages!
We're officially done with our first week of fundraising, and what excellent numbers these seven days have gotten us to with your support! 200+ backers, over 2/3rds of our original BUFFOMET books claimed, and nearly halfway to our goal of $24,000! We genuinely can't thank you for all the progress we've made so far, and here's to us funding as high as heaven will let us. 👼✨
To kick off our start to week 2, we have another contributor interview: FERROVORE! Check out what they had to say down below!
Aaaaaaaand that's all for now, folks! Thanks again for sharing us around, we'll see you with more interviews and campaign updates, and have a #blessed week! 👼✨
