Claudie Arseneault
CREATOR
Backed 5 projects in Book Bazaar Summer Bonanza
3 days ago
Project Update: Down to the Wire
What a campaign end we've just had.
It's been a few hours since the clocked ticked down to zero (after several loops of 10-minute-overtime!) and I am still absorbing what happened the last 24-36 hours.
When this week started, BackerTracker, which estimates where your campaign will end, thought we'd be lucky to hit $14,000. Yet here we are, sitting pretty at $15,032 from 372 backers.
We received about 1000 in pledges in that last 12-13 hours alone. You all really showed up for us, pushing the campaign just over the first stretch goal of $15,000, allowing us to raise our contributors pay to 0.08 USD/words and $60 per poems. This is what every Common Bonds contributor has received, so we're thrilled to get there again!
Thank you all so much for this. You are split about 50-50 between people who have repeatedly supported our work and people who are new taking a chance on us, and in both cases, I am so grateful for the trust and excitement.
What comes next?
Well, the team will give itself a little treat, first of all. Then we'll look at completing the editing on these beautiful stories and getting all the digital rewards sent to you. The latter is likely happening towards the end of July.
If you know someone who wanted a copy of any Common Bonds but didn't back in time, we have a small preorder shop open through BackerKit. If you get print copies of CB1 or CB2 here rather than through your local indie, it will be shipped alongside the third at the end of the year.
We intend to close this shop and charge for shipping when the anthology is ready to be printed and shipped. By then we will have its exact size and weight, and will be able to charge as accurate an amount as possible. Until then, we'll keep updating everyone on our progress!
Thank you all again and happy Pride!
It's been a few hours since the clocked ticked down to zero (after several loops of 10-minute-overtime!) and I am still absorbing what happened the last 24-36 hours.
When this week started, BackerTracker, which estimates where your campaign will end, thought we'd be lucky to hit $14,000. Yet here we are, sitting pretty at $15,032 from 372 backers.
We received about 1000 in pledges in that last 12-13 hours alone. You all really showed up for us, pushing the campaign just over the first stretch goal of $15,000, allowing us to raise our contributors pay to 0.08 USD/words and $60 per poems. This is what every Common Bonds contributor has received, so we're thrilled to get there again!
Thank you all so much for this. You are split about 50-50 between people who have repeatedly supported our work and people who are new taking a chance on us, and in both cases, I am so grateful for the trust and excitement.
What comes next?
Well, the team will give itself a little treat, first of all. Then we'll look at completing the editing on these beautiful stories and getting all the digital rewards sent to you. The latter is likely happening towards the end of July.
If you know someone who wanted a copy of any Common Bonds but didn't back in time, we have a small preorder shop open through BackerKit. If you get print copies of CB1 or CB2 here rather than through your local indie, it will be shipped alongside the third at the end of the year.
We intend to close this shop and charge for shipping when the anthology is ready to be printed and shipped. By then we will have its exact size and weight, and will be able to charge as accurate an amount as possible. Until then, we'll keep updating everyone on our progress!
Thank you all again and happy Pride!
Once we hit CA$ 15,000, we will pay our authors 0.08 USD per words for short fiction and a flat $60 USD for poetry.
Goal: C$15,000 reached! — We did it! This project reached this goal!
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