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Hello all! The time is nearly here -- the books are off to the printer and the digital downloads are almost ready! Launch date is March 15th!

With that in mind, a few housekeeping notes: There are 8 people left who haven't filled out their surveys. Please do so as soon as possible! If you can't find it or are having trouble finding BackerKit communications, check your spam -- BK communications have been getting sorted into there for a lot of people. Everything will be locked on the 15th.

Keep your eyes open for some extra fun updates in the next few days! 

Hello everyone! $324 CAD has been donated to UNRWA -- I put it off for a bit for a number of reasons, but February is also a slow month for donations overall so I'm a little glad I did. Plus, a lot of resources right now are going towards Minneapolis, which is far from a bad thing, but does mean that Gaza and Palestine as a whole are seeing fewer donations, so our funds are coming at what I suspect is a very good time. 

Surveys are going well with a 77% completion rate. If you are one of the 17 people who has NOT yet filled out your survey, please do so! It gives me crucial information such as shipping address, confirming your add-ons and offering a few additional bonus items. I want to have them all done before the end of the month and I will start hounding you personally in a week or two.

Thanks all! Stay safe, and I'll keep you updated as we roll into production. 

Hello folks! Smoke tests for the survey have been sent out -- please double check your email inboxes (including spam) to check if you're one of the lucky few to have gotten yours. Once the smoke test is done, I'll be able to send out all the surveys and get that taken care of.

Where we're at: Edits for the Revenant's Hymn special edition are almost done, as are the ones for the Singularity. Carrion City will be getting a small update, as will Post-Traumatic Anatomy; the essay for GULA is almost done and I'm just finishing up citations.

I'm also trying to get my SubscribeStar set up this month! So if you're interested in seeing my work on an ongoing basis, I post my essays, reviews, and other articles early here for subscribers, and on my website for everyone.

Some schedule updates: Publication date is now moving to mid-March, with preorders opening for everyone outside of the campaign on Feb 15th. Please keep that in mind and fill out your surveys promptly once you receive them!

Happy New Year everyone! Sorry about the radio silence -- everything hit the ground running this year except my body which went splat. If you're in the US, especially Minnesota, please stay safe. 

Surveys will be going out soon! The result of the poll was that a chunk of the fully-raised amount will be donated to UNRWA (rather than per-tier) and I'll be doing that in the next few days.

I'm also doing some fundraising efforts for the lovely Juniper @coffinfairy on Bsky. Juniper fundraises on a rolling basis to keep her heat and water on, her rent paid and her kids fed; it's tough right now for a single mom and anybody who donates more than $5 gets an e-book of GULA. Obviously you folks are all set on that front - but if there's anyone who missed out and maybe wants to do some good, let them know!

Thank you so much everybody! The Book Bazaar has come to an EXTREMELY triumphant close -- all of us, all 22 projects, have FULLY FUNDED!!

Thank you so much for your support, everybody. Pledge fulfillment and surveys won't be til after the holidays, for the shared reasons of "everybody is busy for the holidays and has plenty to worry about", "don't ever ship something during the holidays if you want it to arrive in one piece", and "I will be briefly out of the country". (Bizarre, that. I'm a homebody normally.)

A reminder as well to vote in the poll (attached below this update!) I need to know for sure where the extra money is going before anything else can get nailed down. So far we're seesawing between two options.

I'll be putting out a call for ARC readers some time in January -- if you have friends who wanted to pledge but couldn't for financial reasons, please let them know! I'll only have physical ARCs available for Canadian readers, sadly, but digital/ebook ARCs will be for anybody. 

Finally, a heads up that while all campaign-related updates will still be coming through BackerKit, I also have a website (elliottdunstan.com) and a SubscribeStar If you're curious about other projects and work, those are both the places to be. 

Cheers!