Hi everyone! I'm happy to announce that the last of the packages have been dropped off at Fedex or the post office! Most of those who pledged in the USA have gotten their reward...
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5 months ago
Fulfillment Starts This Weekend!
Hi everyone! The books got delayed in customs, but they should be arriving today or tomorrow! Yay! That means that fulfillment will start this weekend. You should have gotten an...
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Jemma Young Studios
6 months ago
Survey Update!
Hi everyone!
I was a little late charging cards after locking your orders due to the fact that I wanted to triple check the laws regarding state sales tax. I'm glad I did, bec...
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Jemma Young Studios
7 months ago
Printing Complete! Digital Rewards Information!
Hi everyone! I've heard back from my printer and the books have been completed! They sent me some photos of the final product and it looks like the gold foil turned out prett...
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7 months ago
Test Surveys Sent!
Hi everyone! I just wanted to send a little update out letting you know that the survey is pretty much ready to go and test surveys have been sent out! The test survey went out ...
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Campaign Complete! Survey Info~!
Hi everyone! The campaign is over and we hit our $8,500 stretch goal so the book will now have gold foil on the cover! I am really excited about this and I'm working on editing ...
Hi everyone! I'm happy to announce that the last of the packages have been dropped off at Fedex or the post office! Most of those who pledged in the USA have gotten their rewards already. International shipments went out this week and should arrive in the next few weeks. Everyone should have gotten a tracking number emailed to them when they shipped.
If you haven't filled out your survey, please do it ASAP so I can get your reward shipped to you!
If you have any problems with your shipment, please feel free to send me a message and I'll see how I can help out!
Thank you so much for your pledge and support! I am really excited for 2024 and you can look forward to even more comics and art in the upcoming year!
Hi everyone! The books got delayed in customs, but they should be arriving today or tomorrow! Yay! That means that fulfillment will start this weekend. You should have gotten an email alert to update your shipping address within the next 2 days if you've moved. After 48 hours all shipping addresses will lock as I will be printing out shipping labels so I can send out your rewards.
Currently my plan is to get most of the rewards packaged and ready to ship this weekend so they go out on Monday, but it could take upwards of a week to get them all out. You will get an email notifying when your package ships and will include tracking information. Many of you in the United States should get your reward by Christmas.
If you run into any problems updating your shipping address or have any questions, please let me know! Thanks for your support!
I was a little late charging cards after locking your orders due to the fact that I wanted to triple check the laws regarding state sales tax. I'm glad I did, because I had done it wrong! I had thought I needed to charge sales tax for all orders in the United States, however I only needed to charge it for those in the state of Utah. So I removed all unnecessary sales tax before charging your cards, so many of you will notice that the final cost was lower than when you filled out the survey. As for those in the state of Utah, sorry, that sales tax had to stay cause that's where my business is registered.
Now that cards are charged, you'll be able to access your digital downloads by logging into your Backerkit account. If your card was declined, no worries, you can update your payment information in the upcoming weeks. Backerkit should automatically send you an email to update your payment if your card was declined.
Fulfillment Update: The books are shipped and right now the shipper is estimating a delivery of early December. I'm planning to get everything ready so once I get those books I'm ready to start fulfillment. Delays are possible as it is close to the Christmas season, so I'll let you know if the timeline changes.
Hi everyone! I've heard back from my printer and the books have been completed! They sent me some photos of the final product and it looks like the gold foil turned out pretty good! (SO. MUCH. FOIL.)
These books are currently scheduled to ship out in the next few days if all goes well on the shipper's end and they should arrive early December. I'll let you know if there are any delays.
Digital Rewards With the books complete, I have finalized all digital files for fulfillment. I will be locking all the surveys and charging cards for shipping and add-ons in the next three days. You'll get a notice to finalize your survey and make any changes you need to. After surveys lock and cards are charged, you'll be able to access your digital downloads.
Moving Soon? If you are moving soon and need to update your shipping address, you'll still be able to access your survey and update your address any time until physical fulfillment begins. I'll send out a notification several days before I lock shipping addresses. If you need help getting access to your survey, please feel free to reach out to me!
Hi everyone! I just wanted to send a little update out letting you know that the survey is pretty much ready to go and test surveys have been sent out! The test survey went out to a small number of you first, that way I can make sure everything is running how it should before I send it out to everyone. So if you've gotten your survey in your inbox, be sure to fill it out soon and let me know if you run into any problems! All surveys should be sent out to everyone by the end of the week.
Book Update: I'm happy to say that the final files for the book are into the printer and they are currently being manufactured. Printing usually takes about 2 week and then they will being their voyage across the ocean to my house! I'm really excited for how the book is looking so far and I'm excited to have the final product in my hands!
If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please feel free to reach out to me via email at jemmayoung.studios (at) gmail.com or contact me on my Discord.
Hi everyone! The campaign is over and we hit our $8,500 stretch goal so the book will now have gold foil on the cover! I am really excited about this and I'm working on editing the design files to add this extra upgrade!
Now that the campaign is over, Backerkit will be charging cards on file. Backerkit has a 2 week period where it will be collecting funds and allow backers to update and fix any payment problems. After those two weeks, I'll be getting those funds to pay for the books! At that point, I will be sending out the surveys where you will fill out your shipping information and pay for shipping and tax and add-on any extra goodies you might want. This survey will also be how you get your digital rewards. You'll also be able to let me know any extra details I might need to fulfill your reward such as what bookmark design you might want or which characters you want drawn on your bookplate or as a sketch. I'll be giving you a heads up for when this survey will go live, but it should hit your inbox early October.
Right now I'm getting ready for Salt Lake FanX, which is next week. If you're planning on attending I'll be at booth 640. After that, I'll finish all edits on the book and submit final files for print October 6th.
During this time, I'll also be doing a mini campaign for this book over on Kickstarter. Back when I was first planning on doing this campaign I set it up on Kickstarter and had a prelaunch page up and going. Unfortunately, I couldn't remove the prelaunch page after I decided to move to Backerkit. As such, there's a number of people who missed out on the campaign because they expected it to launch on Kickstarter. So I'm doing a short 10 day campaign on Kickstarter from September 18th-28th for anyone who missed out on the Backerkit campaign. Any stretch goals bonuses reached on Kickstarter will be added to all Backerkit rewards, so stretch goals will be cumulative!
Thank you all so so much for your support on this project! This would not be happening without you and I am so grateful for your enthusiasm for my work. I have some really exciting things coming down the pipeline and I can't wait to share them with you!
Hi everyone! We have unlocked our second stretch goal, which will add a free sticker to all physical rewards! The vote on which sticker design this will be will finish in about a day. So if you haven't put in your vote, be sure to do it soon!
For our next stretch goal, it will be to add gold foil to the cover. We still have a few days left of the campaign, so reaching this goal is still very possible. I am really excited about this one, because this particular book design is great for foil. Here's a little preview of the front and back cover. My hope is to get all the gold part as foil, including around the flowers. The final design may vary from this, but this should give you a good idea of what you can expect from the book!
Thank you guy so much for your support! Be sure to share out the campaign so we can reach this stretch goal by the end of Friday! -Jemma
Hi everyone! We've reached our first stretch goal and we are working on our second! Our second stretch goal will be a free sticker for anyone who pledges a physical reward. I have several stickers designs that could be that stretch goal and I don't know which one to pick. So I've decided to let you, the backers, choose which one should be the stretch goal! I'll be adding a poll shortly where backers will be able to cast their vote! So head over to the Backerkit page before the 12th to help determine which design will be the stretch goal reward!
Also, be sure to share the campaign on social media! Your help is needed to make this campaign as successful as possible. Thank you so much for your support! -Jemma
Hi everyone! It's day 4 of the campaign and we have reached our funding goal! Thank you everyone who has pledged to the campaign so far! This project would not be happening without you!
Now that we've reached our funding goal, we are now working towards stretch goals! Our first stretch goal is a book upgrade! With this stretch goal I will be adding 8 more pages to the book, which includes extra artwork and a bonus comic by Margret Bradley who does the webcomic Dragonmage. With it only being day 4 of the campaign, I'm feeling very positive that we will hit this stretch goal.
I also wanted to let you know that I got the printed proof for Book 4 in the mail! For those who don't know what a proof is, it's basically a test print of whatever you're printing to check for any alignment, color, typographical, or other mistakes that you might have missed. Getting a physical proof as opposed to just a digital one can be a bit pricy, but I've found it's incredibly helpful to spot mistakes!
Here's some photos of the physical proof!
The book is looking great so far and I've been meticulously going through each page to catch any mistakes that need fixing - many of which I wouldn't have noticed just looking at a proof on a screen. I am very proud of how it's turning out so far and I think you'll all like it!
My goal is to fix all the mistakes and have the final files in to the printer before the campaign ends. That way I can go right to print as soon as the campaign is over.
If you haven't had the chance yet, please share the campaign on social media and with friends so we can hit those stretch goals and make the book even more awesome! Thanks again for your support!
Eldair has been running online for over 10 years now on a lot of different platforms, so there's a lot of places people have found Eldair! How did you discover Eldair for the first time? I'd love to hear your story!
