Backerkit Excluded Countries List Updated
11 months ago
– Mon, Apr 22, 2024 at 11:33:19 AM
Hi all!
Backerkit helped me find and fix the problem. I'm not quite sure where the original extremely weird list of excluded countries came from---it doesn't look like something I set up, or like a default list---but I've reduced it down to countries I know I can't ship to right now. The list of excluded countries is now probably too small, but if it turns out I can't manage shipping to someone later, I'll cancel the pledge at that time.
On my end, this appears to also fix the problem with shipping to Puerto Rico.
There was a period of about three minutes while I was fixing this that almost every country was excluded for new surveys; I hope that didn't get anybody!
Thank you for bearing with me, and I hope this is all actually resolved.
Best wishes,
Jenna
Backerkit Surveys
11 months ago
– Sat, Apr 20, 2024 at 04:06:42 PM
Hi all!
Backerkit surveys have gone out to backers to gather addresses and suchlike! Please check your spam folder if you haven't seen yours. While the book is not ready yet, there are a number of digital downloads available once your survey is complete.
A few countries appear to be blocked at Backerkit's end. I'm currently trying to find out whether that's a mistake or not---I know there are some countries it might be currently impossible or illegal to ship to, but I don't believe those include Norway or Switzerland, so odds of a configuration error are high.
if it's an error, it should be fixed soon. I'll let you know!
if it's not an error, but shipping to those countries via my distributor is possible, I'll contact relevant backers individually to resolve the matter.
If I can't resolve the matter, I'll send a refund.
Best wishes,
Jenna
Store Now Open for Late Pledges / Backers Who Can't Use Kickstarter
12 months ago
– Tue, Apr 02, 2024 at 04:00:10 PM
I'd actually planned to put this up for just a week or two, but then I remembered that April 15th is tax day (for me and for most of you, anyway) so I'll be leaving a late pledge option up through April before switching it over to preorders.
... though I think I am going to close stretch goals here.
Thank you again to everybody!!
Best wishes,
Jenna
Project Complete, and Third Stretch Goal Complete!
12 months ago
– Tue, Apr 02, 2024 at 01:51:23 PM
Sunrise over the roofs, by Jenn Manley Lee
Thank you all!!!
(and an extra special thanks to the Dedicated Friend that tossed in a few hundred extra at the literal last minute to make sure that third stretch goal happened!)
If you're interested in the Far Roofs but weren't able to back on kickstarter, I'll be opening up a backerkit store soon with many of the options! This is my first time using backerkit, so please bear with me if it takes a while, or, if I figure it out instantly and wind up messaging you all twice today.
Kickstarter usually takes around 14 days to sort through everything and confirm the final backer list and total. I'll do my best to get the rewards I can send out then---the novels from the $98k stretch goal, digital copies of Glitch from the Glitch add-ons, and everyone's copies of the Flood---as soon as possible after! You can bug me if it doesn't happen this month.
Thank you all one more time! I'm really happy that this did well enough that I can give this book an even better treatment than originally planned.
(Also, wow, 2000 backers! That's an extremely round and fulfilling number. ^_^)
I'll update as things go; for right now, my priority is finishing up the originally planned art, going over PoD proofs for ways to improve the general look, and maybe expanding the index when I'm less aaaaaaaaaah! we did it!!! and can do detail work once again. ^_^
Best wishes,
Jenna
P.S. I gave a couple of podcast interviews recently, on the Far Roofs with MIldra the Monk and on gaming in general over at the Ludogogy podcast; you can check them out if you like!
Fortitude Rat, probably checking out the podcast interviews,by Camille "Karma" O'Leary
Second Stretch Goal Complete! Party Favors for Everybody!
12 months ago
– Sun, Mar 31, 2024 at 04:24:29 PM
by Jenn Manley Lee
We've hit our second stretch goal, and 300%! Thank you all so much!
Accordingly, this means that all backers now get a voucher for an at-cost print-on-demand copy of "the Flood," and, each $50+ pledge now sponsors one community copy of the final digital version! That's around 870 copies so far, and more as we go. I do think they'll get used up at some point even at those numbers, so please enjoy the fact that your $50+ pledge helps one more person out later on!
As a separate bonus, the promo video series is now complete! You can find a master post linking to all of them here!
