$150k Met! An Apology, and a New Stretch Goal Unlocked!
over 1 year ago – Tue, Nov 08, 2022 at 12:03:28 AM

Hey all, Bryce here! First of all, I want to apologize for not announcing the $150k Stretch Goal before we hit it. The campaign is growing quickly even almost a week in, and the team was promised most of the weekend to themselves, so we weren't going to make them scramble to drop everything in and ruin their R&R.

That being said, THANK YOU ALL FOR HELPING US HIT $150k, and we have a neat little new unlock for you:

As of today, all "Signed Original Paperbacks" will be "Signed Custom Paperbacks"! 

What does that mean exactly? It means that instead of the Amazon print-on-demand original paperback, everyone who backed at the "Signed Hardcover & Paperback" or above (and/or added the signed paperback as an add-on) will be getting a custom, brand new paperback exclusive to this print run. It's cover and interior will be an adaptation of the Special Edition's (without the fancy bells and whistles like embossing and gilding and the like) and you'll only be able to gaurentee getting it here on the campaign.

But what about a slipcase?

We want to let you know that we hear you on the slipcase! We know you want it! However, due to the cost of production of this Special Edition and the more-accessible price point, we regret to say that we have absolutely zero way of adding the slipcase even as an optional add-on at $150k. To guarentee that they wouldn't cost us a huge amount of money, we would have to charge almost as much for the case as the book at the moment (between $40 and $50 USD), which obviously isn't fair to you guys.

We are, however, discussing it as an add-on if we can hit the $250k mark, when we'll have more backers and a better sense of how many cases we could comfortably bet on getting ordered as add-ons! So don't give up hope yet!

For now, though, I hope the custom paperback is exciting to many of you, and we will continue to keep an eye on the comments for thoughts and feedback moving forward with this campaing and future ones!

Cheers!

-Bryce O'Connor

Six-Figure Milestone in less than 24 hours!
over 1 year ago – Wed, Nov 02, 2022 at 08:31:57 PM

Y'all are simply incredible! 

In less than 24 hours we've blown past all of our initial stretch goals and crossed the $100k mark! We've got a lot of work ahead of us, but we wanted to take a second to thank everyone for helping us reach this incredible milestone.

A Thousand Backer Thank You from M.L. Wang!
over 1 year ago – Wed, Nov 02, 2022 at 03:12:01 PM

Over 1,000 backers! Simply incredible! M.L. Wang and Sulu want to extend their thanks as well. Each and every single one of you helped to make this day absolutely monumental! 

$65k! What a morning!
over 1 year ago – Wed, Nov 02, 2022 at 12:25:22 PM

Howdy all!

Phew, what a morning!

We're hard at work getting caught up on all your comments and messages now. After that, we'll get another stretch goal or two added to the list so we can keep up with all the love and support you're putting into The Sword of Kaigen.

Thanks so much for one hell of a start!

We funded in less than 5 minutes.
over 1 year ago – Tue, Nov 01, 2022 at 05:04:08 PM

And hit our first stretch goal in less than 10.

Y'all are absolutely blowing our minds over here! Thank you so much for helping us bring The Sword of Kaigen to life in hardcover!

We still have plenty of stretch goals ahead of us so let's get 'em and make this book even more incredible!