Liner Note 19: Kickstarter Wrap-up

Mirrored from the latest entry in Daron's Guitar Chronicles.

I’ve been promising a lot of people a wrap-up of how my Kickstarter went and what conclusions I draw from it. I decided to post it here on the DGC site instead of the main blog on ceciliatan.com because later when I’m looking for this, this is where I’ll think to find it.

I ran this (successful) Kickstarter to raise the funds to produce a paperback omnibus of the first 200 chapters of my online serial, Daron’s Guitar Chronicles.

The short version for those not interested in the nitty gritty:

1.Yes, I would do it again, and probably will.
2. The majority of the backers seem to be people I already know.
3. I’m glad I didn’t set a higher dollar goal.
4. Running a campaign is time-consuming, so I’m glad I wasn’t on the road.

Total backers 122, total raised $3,386 (goal was $2,750).

Now on to the details on how it went, publicity, spreadsheets, math, planning, et cetera:

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