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Hi all!
So, I’m about to get the Book Six Kickstarter up and running in the next few days.
For this one, I was thinking of doing a little video.
I may have it be just me talking for a bit. Or I may do something bigger. We’ll see.
I’m looking into some other INCENTIVES/GOALS for this one as they seem to be “all the rage”.
Here’s what I have so far…
Posters
Your choice pin-up
Alternative Endings?
Short stories
Nicodemus Plushes
Daniel/Nicole/Niviene/Arthur/Merlin/ Toys
Everyone gets special edition cover if certain number is reached?
Multiple covers?
Patches
Pins
T-Shirts
Art Nouveau Prints of Dreamland characters
Give away the original paintings to 4-5 people?
Sketchbooks
Blank or With my sketches
Any thoughts?
If we reach our goal…what would you like to see?
I LOVE the Queen’s dress! Pretty. and great job. 🙂
As an avid collector of figurines (and a pretty-darn good sculptor myself) I’d lóve to have a Nicole figure like the run You had for Felicity (got that one) Alex, Nasti. But I don’t know if the economics of another (non)action-figure range would make it viable.
Above all things, a sketchbook in the back of the books, is always a good thing. Art-Nouveau TDLC characters. Yeah.. nice too.
You could start a competition for short stories ,and have the best one published in the back ofthe book, maybe even rendered? (No, nót plugging my own attempt. I will stay out of that comp)
Loose sketches of a number of characters in a “real-life” way, like you did for my Felicity.
Just some things from the top of my head.
Well, sent it in my e-mail earlier, but the big sellers on Kickstarter seem to be virtual items….by a factor of 10 over physical stuff. So .pdfs and e-books, bonus comics and wallpaper packs. I suspect part of this is the person donating wants to collect stuff they can read at their leisure, and part is their desire not to cause more work for the author.
Just my 2 cents.
Nicodemus Plushies… ? A cuddly Nicodemus? I’m all in. Especially since I think it would piss Nic off to be cuddly.
Ugh.. realized what “incentives” were It’s early on this side of the pond 😛
skip the short stories by readers-bit
I’d love the thought of e-books as well. As much as I love the physical books to hold, when it comes to reading them to nieces and nephews something they can’t spill on quite as easy would be wonderful.
‘Nicodemus Plushes’ sound weirdly brilliant!
Other than that the short stories, if about dreamland, would be good too.
and yeah e-books would save a lot on postage.
So where will the King and Queen go from there after their rescue???
What is the best format for digital content?
PDF?
I am a big fan of getting something I can get my hands on. I think more figurines would be cool and look great above by desk. I don’t have a great view so a few figurines breaks it up.
And I think it about time there was a dreamland T shirt range. Something small on the front and a big picture on the ack. Similar to the sketch cards. I would definitely get a rublebottom T shirt. Sketch book covers are still popular with me.
> Nicodemus Plushes
That’s got to be a hit. Sorry for typos, if any, can’t stop laughing.
Now, well, there was a weekend. Thus, predictably, our TWC ranking has dropped. Two days before counter reset.
#3: 14,982
#4: 14,697 <= us
#5: 12,878
Uh oh. Still, keep voting!
Personally, I prefer CBR. It’s an open source format which is ideal for comic reading. It’s basically a .rar archive with lossless PNGs in it – but the right reader can do wonders with it.
Read more on it here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_book_archive
all of the above on the incentives. I would help with the kick starter. I really want to but we are finishing our basement, finally almost done, we have painting new doors and carpeting left. I know it doesn’t sound like a lot but it has taken 3 years to get it that far so money is very tight. If I see you at a con Scott I will definitely buy some of your stuff.
lar uses .pdf if he is sending it to someone
what’s the Best? that’s a loaded question and a matter of opinion…
however, PDF is probably the most popular and accessible to the average person.
The queen’s dress is pretty, sure, but wasn’t she in the middle of adventuring when she and the king got captured? Why would you wear something so impractical on a quest?
From every fantasy book that ive read that includes royalty, they arent about the practical, theyre more about looking dignified and keeping up appearances. Well the ones that were raised as royalty do, Alex likes his shiny armor. 🙂
That little airship has certainly gotten a lot of use over the years… Anyone tried building a Lego version yet?
As much as I LOVE the CBR format, I think PDF is more accepted on tablets and e-readers.
Nick plushies and Dreamland Art Nouveau prints sound great. I also like the idea of Special Edition covers offered to everybody if a certain number is reached, but I think we should have the option to keep a regular cover if we wish. If I am able to get involved in this Kickstarter (which I pray) I’d honestly prefer a regular cover to match my other books.
Ohhh… THAT pirate! 😉
Oh oh! I DEFINITELY want a Nick plush. Also the sketches on the cover. Just make sure you don’t end up overworking yourself with all the incentives. D=
Scott,
I’m in again no matter how you do it. I love the storyline and your fantastic artwork.
Nick plush!!! 🙂 Or a very well done Nick action figure/sculpture.
Concur
Does anyone know how easy or hard it is to make files that are specific to the different e-readers? If it’s a matter of downloading a free application from CNet and letting it run for a n hour, give the people their choice.
I know that if you were to offer Nicodemus plushes, it would disappear into my daughter’s room the moment it arrives and I’ll never see it again. 😉
Me too!!
Scott, we’ll just be so happy to have a copy of the 6th book. Your work is so awesome.
If you decide to do t-shirts, I think Hans knows a place where you can set it up for a pretty good price. I’d love a v-neck type t-shirt of almost any of the characters, but the cover for Chapter 4 would be great. 🙂
Whatever you decide to do, we’ll buy several copies of the book for ourselves and for Christmas presents.
Maxfield Parrish prints of Dreamland!
( I know, I know, we discussed this before.)
Actually, your Nicole meets Felicity fanfic was pretty good. I enjoyed reading it when Scott linked to it, a while back.