The first batch of surveys are on their way!
about 1 year ago – Wed, Sep 06, 2023 at 06:27:01 AM

Good Morning Everyone!

We're just about ready to start sending out surveys, but the last piece of that process is what's called a smoke test. To do this, we send out surveys to about 5% of backers to make sure everything in Backerkit is working as it should and that we haven't broken anything. We'll be conducting this test over the next 24-48 hours. If everything goes well, you can expect the rest of the surveys to go out by the end of this week at the latest.

While we do that, here are a couple of things to keep in mind:

• Spam Folder: Survey emails can occasionally find their way to your spam folder. Once we announce that all surveys have gone out, if you don't see anything come through from Backerkit check your spam folder first.
• Apple ID Email Addresses: If the email address tied to your Kickstarter account is a secure Apple ID address, the survey email may be blocked entirely. The email addresses look something like this:  "[email protected]". Again, once all surveys go out, if you're not seeing the email from Backerkit, check to see if your email looks like one of these. If it does, we recommend that you first change that email in Kickstarter so you avoid any future issues. Once you have done that send us a message here or send an email to [email protected] to let us know what your updated email address is.

For those of you in the Lettered Edition tier...

We will now begin processing your refunds. We expect that will take a couple of days to work through. Once we have taken care of yours, we will send you a message here on Kickstarter to let you know.

You can also expect to get a survey link from Backerkit as we still need to collect your shipping addresses. 

A Special Art Update!
about 1 year ago – Sun, Sep 03, 2023 at 08:40:39 PM

Hi everyone!

We're writing to you from DragonCon in Atlanta, GA tonight! We came to this convention with a very special mission. Justin Gerard, who worked on the art for this book only did so with traditional pencil and paper. That means that each of the art pieces in the books also has a corresponding physical original. We're here at DragonCon to pick those up from him!

Pretty awesome on all counts, but it got better! We were fortunate enough to have Travis meet us to pick them up!

New art! Wrapping the illustrations! And another NYT Bestseller's Kickstarter announcement!
about 1 year ago – Mon, Aug 28, 2023 at 05:57:27 AM

First off! Some new art for you! Viv's adventure didn't start off easy, did it? 

We are currently rapidly working on wrapping all the necessary art and illustrations needed for the project, and they're coming along! You will hopefully now start seeing bi-monthly updates on progress, even if very little is going on! We just like to keep everyone appraised and aware that we are always on top of our stuff!

'Paths of Sona' is a HELL of a good-looking book!

New York Times Bestselling author Richard A. Knaak brings a banger of a new read, and we set out not to disappoint with its design! 

Even at $35 Paths of Sona will be one of our best-looking works so far, and we can't wait to share it!

Check it out, and sign up for a launch notification!

That's a wrap! With an incredible $218,000!
about 1 year ago – Wed, Aug 23, 2023 at 06:52:45 AM

Hey Everyone!

It's been an incredible 22 days with y'all, and we could not be more floored at the final results of the campaign! More than $218,000 dollars! Thank you so much for sticking with us!

NEXT STEPS

Now with the campaign done, here is what you can expect in the coming weeks and months.

• First, Kickstarter will process all of your payments. That will take approximately 15 days.
• Once the payments have been processed, we will send out surveys to the email addresses you have attached to your Kickstarter account.
• Answer your survey questions and grab any extra Add-Ons you want. We will process charges for Backerkit Add-Ons a couple of days after the surveys go out.
• As we get all of the products made, you can expect to see an update from us at least twice a month.  Some of these may be big and exciting while others may be just a quick check-in. But regardless, stay tuned here for the latest!
• Once we have the products and are ready to start fulfillment, we will post an update and send an email giving everyone 48 hours to update their addresses if needed. Once that window closes, you will not be able to update your address yourself and will need to contact us directly to make those changes.
• With addresses locked, we will start packing and shipping. This final step will take some time. We appreciate your patience. ❤️
  

Please be aware that the times mentioned above are estimates. We try to stick to them as much as possible but sometimes it takes an extra day or two to move on to the next phase of the process.

$200k! 24 hours to go! New Amity art reveal!
about 1 year ago – Tue, Aug 22, 2023 at 05:28:47 AM

Another illustration! And one more daaaaay!!

We did it! We got that final illustration in the bag, for a full 12 hand-drawn illustrations included in the book! We couldn't be happier about that, and we're so, so grateful to all of you who have pledged and helped make this happen so far!

In that spirit, check out this Amity illustration Justin has done for us!

Thank you all again, and we'll see you on the other side of the campaign!!