It's a bit of a moving target. 1) becuase the pag...

2009-01-12T12:49:25.360-05:00

It's a bit of a moving target. 1) becuase the page count has not been finalized, the current early draft is around 145 pages. Page count affects, obviously, the printing cost per book; and 2) the number of volunteers who have significantly contributed to the project now stands at around 57 people (I may be counting a few people twice, just a quick estimate). I want to provide copies of the book to all of them, and IDEALLY provide a second copy of the book to an independent gaming, comic, or book store of their choice. Thus, lets say 114 copies of the book plus shipping costs... the book (guessing here) costs $6 to print. It weighs under 2lbs, thus the is estimated to be $2.58/book mailed in the US. So we are looking at $8.58 per book I send out (estimated)... ~$489 to cover the costs for the volunteer/author copies; and the same again to send the book out to as many FLGS stores as I would like.

So far, I've received about $190 in individual donations; and another $100 (promised, but not yet received) in advertising sponsorships. So, while I am very thankful for what I have received thus far, we are still about $200 away from covering the costs of the volunteer's copies. In time, I think I'll be able to hit it - otherwise I'll just depend on the sales (hopefully) of the book to cover these costs.

That's great news on the sponsor front. I was begi...

2009-01-12T11:27:54.332-05:00

That's great news on the sponsor front. I was beginning to get worried that we would not make our goal. About how close are we to our target number now?

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