Kickstarter Rewards

I’d like to see a bundle of the books.

Good quality PDF bundle of the books at reasonable price for those who don’t have money for the print ones / doesn’t want physical goods / doesn’t want to deal with unreliable post/customs.

All I really want is an Artist Edition of the book as I love getting the sketch. :x

That said, I might buy prints. I’d love to see a print with all four of the Satellites given that they debut in this book (if I remember correctly). An exclusive to kickstarter print may help drum up support by people who would rather just wait for it to show up in your store.

Stretch goals are always exciting. I’m not sure what you would reasonably be able to afford as you don’t want them too far apart. Extra pages might be good. Kickstart for the smallest book you would like to create and then create goals to add more pages when you are able to get the pages cheaper due to bulk. If you can afford to throw in prints, that could be fun. Or make it hardcover. Brom added five prints and upgraded the binding in his kickstarter. (However he also pulled in $235k and it going to have the sorest hand ever signing all those books…) A second book of art – sketches, character designs, or whatever, could be cool. Be careful not to give out too much stuff for as free editions. It is hard to reach stretch goals when no one has a reason to increase their pledge.

I like adds-on, but that seems like they may confuse some people, so you would need to have a good FAQ and a straight forward list of add-ons. The extras like buttons, charms and posters would make nice add-ons. Add-ons work well because they are you aren’t sending things like buttons and charms to people like me who guilty end up tossing them. And add-ons drum up more money for stretch goals or just to get you to the finish line if you are having trouble. Most of the kickstarters I’ve participated in did not have the adds-ons when they initially launched, so you could launch it and see how it goes before adding them.

Thanks! Good stuff!

Why not both? You’re not restricted in the amount of reward levels..

Though arguably for PDFs it makes little sense to offer just one – UNLESS there was a way to buy previous ones before. Offering just the new books makes most sense for people who already have the old ones.

I invite you to take a good look at a very successful comic book Kickstarter I’m a proud backer of: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/twokinds/twokinds-book-printing-drive/

They had tons of reward levels, and many higher-level physical rewards were complemented with PDFs. There are two reasons for that. First, everyone gets the book at the same time, physical reward backers don’t feel left out. And second, for archival purposes, ebook/tablet reading, etc. PDFs make sense even if you own the paper book.

Also, note that the digital-only levels were quite competitively priced – only $20 for 2 volumes and side comics. Digital-only bundles in the end accounted for 40% of the backers, so you’ll be reaching to a wider audience.

Also that Kickstarter may give you an idea of what kind of swag / reward combos people would love to have. I’m not saying all those recipes will work for you, but it’s something to consider.