Kickback deal for the Better World Book kickstarter

Shawn Klassen-Koop wrote:Not too late to add yourself to the list!

S Smithsson wrote:Darn it, I sent the link out yesterday and then see this today.  

:)
Sandy

Shawn Klassen-Koop wrote:

S Smithsson wrote:Darn it, I sent the link out yesterday and then see this today.  

:)
Sandy

I think the internet allows you to send more than one email in 30 days :)

Shawn Klassen-Koop wrote:David, there is no easy way. We just have to log into the dashboard and look through it all.

I can see that you have brought in 3 backers so far.

Maybe once our initial todo list is done we can do a few updates in here for those who are interested.

Shawn Klassen-Koop wrote:Hey David, I just checked and you're at 10 backers!

Amanda, you're sitting at 6!

Anyone else want to know where they're at?

Andrew Shindyapin wrote:I would like a link, please.

luxuriant environmentalism


Non-political solutions to global problems.  Live a more luxuriant life, save money and REALLY make a difference in solving global problems. Environmentalism without sacrifice.

Over the last 15 months, my friend Shawn and I wrote a book!   We are flooded with information about global problems, but the solutions are typically political or ineffective.  It seems that the only solutions presented are where somebody profits - and most of those solutions turn out to actually make the problems worse.  

So Shawn and I documented the footprint for each person and detailed REAL solutions that each person can do that makes a REAL difference.  We condensed thousands of pages of information into a dense,  illustrated 200 pages.  All without politics or being angry at bad guys.  

We have the full table of contents and sample pages on our kickstarter page:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paulwheaton/better-world-book?ref=bsih5y


A quick rundown on the goodies you get at the $10 backer level:

 - Permaculture Playing Cards eBook (4 gift codes)
 - Care and Feeding of a Rocket Mass Heater (4 gift codes)
 - Rocket Ovens Cooking Microdoc (4 gift codes)
 - Hugelkultur Microdoc (4 gift codes)
 - 21 Podcast Review of Sepp Holzer’s Permaculture
 - Cool Public Thanks
 - Permaculture Experience eBook (gift code)
 - Build a Cob Style Rocket Mass Heater DVD (Stream) (4 gift codes)
 - Build the Giant Solar Dehydrator (81 min stream) (4 gift codes)
 - 5 Hour Video Tour of Wheaton Labs (4 gift codes)
 - Access to the Secret Inner Circle Forum
 - 2 eBook Gift Codes for the Book

Four copies of the full rocket mass heater DVD.  One for you and three to hand out.  Plus two copies of the final book.  And heaps and heaps of other stuff.  All for ten bucks.  We are hopeful that we take the world by storm with HUGE interest in this book!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paulwheaton/better-world-book?ref=bsih5y

So far, people have ordered over 5000 books!  With a bit of work and a lot of luck, we hope to finish the kickstarter with over 50,000 pre-orders!

In the last three months, we have shared preview transcripts with a handful of people and they are writing their reviews here:

https://permies.com/w/109851

And since our kickstarter was funded in three hours, we have come up with a list of stretch goals to help entice folks into further support!

  - add 100 doodles throughout the book
  - a book from Raven Ranson about edible cleaners
  - paul and shawn will sign some books and a big PARTY!
  - a gift code for the World Domination Gardening 3-DVD set
  - Michael Judd's book "Edible Landscaping with a Permaculture Twist"
  - audio book

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paulwheaton/better-world-book?ref=bsih5y

If nothing else, please pop out and have a look at our funky video, the table of contents and the kind words of our supporters!

For those of you that have mailing lists and networks of your own, we are offering a kickback program:

https://permies.com/t/kickback

Shawn Klassen-Koop wrote:


There are still three weeks to go. What are some other ways we can get the word out?

David Huang wrote:

Shawn Klassen-Koop wrote:For other ways to get the word out, I don't know if Paul has gotten an email or contacted in some way by either Adam Taggart or Chris Martenson from Peak Prosperity.com.  I know after I posted about the book over there and suggested that having Paul as a guest on their "Featured Voices" podcast they were interested and said they'd try to contact him.

I just searched my email for "Taggart" or "Martenson" - zilch.

My post on John Michael Greer's website ecosophia.net did get interest from him personally, offering to give a publicity blurb for the book.  

paul wheaton wrote:

My post on John Michael Greer's website ecosophia.net did get interest from him personally, offering to give a publicity blurb for the book.  

Do you have some contact info?

David Huang wrote:Also, I don't know if you got my purple moosage.  Again, I expect you are snowed under with other things.  My post on John Michael Greer's website ecosophia.net did get interest from him personally, offering to give a publicity blurb for the book.

Shawn Klassen-Koop wrote:

David Huang wrote:Also, I don't know if you got my purple moosage.  Again, I expect you are snowed under with other things.  My post on John Michael Greer's website ecosophia.net did get interest from him personally, offering to give a publicity blurb for the book.

I did get your mooseage! Sorry that I have not responded yet! I was meaning to talk to Paul about this yesterday but our meeting was faced with some scheduling difficulties.

Shawn Klassen-Koop wrote:

pj smith: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paulwheaton/better-world-book?ref=8te39x