SKIP Book Kickstarter

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There's about 1400 people backing the kickstarter for less than $65.  And most of those are at the $10 level.  I have a small hope that about  50 people will raise their backer level this morning and BAM!  We hit the next stretch goal.  And then we repeat that about a dozen times!

Yesterday was our best day in a rather long while

http://kicktraq.com/projects/paulwheaton/skip-0/#chart-daily

Okay, I just upped my pledge to $65. I was holding out at the 2 physical books level, because that's all I wanted; one for myself and one for a giveaway on my blog. I don't want to mess with eBooks, nor six physical copies plus shipping, so I opted for the $65 level with no reward. Supporting the project is the most important thing here, and I'm happy to do that! Permies does so much for everyone, it's worthy of our best support.

                 $111,365!

                 $112,086!

Mind blowing... this entire thing is a bit mind blowing!

paul wheaton wrote:Yesterday was our best day in a rather long while

http://kicktraq.com/projects/paulwheaton/skip-0/#chart-daily

I especially like the trending feature. It's nice to know what you might be looking at.
Are these usually accurate or fairly close?

My limited experience with it is that it's a wild guess  

Early on in the kickstarter it predicted over $300K.  My guess is that if we achieve another stretch goal or two the "sprint to the finish" will only get stronger.  At least that's what I'm telling myself...

Thanks for your support, this has been a wild ride!

I don't want to sound greedy but what is the treat for for 115000?  Just curious

Someone cancelled their order, dropping us just below $112,000.  But we just bounced back above so I'm going to say:



                 $112,020!

Saralee Couchoud wrote:I don't want to sound greedy but what is the treat for for 115000?  Just curious

I could tell you but wouldn't that spoil the surprise?

Let's play a game.  It's an ebook.  And the author lives on an island.  Can you guess?  More clues as we get closer.....  

Rules:

You only get one guess before the goal is announced

At that point everyone learns the right answer

The earliest correct guess wins!  

I like that! What a great idea to get everyone excited

Thanks, you gave me the idea  I think this will be really fun!  I added some rules above....

Mike Haasl wrote:Hi Jerry, your missive is delightful.  I'll focus on the SKIP part of your post.

There are a couple ways to avoid the expensive shipping.  One way is to only back at the $15 level to get the eBook.  The other way is to back at the $65 level or higher and select US Virgin Islands as your location.  Then you need to only select electronic goodies when we send you a survey after the kickstarter.  By doing that you don't have to pay any shipping.

We realize you live in Canada but for purposes of activating the "Free shipping for Electronic Goodies" approach you have to tell kickstarter you're in the Virgin Islands.  

Is that relatively clear?  Thanks for backing!!!

Mike:

I was typing about the problems I was having; hopefully that did not get posted. When I reread my 'message' I saw something, went back into the Kickstarter link and was able to increase my support from $25 USD + $25 USD shipping to $65USD with no shipping. At that minute it showed as $80.02 CDN. Apparently the exchange rate moved in my favour since my initial support. I'll take the chance that the exchange rate will not move too much by May 2.

In addition to budget restrictions I was only looking for the 'benefits' of the $45 USD level. I do not need you to include my name in any of the books.

I will want to review the 18 e-books and let you know if there are some that I won't be needing. How would I do that; when would I need to do that; and how would I let you know if there are e-books that could be 'given' to others?

Thank you so much for helping me support what I think is a worthy cause.
Sincerely
Jerry Beattie

This is fun. Thanks

Hi JK, once the kickstarter is over, we'll be able to send all the backers a survey (think of it like an order form).  When you get that you can select ebooks vs physical, how many you want to go to the Knights who say Free, what your actual address is and other details.  

I just realized (thanks to a note from a lovely lady) that the $115k stretch goal was announced on the Kickstarter page but wasn't posted here yet.  So here it is:

That sounds fantastic. I would really like to have that. Maybe we can play the game for the 120000 stretch goal?

Now for the $120k stretch goal...  What is it?  I wonder?  Hmm, let's play a guessing game......  Same rules as above (1 guess, more hints as we approach 115k, we won't confirm the answer until it's officially announced, first answer wins)

Hint #1:  Helen

I love games

I can't find the email with the list of stretch goals.
I see one on here, but it has a brown (not easiest to read) background.
I'd love to have a plain text form to send out.
Thanks!

Hint #2 Agrarian

Jubilee Fly wrote:I can't find the email with the list of stretch goals.
I see one on here, but it has a brown (not easiest to read) background.
I'd love to have a plain text form to send out.
Thanks!

Is this it?  If you hit the "Quote" button at the upper right of this post you can get it into a format that is pretty easy to copy/paste.

 - Sepp Holzer's movie "Desert or Paradise" ($10 value)
 - David Pagan Butler's movie "Make a Natural Swimming Pool" ($15 value)
 - Ben Peterson's "Wood Gasifier Builder’s Bible" as an eBook ($29 value)
 - Mike Oehler's "$50 and Up Underground House Book" as an eBook ($10 value)
 - All 117 hours of the video from Permaculture Voices 1, 2 and 3 ($99 value)
 - Tony Wrench's eBook "A Simple Roundhouse Manual" ($20 value)
 - Leigh Tate's eBook "5 acres and a Dream - the Book" ($10 value)
 - Green Planet Films movie “Abundance on Dry Land” ($10 value)  
 - Michael Judd's webinar "Water Harvesting and Soil Building" ($45 value)
 - Living Woods Magazine - all 55 issues ($35 value)
 - Robert Kourik's eBook "Roots Demystified" ($12 value)
 - Best of Mother Earth News 2018 - 196 pages ($10 value)    
 - World Domination Gardening 3-movie set ($28 value)
 - 20 backers get their likeness worked into the illustrations (infinite value)
 - Lynn Gillespie’s eBook “High Performance Gardening” ($29 value)
 - Erica Wisner’s Greenhouse Rocket Mass Heater plans ($20 value)
 - Justin Rhodes’ movie “Permaculture Chickens” ($29 value)

This is a total value of $405 of bonus goodies!

And, in addition to that, several of the $65 and up people will get event tickets:

 - 6 tickets to the 2021 SKIP event ($1250 value)
 - 6 tickets to the 2021 Permaculture Technology Jamboree ($1650 value)
 - 6 tickets to the 2021 Rocket Mass Heater Jamboree ($1650 value)

If one person got a ticket to each of the three events it would be worth $4550. See the kickstarter FAQ for details on who gets the tickets.

Look at that stack of goodies...ok ok I'll up my backing

I thought it might be good to update this!

15k Sepp Holzer's "Desert or Paradise" movie    
20k David Pagan Butler's "Natural Swimming Pools" movie  
25k Ben Peterson's "Wood Gasifier Builders Bible" eBook    
30k Mike Oehler's "The $50 and Up Underground House" eBook    
35k tickets to the 2021 SKIP event at Wheaton Labs  
40k All of the Video from Permaculture Voices 1, 2 and 3    
45k Tony Wrench's "A Simple Roundhouse Manual" eBook
50k Leigh Tate's "5 acres and a Dream the Book" eBook
55k Green planet films “Abundance on Dry Land” documentary
60k Tickets to 2021 Permaculture Technology Jamboree (PTJ) at Wheaton Labs
65k Michael Judd “Water Harvesting and Soil Building” Webinar ( live webinar so we don't have a link to post)
70k Living Woods Magazine - all 55 issues
75k Robert Kourik's "Roots Demystified" eBook
80k Best of "Mother Earth News" Magazine 2018   47 articles
85k Paul Wheaton's "World Domination Gardening" 3 movie set - 1 gift code
90k tickets to the 2021 Rocket Mass Heater Jamboree at Wheaton Labs
95k 20 backers get their likeness worked into the illustrations!
100k Lynn Gillespie's “High Performance Gardening” eBook
105K  Erica Wisner's Greenhouse Rocket Mass Heater plans
110k Justin Rhodes' Permaculture Chickens movie
 

And, if we hit $115,000, everyone at the $65 level will get...

Kate Downham’s A Year in an Off-Grid Kitchen ebook!

Mike Haasl wrote:Hint #1 Helen

Mike Haasl wrote:Hint #2 Agrarian

Hmmmm, who's a Helen that's an agrarian? She must be really good at growing food. I almost wonder if maybe she's a master at it...

Nicole Alderman wrote:

Mike Haasl wrote:Hint #1 Helen

Mike Haasl wrote:Hint #2 Agrarian

Hmmmm, who's a Helen that's an agrarian? She must be really good at growing food. I almost wonder if maybe she's a master at it...

Could it be Helen Nearing?

Hint #1 Helen
Hint #2 Agrarian

Which of Helen Atthowe's eBooks will be available?
I've been watching the goddess of the soil and Master Gardner share her knowledge in the PDC online (streaming) videos.

Leigh Tate wrote:Okay, I just upped my pledge to $65. I was holding out at the 2 physical books level, because that's all I wanted; one for myself and one for a giveaway on my blog. I don't want to mess with eBooks, nor six physical copies plus shipping, so I opted for the $65 level with no reward. Supporting the project is the most important thing here, and I'm happy to do that! Permies does so much for everyone, it's worthy of our best support.

Hi Leigh,
Just checking in on your reward level?  Did you change your level to support with no reward?

Did you know, you can change your reward level to $65 and set the shipping location to Virgin Islands (and pay $0 in shipping if you only want digital stuff) or your location (and get only two books if you want).  You can give the extra books to a group of volunteers that will share them (knights who say free) or give away the codes on your blog. Those details will be sorted out during the "backer survey" after the Kickstarter closes.

I want you to get the rewards you want without getting overwhelmed by all the goodies.

Mike Haasl wrote:My limited experience with it is that it's a wild guess  

Early on in the kickstarter it predicted over $300K.  My guess is that if we achieve another stretch goal or two the "sprint to the finish" will only get stronger.  At least that's what I'm telling myself...

Thanks for your support, this has been a wild ride!

Ahh, so it's just projecting support over the life dependent on the supports so far. Yeah, that's only close to accurate toward the end.
To bad. With the kickstarters you have done you have a wealth of data. To bad they can't make good use of that.

Opalyn Rose wrote:

Leigh Tate wrote:Okay, I just upped my pledge to $65. I was holding out at the 2 physical books level, because that's all I wanted; one for myself and one for a giveaway on my blog. I don't want to mess with eBooks, nor six physical copies plus shipping, so I opted for the $65 level with no reward. Supporting the project is the most important thing here, and I'm happy to do that! Permies does so much for everyone, it's worthy of our best support.

Hi Leigh,
Just checking in on your reward level?  Did you change your level to support with no reward?

Did you know, you can change your reward level to $65 and set the shipping location to Virgin Islands (and pay $0 in shipping if you only want digital stuff) or your location (and get only two books if you want).  You can give the extra books to a group of volunteers that will share them (knights who say free) or give away the codes on your blog. Those details will be sorted out during the "backer survey" after the Kickstarter closes.

I want you to get the rewards you want without getting overwhelmed by all the goodies.

Thanks Opalyn! I appreciate that. I would like two physical books. And I'm guessing there will be a huge demand for the eBooks. I'll take another look at it.

Yikes! I just noticed kickstarter is counting down in hours now-- just

71 hours left to go!

I just changed the amount of days in the big announcement at the top of the forum. WOW, there was some scary-looking code used to make it look good. Hopefully I didn't break it by changing the number!

                 $113,000!

I just upped my pledge by $4 to get us to $113,000.

Did I just fuck up?  Can someone confirm or deny that I just sent an update to EVERYBODY that's backed the kickstarter and the message title was "You are at the $25 backer level"?

Mike Haasl wrote:Did I just fuck up?  Can someone confirm or deny that I just sent an update to EVERYBODY that's backed the kickstarter and the message title was "You are at the $25 backer level"?

I did just get that message and had to check to see that in fact I am still at the higher level.  So I'd say, probably lots of people just got that.