I wrote up an analysis that explores these sort of Kickstarter "product sales": http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2010/11/the-pros-and-cons-of-using-kickstarter-to-fu

I wrote up an analysis that explores these sort of Kickstarter "product sales": http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2010/11/the-pros-and-cons-of-using-kickstarter-to-fundraise316.html http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2010/11/the-pros-and-cons-of-usin...