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Another personal datapoint — I wrote a book and funded it on Kickstarter as well (similarly named: Hello Web App) and mine was 12 months delayed. Producing a bo
by limedaring 11y ago
Another personal datapoint — I wrote a book and funded it on Kickstarter as well (similarly named: Hello Web App) and mine was 12 months delayed. Producing a book was definitely way harder than I anticipated, esp. as I am used to the fast-turnaround times of producing something for the web. Additionally, printing alone took two months which was surprising.
- pavlov 11y agoDeleted my comment to which you'd replied because I shouldn't be talking about something I know nothing about.
- code_chimp 11y agoI'm not sure what the deleted post was about, but as a backer of both yours and Linda's projects there is quite a bit of difference. You did an excellent job communicating with us exactly what was going on, and why delays were happening. At the end of the campaign I received exactly what I paid for - not some excuse why I was paying an extra $20 to receive it only a month before everyone else can get it on Amazon much cheaper. I never questioned for a second my purchase of "Hello Web App", but the little girl that I bought "Hello Ruby" for is going to be almost too old for the book finally being delivered.
- limedaring 11y agoI'm really happy to hear that! The 12 month delay really made me feel terrible, and I got a lot of (justified) emails asking me what was up and why I hadn't delivered yet. I'm actually considering a Kickstarter campaign for the next book (not announced yet, shh) but this time I'm not running the campaign until the first draft is actually completed, so I can actually have reasonable launch dates. :) Thanks for being a backer!