Thread: *Completed!* The Lucid Dreamer's Guide to the Cosmos

Originally Posted by DanielLove

Hi all,

I wanted to run an idea past you all.
As we've quite a large financial mountain to climb, I've been considering adding a luxury pledge tier to the campaign.

I was wondering what your thoughts are on the following offering. Obviously tailored to a potential wealthy backer:

For a pledge of £5000

*Hero*

As the hero of the campaign you'll receive:

* A one-of-a-kind HANDWRITTEN luxury hardback edition of the first book.

* 10 Signed Hardbacks for gifts.

* You'll choose the dedication for the first book (or have it dedicated to yourself!). It could be a wonderful opportunity for a romantic gesture, or perhaps even a proposal!?

* All future e-books.

* Dinner with the author - If locations and distance allow, Daniel will travel to meet you for dinner, discussion and to present you with your reward. Please contact Daniel prior to pledging if you are
outside of the EU, to discuss options and/or alternatives.

What do you all think, does the reward match the pledge?
Any thoughts on this are welcome!

Also, if you have other ideas on potential other rewards, let me know!

Instead of just a few more prizes, why not allow your hero to be an actual investor, and offer a percentage of the gross?

Those prizes, after all, don't really line up with the significance of the hero's cash, I think. If their donation is going to make or break the imitation of your life's work, the donor's heroism should mean a lot more to you than just a slightly larger pile of free stuff and a meal, right? Hmm ... Maybe if you hand-write that copy of the book in your own blood...

Originally Posted by Sageous

Instead of just a few more prizes, why not allow your hero to be an actual investor, and offer a percentage of the gross?

Those prizes, after all, don't really line up with the significance of the hero's cash, I think. If their donation is going to make or break the imitation of your life's work, the donor's heroism should mean a lot more to you than just a slightly larger pile of free stuff and a meal, right? Hmm ... Maybe if you hand-write that copy of the book in your own blood...

It's a good idea Sageous, but it wouldn't really suit the nature of the project. The problem is, that if everything goes to plan, there will be no real profit to speak of, as the point of the books is largely to raise funds to invest in research, not only my own, but to also donate to others who are in need of financial backing for their research into the field. I want to essentially create a self sustaining ecosystem of sorts.

The alternative or an additional option reward option is to offer a company the chance to sponsor the project.

Originally Posted by DanielLove

The alternative or an additional reward option is to offer a company the chance to sponsor the project.

If this is allowed by Kickstarter, perhaps this could bring in some significant funds! It could be some combination of a page in the book (or portion of the back cover) with their message and a link to their website plus perhaps advertising on the project website. The advertising levels could be tiered to allow some smaller businesses or websites to participate along with maybe some larger corporate sponsor who may really only care about a "competitively priced" block of advertising.

Originally Posted by Sageous

Hmm ... Maybe if you hand-write that copy of the book in your own blood...

doppelplus lol