I've just read that I am the happy winner of the TiddlyWiki poster contest, so there should be a new donation of 100$ from there ;) Besides that I have donated an additional 20$ to help a little more, I think this book is an important step for TidllyWiki's growth.
On Wednesday, 31 December 2014 08:13:33 UTC, Eric Shulman wrote: > > Greeting TiddlyFriends! > > I'm pleased to report that, as of December 30th, 2014, the "Inside > TiddlyWiki" IndieGoGo campaign has so far raised a total of $2095 from > 35 individual contributors, and has been visited over 1200 times by people > from 50 different countries. Here is a list of the countries, with the > contribution from each country shown in parentheses: > ----------------------------- > France ($620), Canada ($560), Australia ($130), United States ($120), > Ireland ($100), Mexico ($100), Netherlands ($75), Germany ($70), United > Kingdom ($60), Spain ($60), Switzerland ($60), Russia ($60),Norway ($40), > Denmark ($10), Sweden ($10), Portugal ($10), Belgium ($10), Italy, India, > Taiwan, Bulgaria, Austria, Brazil, Romania, Japan, South Africa, > Philippines, Israel, Slovakia, Albania, Montenegro, Singapore, Latvia, > Azerbaijan, Czech Republic, Finland, Kazakhstan, Poland, New Zealand, > Indonesia, Slovenia, Thailand, Belarus, Argentina, Ukraine, Greece, Nepal, > Korea, Pakistan, Macau > ----------------------------- > > Unfortunately, despite this apparent broad international interest in the > book project, as well as the generous contributions to date, the campaign > has so far raised just 28% of the total $7500 funding goal, and the current > fundraising campaign ENDS ON JANUARY 15TH, 2015, which is slightly more > than two weeks from now. > > Of course, I intend to work on writing "Inside TiddlyWiki" regardless of > the final level of funding achieved by the IndieGoGo campaign. However, > without sufficient funding, my writing efforts will be necessarily > intermittent at best, as I will need to keep my primary focus on other > revenue-producing client work activities to cover my regular monthly > operating expenses. > > In order to ensure that I can devote my undivided attention to writing, > what is needed RIGHT NOW is a strong push to reach at least the 50% funding > mark (i.e., $3750) as quicly as possible, and then hopefully keep up the > momentum to reach 100% funding (or close to it) by the end of the campaign. > > To help encourage immediate additional contributions, I am offering a > special, limited-time AUTOMATIC UPGRADE FOR THE $10 AND $100 PERKS. In > celebration of the 2015 New Year, the following upgraded perks will be > available for all new contributions made this week (through Sunday, January > 4th): > > ALL CONTRIBUTIONS OF $10 OR MORE WILL RECEIVE THE $50 "FRIEND" PERK: > * access to the "Inside TiddlyWiki" discussion group, where you can review > early drafts of book content > * listed in the book credits as a "Friend of Inside TiddlyWiki" > > ALL CONTRIBUTIONS OF $100 OR MORE WILL RECEIVE THE $500 "PARTNER" PERK: > * access to the "Inside TiddlyWiki" discussion group, where you can review > early drafts of book content > * listed in the book credits as a "Partner of Inside TiddlyWiki" > * an autographed, "first edition" PRINTED COPY OF THE FINAL PUBLISHED BOOK > * 4 hours credit toward private TiddlyWiki consulting services > > So... if you haven't contributed already, NOW is the time to visit the > campaign page and make your donation TODAY: > > https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/inside-tiddlywiki-the-missing-manual/x/8816263 > > enjoy, > -e > Eric Shulman > TiddlyTools / ELS Design Studios > "Inside TiddlyWiki: The Missing Manual" > > Professional TiddlyWiki Consulting Services... > Analysis, Design, and Custom Solutions: > http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#Contact > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
