We are thrilled to announce that we reached our goal on Kickstarter late last week! Thanks to each and every one of our backers, “Know Before You Sign on the Dotted Line” was a smashing success. We met our goal of $12,500—with time to spare.

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And if you haven’t pledged yet, there’s still time! Encouraged by the overwhelming generosity and support of our backers, we’re going to reach just a little higher with a “stretch goal” of $14,000. If we meet this new target, we’ll use these extra funds to provide 50 (free!) copies of Understanding Book Publication Contracts to libraries, writers’ groups, and other organizations for their reference collections.

You can help us get there by pledging and spreading the word to your networks. Then, if the stretch goal is met by the time our Kickstarter ends on June 15, we’ll ask our backers to recommend recipients of these complimentary guides via a post-project survey. We’ll tally the responses, and the organizations with the most mentions will receive free copies.

We are working hard to prepare Understanding Book Publication Contracts for release by the end of this year, and it’s inspiring to know that we have the financial resources to realize our vision of a beautifully-designed, high-quality guidebook that will benefit authors.

We will continue to post updates as work on the Guide progresses through the summer and fall.