What is Itchfunding?
“Itchfunding” is an alternative to crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter or Backerkit — a more flexible alternative that’s less stressful for creators. There’s no hard endpoint for a campaign, or a risk that the funding will fail. The campaign remains open until funding goals are met — and the ebook remains in development until then, too.
What am I funding, exactly?
In traditional crowdfunding, you fund a final product. With Itchfunding, you fund the development and progress of the Field Guide, instead — though if you fund the ebook, you’ll get a PDF of the final release version of the Guide (assuming I ever call the Guide “finished!”)
The Field Guide is in active development. When you purchase it, you get what’s called the Ashcan Version — the latest available version — and any updates in the future. Your payment(s) goes toward improving the ebook with more text content and art. This development version is offered at a discount; expect the final version to retail for $15-20 when it’s released.
What are funding goals?
They’re kind of like Stretch Goals for a Kickstarter. After each funding goal gets hit, I’ll write the text or commission the art in question, and update the PDF. I’ll add more funding goals as the current ones are met, and as I get a better sense for what the ebook needs.
What about Community Copies?
I want people to be able to read the Field Guide no matter what! If you can’t afford to contribute, please feel free to get a Community Copy. The one thing I ask if you do is, if you end up liking the Field Guide, that you leave a rating and maybe a comment on here, to help build my visibility!
