Hey bookies!
Shout out to Anonymous Flamingo #1542365 for being such a helpful friend to everybody! Thanks Flamingo. :)
 


1. Please ensure your payment went through. 

We charged cards last week and 70+ payments failed. You were notified via email if your payment had issues. You were only charged for your pledge, it did not include shipping. 

Turns out that were hasty when we said we would send out surveys by today (Tuesday the 19th). We are sorry for the change! The survey will be sent out the following Tuesday the 26th.  As a reminder, please respond to the survey promptly and attentively as it confirms all kinds of important information about your pledge.  

A reminder that the survey will: 

·       Allow you to select your desired Travelbook(s)

·       Allow you to add additional items (Travelbooks, Bookwallets, Fancy Notecards, Fancy Pen, Extra Notebook/Pen, Sticker, etc.)

·       Confirm your address

·       Charge you for shipping 

   

We just got the latest confirmation that production will take 2 months & shipping will take two months. If this estimate stays true, we will receive the goods here in Portland OR in late November. We will easily be able to ship all orders within 2 weeks. Just remember that international logistics are fragile, and that there could be complications that push the delivery into January. Just please mentally prepare for that because it is a possibility. 

In terms of shipping to you, particularly for international orders, selecting a courier is a balancing act. For example, there may be a slightly cheaper courier (yay) that takes up to 45 days to deliver (boo) … We are persisting in marrying quality, price, and time. Please note that but prices have gone up over the last two years. We are estimating that international shipping will cost from $16 - $20. Domestic shipping is looking like $11 - $13 via UPS. Please also note that estimate will be slightly higher if you ordered more than 3 Travelbooks.

4. Other Stuff

-The pre order store will be live by Friday, so if you know of anyone that may have missed the project, they can still order a Travelbook and join the partayy. 

-For clarification, these are the final 23 Travelbook designs that you can select from when you receive the survey next week.

 | Alice in Wonderland Lewis Carroll 1865
 | Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery 1908
 | Botany All the Year Round by E. F. Andrews 1903
 | Dante's Inferno by Dante Alighieri 1320
 | Dracula by Bram Stoker 1897
 | Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 1818
 | Grimm’s Fairy Tales by Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm 1812
 | Iliad by Homer 8th Century BC
 | Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë 1847 (Forest Green)
 | Le Fantôme de l'Opéra by Gaston Leroux 1910
 | Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 1868 (Crimson Red)
 | Odyssey by Homer 8th Century BC
 | Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie 1911
 | Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen 1813
 | Robin Hood & His Merry Men by Howard Pyle 1883
 | Tales From Shakespeare 1807
 | The Adventures Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle 1892
 | The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe 1884 edition
 | The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 1925
 | The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter 1902
 | Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne & E. H. Shepard 1926
 | Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë 1847
 | The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 1943

-If you would like to add one of the original miniature bookwallets to your order, you can do that via the survey that we send you. The options will be the same as the ones currently available on the website. (check here novelbookstore.co).

-FYI when we refer to the bookwallet, we are refferring to the original miniature bookwallet. When we refer to the Travelbook, it is the larger/latest passport/notebook wallet.


Please ask any questions, together we can do this exciting thing!
Thank you dearest friends
-Novel Team

My dear Tourists, Amalgamators, Adventurers, Wayfarers, Excursionists, Bibliomaniacs & Savants:

I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

 
(Side note: We hope to get the hobbit next year as a bookwallet/travelbook!)

30 days later here we are. I am truly thrilled. You are the best people!  I think fondly of you for your support of us and for your love of books and traveling.



1. The final 22
2. The survey and pledge manager
3. The pre order store


1. Per the popular vote, the two designs that were voted out were Poems of Cabin & Field & the Navy Blue Jane Eyre. It was close between Navy Blue Jane & Robin Hood, but in the interest of the diversity of selection, we favored Robin Hood.

2. We are planning to send the surveys out this coming Tuesday the 19th. Please attentively responsd to the survey as it confirms all kinds of important information about your pledge.  As always, we love questions, there are no stupid ones, lets hear 'em!

3. If you or a friend missed out on the project! Do not worry, we will have a pre order store up & running tomorrow. :)

THANK YOU! We cannot wait for you to experience the magic of these delightful companions.

Talk Soon!
-Novel Travelbook Team

Here we are with a week to go! A hearty welcome to all the new friends joining us!

1. Poll Explanation
2. Social Media Boost! (Last Update Cont.)
3. New Pledge Level!


1. Poll Explanation
 So we decided to unlock all of the designs. AND we can produce all of them EXCEPT FOR the bottom two titles. There are 24 options, BUT only 22 will survive the cut. So we need to get your vote. Which title are you MOST excited for? Answer the poll now please. 

We did not reach our intial goals, but that is alright. :) We will still have a good time and bring you these beauties. Ultimately, we want you to be happy and excited, and so we think that popular demand is the best way to choose which 22 make the cut. So please answer the above poll. :) The two titles with the least votes will be dropped from selection.

2. Social Media Boost! (Last Update Cont.)
To keep growing the project until its final moments, I had some ideas that I detailed in the last update. In case you missed them, they are here below! We have made slight progress, thanks to everyone who has contributed so far! (No news from the publicity yet...)

IDEA # 1 - TO UNLOCK FANCY PEN OPTION

 -Email VegNews & MentalFloss asking them to write an article about our project! [email protected] | [email protected]

-Use the template below.
-Our Goal is for them to write articles about the project! IF even one organization does... then we will find a fountain style pen, compatable with the Travelbooks. YAY! That would be SO EPIC. Both organizations covered our last project and it was SO helpful.
-Please add your own flair to the email! The more differentiation in our attempts, the more effective and personal they will be. :)

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Hello my name is [     ]

I am a part of the community that is bringing an exciting project to life.
The project is Novel Travelbooks: Passport-Notebook Wallets Disguised As Antique Books.
 https://www.backerkit.com/c/westley-coleman/novel-bookwallets-2-0. 

Thank you so much
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[email protected]

[email protected]

IDEA # 2- TO UNLOCK STATIONERY ITEMS

-Please make a thoughtful comment & tag 3 friends on each of the below links! If you do not have these platforms post or share our project on the ones you do! :) If we get atleast 200 comments on each link we will release the Stationery Items for Add-on.

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRdYrJrU/?k=1

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CezFY3dFiMI/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CfaSOWYJ3Cu/




3. New Pledge Level!
Hey everybody! We are introducing a NEW pledge level that will include One Travelbook & One Bookwallet! (We are still finalizing the details. You will still be able to select bookwallets for add-on after the campaign in the pledge manager. We just thought this would be a sweet idea). We will finalize this next week! If you dont already know, our first crowdfunding project was for the bookwallet, which is essentially a minimalist version of the Travelbook. Some of you may be interested in getting a matching bookwallet for your Travelbook... just imagine...

More to come!

Thanks for your engagement and support. :)
-Travelbook Team

1. Lets Unlock Iliad.
2. MY IDEAS! How to Unlock Stationery & Fancy Pen Option! 

 -Email VegNews & MentalFloss asking them to write an article about our project! [email protected] | [email protected]

-Use the template below.
-Our Goal is for them to write articles about the project! If even one organization does... then we will find a fountain style pen, compatable with the Travelbooks. YAY! That would be SO EPIC. Both organizations covered our last project and it was SO helpful.
-Please add your own flair to the email! The more differentiation in our attempts, the more effective and personal they will be. :) 

[email protected]

[email protected]


Hello my name is [     ]

I am a part of the community that is bringing an exciting project to life.
The project is Novel Travelbooks: Passport-Notebook Wallets Disguised As Antique Books.
 https://www.backerkit.com/c/westley-coleman/novel-bookwallets-2-0. 

Thank you so much 
 

-Please make a thoughtful comment & tag 3 friends on each of the below links! If you do not have these platforms post or share our project on the ones you do! :) If we get atleast 200 comments on each link we will release the Stationery Items for Add-on.

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRdYrJrU/?k=1

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CezFY3dFiMI/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CfaSOWYJ3Cu/


THANK YOU my bookfriends,
We appreciate you so much! More to come on this.
Cheeers! 

Hey sagacious friends, 

1. Thank you for joining the project & bringing us to where we are.
We are thrilled to have you! Please continue to share this project. 


2. Pride is unlocked. Yes. Peacocks.


3. The first to find all the Little Prince's in the "Tell the Story" section of the campaign will get a free bookwallet & stickers. ONE guess per backer. How many are there in Ch. 1-8? 



4. See the goals & 3 new unlockables. These new 3 will be met by helping us engage social media with the project! I will post a comment thread/update and explain how we can unlock them! More to come.

Thanks everyone :)

...find those Princes!

-Your sagacious stewards