Orlion Blight Posted March 2, 2022 Report Share Posted March 2, 2022 2 minutes ago, Trutharchivist said: A couple of things. Yay, four new Sanderson Novels! He's crazy. And he has a surprising amount of insane fans. I'll bet that it ends somewhere near 50 mil. dollars... If I was ever willing to bet. Must admit, I didn't see it coming. Some people are going to hate him for that. Don't give him ideas... But I just think of all the things I'm used to people collecting money for, and... Well... Sorry if it offends someone, but I find it a bit sad that the regular stuff struggle to get 10,000 and Brandon gets to 15 mil. in a day. There's a Scalzi blog that kinda touches on that. But basically, Brandon has been working hard building his brand and establishing the infrastructure and trust needed to do what is going on now. There is certainly luck involved, some of it morbid (i.e. what if Wheel of Time was finished by Robert Jordan) but my point is, he didn't just start a Kickstarter and raised 15 million in a day. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philomath Posted March 2, 2022 Report Share Posted March 2, 2022 4 minutes ago, Thaidakar the Ghostblood said: yes we do! we totally do, then after everyone has given ideas we could have an rp about it called Sanderland, an rp. Done. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConfusedCow Posted March 2, 2022 Report Share Posted March 2, 2022 The next secret announcement: Brandon is writing a new book! On paper! Readers can buy it in 'bookstores'. It will come out next year and pick up where his last book ended. Swag will be provided for all pirates. Boxes sold seperately. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaidakar the Ghostblood Posted March 2, 2022 Report Share Posted March 2, 2022 16 minutes ago, ConfusedCow said: The next secret announcement: Brandon is writing a new book! On paper! Readers can buy it in 'bookstores'. It will come out next year and pick up where his last book ended. Swag will be provided for all pirates. Boxes sold seperately. oh no. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
platnumkid Posted March 4, 2022 Report Share Posted March 4, 2022 Seems like the only question left is: "Will the kickstarter pass the Veronica Mars movie for #4 most backed of all time" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Sedai Posted March 4, 2022 Report Share Posted March 4, 2022 1 minute ago, platnumkid said: Seems like the only question left is: "Will the kickstarter pass the Veronica Mars movie for #4 most backed of all time" Eh? I thought it was already the second most backed Kickstarter of all time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
platnumkid Posted March 4, 2022 Report Share Posted March 4, 2022 12 minutes ago, Robin Sedai said: Eh? I thought it was already the second most backed Kickstarter of all time. 2nd most Funded, that is total dollars, the most backed list is number of people who backed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Sedai Posted March 4, 2022 Report Share Posted March 4, 2022 (edited) 31 minutes ago, platnumkid said: 2nd most Funded, that is total dollars, the most backed list is number of people who backed I see, thanks for explaining! Edit: Holy crap twenty million. Edited March 4, 2022 by Robin Sedai 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Use the Falchion Posted March 4, 2022 Report Share Posted March 4, 2022 (edited) Someone on Reddit in a now deleted thread posited the idea of Brandon Kickstarting his own television show. I'm not sure that would work for live action, but I think it'd be fun to see an animated original story if at all possible. Yet even the face of Brandon's record-breaking success, I'm not entirely sure that he could draw enough funds for a project like that...depending on the goal, of course. This project worked so well for a plethora of reasons, not all of which could be repeated if Brandon went "hey, I want to make a show!" Maybe he can try after the WoR Kickstarter and Mistborn 8 come out. Anyways, what are y'all's thoughts on this? Could Brandon successfully create a Kickstarter for a smaller project, be it animated or live action? Or maybe as a fun project, we can all brain-storm future Sanderson Kickstarters that would be just as fun to at least the one who brainstormed them? ...although, the more I think about it, the more these two ideas combine in my mind. I can see it now - after seeing adaptation after adaptation fall through, Brandon decides to take his new adaptation idea straight to the masses with a Kickstarter! But he wants it to be a fresh idea, and he needs help! So, he goes to Brian McClellan and Janci Patterson, and pitches them the idea of a new shared universe between the three of them. Brandon builds the world and the story that will be adapted, Brian comes up with some prelude historic battles and stories, and Janci helps co-write some of Brandon's immediate history stories. Then the Kickstarter comes out, primarily for the show, but promising deluxe versions of the book signed by all three authors (?) if a certain stretch goal is reached, alongside a new original novella in the world by Brandon. And maybe even an RPG game. I call it Dark One 2.0 ...and now I've convinced myself that I want this... (Of course, the above idea would be a short-term series for Brandon and Co, just a fun project that helps expand the world of the adaptation idea they have but doesn't need to keep it going past the adaptation itself. Brandon has other stories he needs and wants to tell, after all.) Edited March 4, 2022 by Use the Falchion 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
platnumkid Posted March 4, 2022 Report Share Posted March 4, 2022 (edited) made it to the news: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/03/brandon-sanderson-kickstarter-tops-19-million-in-two-days.html (article says basically nothing, but there is no bad publicitty) Edited March 4, 2022 by platnumkid 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elegy Posted March 4, 2022 Report Share Posted March 4, 2022 The madlad did it in only 3 days! https://www.kickstarter.com/discover/most-funded Now everyone who looks for the most successful Kickstarters will be greeted by the sneaky, angular, punchable face of our very favorite worldhopping storyteller Hoid. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormingTexan Posted March 4, 2022 Report Share Posted March 4, 2022 6 hours ago, Elegy said: The madlad did it in only 3 days! https://www.kickstarter.com/discover/most-funded Now everyone who looks for the most successful Kickstarters will be greeted by the sneaky, angular, punchable face of our very favorite worldhopping storyteller Hoid. Oddly enough I find the kickstarter results almost as interesting as the secret books haha. I am fascinated in this concept and at first thought man this is going to ruffle some feathers in the publishing world but John Scalzi's blog post really put it in perspective on how few authors could accomplish this. Really an amazing accomplishment. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frustration Posted March 4, 2022 Report Share Posted March 4, 2022 8 minutes ago, StormingTexan said: Oddly enough I find the kickstarter results almost as interesting as the secret books haha. I am fascinated in this concept and at first thought man this is going to ruffle some feathers in the publishing world but John Scalzi's blog post really put it in perspective on how few authors could accomplish this. Really an amazing accomplishment. Perhapse not to the degree Sanderson did, but I feel this will definatly make changes in publishing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaidakar the Ghostblood Posted March 4, 2022 Report Share Posted March 4, 2022 I think it is the number one most successful one now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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platnumkid Posted March 4, 2022 Report Share Posted March 4, 2022 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/03/books/brandon-sanderson-kickstarter.html 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Sedai Posted March 5, 2022 Report Share Posted March 5, 2022 :0 The New York Times? (Also, 22 million!) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serack Posted March 5, 2022 Report Share Posted March 5, 2022 13 hours ago, Robin Sedai said: :0 The New York Times? (Also, 22 million!) They reported on it rather early. Also, considering the NYT best selling list, they have a particular interest on publishing news which this is. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Sedai Posted March 6, 2022 Report Share Posted March 6, 2022 10 hours ago, Serack said: They reported on it rather early. Also, considering the NYT best selling list, they have a particular interest on publishing news which this is. True, but I'm still impressed. I don't understand what you mean by "They reported on it rather early." Could you explain? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serack Posted March 6, 2022 Report Share Posted March 6, 2022 1 hour ago, Robin Sedai said: I don't understand what you mean by "They reported on it rather early." Could you explain? I think the article was already a couple days old when it was shared yesterday 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frustration Posted March 6, 2022 Report Share Posted March 6, 2022 24 million. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Sedai Posted March 6, 2022 Report Share Posted March 6, 2022 I'm gonna lose that bet... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntentAwesome Posted March 6, 2022 Report Share Posted March 6, 2022 I joined this thread late and reading the beginning of this thread when everybody was saying “oh no, Brandon is sad and tired and behind on writing,” after knowing what had happened was some truly great entertainment. so, thanks for that! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frustration Posted March 7, 2022 Report Share Posted March 7, 2022 25 Million! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthos Posted March 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2022 (edited) This is definitely not the way I expected this thread to go. Edited March 7, 2022 by Ixthos 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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