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We'll send you a PDF version of issue one of Longshot magazine. It's gorgeous, and groovy and readable on basically any device. You can see a preview at http://one.longshotmag.com
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We'll send you a PDF version of issues one and two of Longshot magazine. We'll send you issue one at the close of the campaign. You'll get access to issue two immediately after we close the issue.
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Sponsor level! For twenty-five dollars we'll list your name on the issue's online sponsor page, and send you an issue of the magazine, plus of course you get all of the above.
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Print sponsor level! For fifty bucks, your name shows up on our online sponsor page, on the print sponsor page in the magazine, we'll send you a print copy of issue two, and you get electronic copies of issues one and two.
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At the $100 level, Alexis Madrigal will record your outgoing voicemail message, we'll list you on our sponsor page in print and online, you get the print version of issue two, and you get both issues as PDFs. Also? We'll think you're pretty awesome.
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Your very own MacNaughton. During production weekend, our superstar lead illustrator Wendy MacNaughton creates amazing watercolors documenting the weekend as it happens. Pledge $200 or more and you'll get your very own original work of art produced over the weekend. In addition, we'll list you on our sponsor page in print and online, you get the print version of issue two, you get both issues as PDFs, and a Madrigal voicemail.
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Ad page. For $1000, you get a full page ad in the magazine. We've got a passionate, tech savvy, highly educated audience, and we're putting out a great-looking book to boot. Plus you'll be listed as a sponsor online and in print, get copies of both PDFs, and the print magazine itself. Oh. And Alexis will record your outgoing message too.
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Connected as Mathew Honan (779 friends)
I make websites and magazines. I'm a senior reporter for Gizmodo, a former contributing editor to Wired magazine, and all-around media innovator. I co-founded Longshot magazine, created the website Barack Obama is Your New Bicycle, and did other things too.
Ah, thanks Mat. I must've misread that email. Got it now.
Hey Bill (and anyone else who did not get one) we sent out an email on the 31st with a link to download the PDF. It should have come from my co-founder Sarah Rich.
If you did not receive it, please message me privately and I'll send you the link.
Hi! Just curious about when the PDF of issue 2 will be issued to backers.
Mat, I own copies of issue zero and the first Longshot...I'm a fan. Congrats on funding this! Looking forward to this week's excitement...
SO THRILLED!!!! Congrats on raising so much towards the next issue~~~~~> xoxo
I love this idea. I love Kickstarter for being around to make stuff like this happen. I will send more after go on my collection rounds to the delinquent clients of my free-lance practice. :-)
This is fantastic. We're covering this over at Matador Network--check it out @: http://matadornetwork.com/notebook/making-a-magazine-in-48-hours-start-to-finish/
Hey Sarah, sorry to take so long replying. This slipped past me somehow. (Likely because I am scattered). But you are correct, you *do* get a print copy with $25. Plus we'll list you as a sponsor online, plus you get electronic copies of issues one and two.
just awesome
yep! i figured it was the case that the rewards were referring to the as-yet-unpublished mag. just checking.
another clarity question: for the $25 reward does "send you an issue of the magazine" and "you get all of the above" mean that at that level you get a print copy?
I'm helping produce a big event on July 31st, so I can't participate, but happy to chip in even if it's just a little! Can't wait to see what everyone comes up with.
Hi Sarah,
You're right this is very confusing! I'll try to clarify this on the page. But yes, the first issue, published under a different name that we got in legal hot water about, was confusingly numbered issue zero. The next issue, and first issue titled as Longshot, was issue one. This upcoming one will be issue two of Longshot (although it's technically our third release).
So, at the $1 level, we'll send you issue one. At $5, you get both. We can no longer distribute issue zero. Does that clear things up?
this is just a clarity thing. i'd previously bought the last issue, Comeback, which at the time I thought was the second issue. i believe that's the one you refer to in the video as the second mag and the one that lost money. but all the text on the site refers to this new mag you're raising funds for as the second one. though i know there was a renaming since the first magazine wasn't actually called Longshot.
maybe a line on the project page to clarify things? when i initially read through it and watched the video, i assumed all the rewards referred to backers receiving the previous issue as the reward but you're almost certainly referring to the as-yet-unwritteen-and-unpublished mag being the reward. (right?)