We've launched an exciting new project of our own! Introducing the Kickstarter app for iPhone!

Funded! This project successfully raised its funding goal on April 29, 2012.

Almost There! Plus, More Updated Rewards.

Update #3 · Apr 17, 2012 · comment

Eleven days left, and 87 percent funded!  Just a little more of a push, and we'll meet the goal.  Thanks a million to all of you who have given so far.

More writers and musicians who contributed to these books have recently agreed to sign copies of their books or CDs to include in the "rewards package" for contributors who donated at the 100-dollar level or higher.  Musicians Annie Barker, John Grant, Anna-Lynne Williams (ie Trespassers William, Lotte Kestner), Emily Elhaj and Matt Jencik (from Implodes), and David Narcizo from Throwing Muses will all sign copies of their latest CDs.  (David says he'll try and persuade Kristin Hersh, also from Throwing Muses, to sign as well!)  I'll also have signed copies of the latest novels from writers Elizabeth Searle, Sheri Joseph, Mark Gluth, Sylvia Sellers-Garcia, and James Greer (who, as some of you know, isn't just a writer; he was also a member of Guided By Voices).  (I'll throw in signed copies of my own most recent book, too.)

I've been posting videos and updates and other stuff to the project's Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/TheFirstTimeIHeard.

I've reached my limit for allowable number of parenthesis in a Kickstarter update, so I'll sign off by thanking everyone again for taking part in this.  I'm in the process of finalizing all five books and doing the long process of copyediting and typesetting, so it won't be long before these books are online and ready for you to read.

Thanks-- Scott Heim

205
Backers
$12,638
pledged of $12,000 goal
0
seconds to go

Funding period
Mar 28, 2012 - Apr 29, 2012 (32 days)

Scottheim2.medium

See full bio

  • Pledge $1 or more

    3 backers

    Every little bit helps! Anyone who contributes an amount under $10 will be mentioned in the "thank yous" on the project's Facebook site and the editor's website.

    Estimated delivery: May 2012
  • Pledge $10 or more

    36 backers

    Each installment in this book series will be available as an e-book, and if you contribute $10 or more, you will receive one complimentary copy of your choice of e-books on any of the available outlets (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or iTunes). In addition, $10 contributors will be thanked on the project's Facebook page as well as the project editor's website.

    Estimated delivery: May 2012
  • Pledge $20 or more

    56 backers Limited (194 of 250 left)

    Contribute $20 or more, and you will receive three complimentary copies of your choice of e-books on any of the available outlets (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or iTunes). You will also be thanked on the project's Facebook page as well as the project editor's website.

    Estimated delivery: May 2012
  • Pledge $50 or more

    46 backers Limited (104 of 150 left)

    Contribute $50 or more, and you will receive complimentary copies of ALL of the first five e-books in the series on any of the available outlets (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or iTunes). You will also receive thanks on the project's Facebook page as well as the editor's website, and you will be listed in the acknowledgments at the end of each of the books in the series.

    Estimated delivery: May 2012
  • Pledge $100 or more

    38 backers Limited (12 of 50 left)

    Contribute $100 or more, and you will receive complimentary copies of ALL of the first five e-books in the series on any of the available outlets (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or iTunes). You will also be listed in the acknowledgments at the back of each book in the series, receive special mention on the project's Facebook page as well as on the editor's website. In addition, if you are a $100 backer, you will receive a specially designed "The First Time I Heard" project T-shirt featuring the cover design from one of the first five books in the series.

    Estimated delivery: May 2012
  • Pledge $500 or more

    6 backers Limited (14 of 20 left)

    Contribute $500 or more, and lots of rewards will be coming your way: you'll receive complimentary copies of ALL of the first five e-books in the series on any of the available outlets (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or iTunes); you'll receive all future e-books in the series as they become available (each time a book in the series is published, you'll automatically receive it!); you will be listed in the acknowledgments at the back of each book in the series, and will receive special thanks on the project's Facebook page as well as the editor's website. In addition, $500 backers will receive ALL five special "The First Time I Heard" project T-shirts featuring each of the book covers. Finally, if you contribute $500 or more, the project editor will send you a gift package, tailored specifically for you, that features several autographed CDs and books from some of the musicians and writers who contributed to the project!

    Estimated delivery: May 2012