Difference between revisions of "Dragonsteel Entertainment"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
m (→Four Secret Novels (2022): final funding stats & changed tense) |
Big Smooth (talk | contribs) m (style fixes) |
||
|
* [[Isaac Stewart]] - Art Director and in-house artist for Brandon's books{{book ref|sa2|part=ack}}
* [[Kara Stewart]] - CFO/Shipping Manager. manages the store and warehouse{{bws ref|brandon-sanderson-newsletter-for-september-2013|Newsletter for September 2013|date=2013-09}}
* [[Adam Horne]] - Head of publicity and marketing and also Brandon's Executive Assistant.{{ref|name=2015-01-news}} He basically does whatever Brandon needs him to (and does it very well
* [[Karen Ahlstrom]] - Brandon's Continuity Editor. Keeps Brandon's internal wiki up to date and manages the timeline continuity (both intrabook and interbook across the [[cosmere]])
* Kathy - Emily's assistant{{ref|name=2015-01-news}}
At the same time that the announcement video was posted, a new Kickstarter campaign for the four secret novels went live.{{url ref|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dragonsteel/surprise-four-secret-novels-by-brandon-sanderson|text=Surprise! Four Secret Novels by Brandon Sanderson|date=2022-03-01|site=Kickstarter.com|name=secretKS}} The campaign is intended to make 2023 a "Year of Sanderson", with the top backer tier including monthly rewards: one of the secret novels each quarter (in e-book, audiobook, and hardcover formats) plus eight boxes of themed merchandise in the other months of 2023. The campaign's goal was set at one million dollars, and it surpassed that amount in 35 minutes. Within 24 hours, it had raised $15.4 million, the single most successful day of any Kickstarter campaign.{{ref|name=nytimes}} After three days, the campaign broke the previous Kickstarter funding record of $20.3 million held by the [[wikipedia:Pebble Time|Pebble Time]] smartwatch.{{url ref|url=https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/4/22960365/brandon-sanderson-fantasy-novels-kickstarter-cosmere|text=Brandon Sanderson's surprise novels overtake Pebble watch as most successful Kickstarter ever|date=2022-03-04|site=theverge.com}} The project ended on March 31, 2022, with 185,000 backers and $41.7 million in funding, attracting widespread media attention due to its sheer size and groundbreaking nature within the publishing industry.
Brandon released the titles and performed readings from all four novels on his
==See Also==
| |||