A New Storytelling Form Brings History to Life!

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An Interactive Story App & Tour Exploring Historic Florence through Mary Hoffman's Tale of the Making of Michelangelo's David
Backers: 277
Average Pledge Per Backer: $150

Funded: $41,491 of $40,000
Dates: May 19th -> Jun 26th (39 days)
Project By: Sarah Towle
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We've Crossed the Finish Line, Folks!

June 26th - via: kickstarter.com
THANK YOU! THANK YOU ONE AND ALL! THANKS TO ALL 267 OF YOU! BUT, we're not finished! There's still time on the clock! We've added so many great rewards in the last few days. It would be a shame to let them go unclaimed, right? And I'm sure we'd ALL... (Read More)

We’re Coming Down to the Wire! Almost There!

June 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Yesterday was a doozie, wasn’t it? Another $1K+ day that wiped us clean out of a couple of rewards. So I’ve added a NEW BACKER REWARD to get us into the home stretch: ME! Thinking of taking your idea to the crowd? I will offer to the first three... (Read More)

More Great News from Your Fave KS Campaign HQ

June 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks to a matching donation offered by an anonymous angel who descended from the heavens in support of our humble campaign, we had a $3K day last Friday and added 31 more members to our growing community and honor roll. The interwebs were pinging... (Read More)

Our Campaign Has a Fairy Godmother!

June 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Again Backers! Sorry to inundate you with updates, but we have NEWS! An anonymous backer has offered to DOUBLE all pledges that come in TODAY! She wants to see us get to $35K by the end of biz PST. (And I guess she really wants that uber reward... (Read More)

Interactive Story App on Kickstarter

June 19th - via: adweek.com
Sarah Towle is trying to raise $40,000 for her company Time Traveler Tours & Tales to build an interactive story app that gives a tour of historic Florence through Mary Hoffman’s Tale of Renaissance Giants: Michelangelo & David. (Read More)

I Don't Know Where to Begin!

June 15th - via: kickstarter.com
There is so much news to share and it's all happening so fast and furious now it's making my head spin and I don't really know where to begin so I'll just spill it even if it isn't in chronological order, so here goes... Since my last update... *... (Read More)

Great News as We Head into the Final Stretch!

June 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Just as I was posting this latest update, another backer came in. So now we are 151!  (Read More)

More Launch Parties & More!

June 12th - via: kickstarter.com
It's been a wonderful whirlwind week in Kickstarterland for Team TTT&T! We started with back-to-back Paris presentations in the extraordinary home of supporter Nancy Janin at the foot of the Eiffel Tower. David especially appreciated visiting... (Read More)

We're The Guardian's #2 Literary Project on Kickstarter!

June 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Check it out peeps: You're not the only ones loving our project and concept! Marta Bausells, Community Coordinator for Arts & Culture at The Guardian, agrees with you. She's just announced her Top 10 best literary campaigns currently being... (Read More)

100 Backers and Counting!

June 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Our community is now 100+ strong! And we feel pretty good about that. So David and I are taking off to Paris for the weekend. Happy 1st weekend in June everybody!Sarah & David  (Read More)

Kickstarting a books revolution: the literary crowdfunding boom

June 5th - via: theguardian.com
Authors, publishers and literary journals are all finding new ways of connecting directly to their readers – and their wallets – on online platforms such as Kickstarter. Marta Bausells examines the books industry’s new wave of social financing and picks 10 of the best literary crowdfunding projects. (Read More)

Welcome to our Newest Supporters! Here's our Week Two Recap

June 1st - via: kickstarter.com
It was an amazing, exciting, incredible first week! We had 60% of our goal pledged in 6 days -- thanks to you! -- and a memorable party to kick it all off at KidLit TV in NYC, which we can now relive here. Team TTT&T is once again far-flung.... (Read More)

Thanks Goes to YOU!

May 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear Backers, When Team TTT&T and I launched this little adventure one week ago today, we had set ourselves a target: To raise 20% of $40K by the end of week one. Four hours later, when guests began to arrive for our live NYC launch event at... (Read More)

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