A big warm welcome to @riddlerlance for hopping back on the mod team after a much needed break for irl reasons. It’s good to have you back!!
That being said, I am stepping away and letting riddlerlance take over. Mostly. I am still here, just more on the sidelines, but I will still be answering questions, running the blog and Discord server, and making sure everything goes smoothly.
A bit of bad news. We are underbudget. I fudged up big time and didn’t account for shipping charges when accumulating funds. Take away the funds for shipping, we are about $300 short, give or take. There’s the rub when it comes to running a zine. It’s very, very expensive work and when you don’t get enough orders in, this is what happens. Normally, I would have no issue covering those funds myself and be done with it, but that still wouldn’t give us profit for charity even if I had the money and not car maintenance and moving expenses to worry about for the next few months.
What does this mean for the zine project itself?
Well, we’re still doing it, obviously. Everyone participating in this project has been made aware of what’s happened, and we are all scrambling to do what we can to get that $300 to cover production costs plus more for charity, the point of this zine to begin with. We will be reopening preorders for the PDF Only and Zine Only bundles, since there seems to be some interest, within the next week. Those preorders probably won’t close for a while.
We are also looking into companies that can offer us better prices for the merch, though it looks like I’ve already found the best prices at our given quantities. Still, we’re doing what we can to make sure we leave no stone unturned.
Which means shipping has been delayed again. For that, I am really, really sorry. There’s really nothing more we can do in the meantime. As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to let me know. I’ll update as much as I can as we move forward. Thank you for your support and your understanding in this fiasco.