![]() There are actually two halves to the Kickstarter project: the aforementioned four novels, which Sanderson will be releasing directly to fans on a quarterly basis throughout 2023 in ebook, print, or audiobook formats and a larger “Year of Sanderson” subscription box that pairs the four book drops with an additional eight boxes of swag themed across different Sanderson series and novels. ![]() The top three most funded kickstarters in history from left to right. The Pebble Time ended its record-setting campaign with contributions from 78,471 backers. ![]() The campaign currently exceeds 82,000 backers and still has 27 days to raise additional contributions. The project’s original goal was to raise $1,000,000 in 30 days Sanderson hit that number in around 35 minutes, according to The New York Times. The project - for four new novels that the author wrote in secret over the course of the pandemic - was announced on Tuesday, March 1st and broke the record by early Friday morning, March 4th. Sanderson’s achievement isn’t just notable for the sheer amount of money raised but for the speed. Prolific fantasy author Brandon Sanderson has just broken the Kickstarter record for the most successful crowdfunded project of all time, cracking the $20,338,986 milestone set by the Pebble Time all the way back in 2015. ![]()
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