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Bookshelves for Bibliophiles | Literary Genre Themed Enamel Pin Collection

Created by Made by Max Designs

Build your own library with this collection of literary genre themed bookshelves! Each genre gets a 3" bookcase pin, 1" mini bookshelf pin, and stickers.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Pre-Order Store, Survey Stretch Goals, and Deluxe Pin Designs!
6 days ago – Sun, Feb 16, 2025 at 02:22:05 PM

Good news, I'm currently running ahead of schedule! I have most of the items set up for the post-campaign surveys and plan to send them to Backerkit for review next week.

Right now over 30 people have failed payments for this campaign. Please double check that your payment was collected successfully, especially if you backed multiple Pintopia campaigns and the charges may have been flagged by your bank. You won't be able to receive your surveys and rewards until your payment method is correct.

Pre-Order Store is OPEN!

If you missed out on backing the campaign, the pre-order store for Bookshelves for Bibliophiles rewards is now open! Pre-order customers will receive their orders on the same timeline as backers, but won't be getting the freebie items that were offered during the campaign. Check out the pre-order store here!



Post-Campaign Stretch Goals

I'm using Backerkit's post-campaign stretch goal feature to include a couple extras add-on items I didn't get a chance to add during the campaign. These items will be created is at least 20 people purchase them through the pre-order store or backer surveys. If you add one of these items to your order and it doesn't meet the 20 person minimum, it will be automatically removed from your purchase and you will not be charged for it.

Reusable Sticker Book: A reusable sticker album lets you collect stickers, move them around, and remove them without disrupting their stickiness. The book will be A6 size (approximately 4"x6") with a full color cover, wire bound spine, and 50 interior pages made from release paper.

Printed Coloring Book: A 6"x9" printed 24-page coloring book featuring ALL the artwork from the campaign. The book will have a full color cover with a gloss finish and uncoated 80 lb. interior pages. All coloring pages will be single-sided to prevent marker bleed thru.

Deluxe Pin Designs

The poll results for the 6th Deluxe pin are currently very close between Arts and Crafts and Mystery... so I'm giving you both! There will be 7 deluxe edition pins available for +$3 during the post-campaign survey.




With love and creativity,
Max

The library is now closed! What comes next?
9 days ago – Thu, Feb 13, 2025 at 02:49:36 PM

Dear Bibliophiles,

I wanted to say a huge THANK YOU for exceeding all expectations for my very first Pintopia! I'm going to have a very busy couple of months getting my ducks in a row for backer surveys, ordering items, and packaging up your rewards. 

NEW POLL: Choose the Final Deluxe Pin Genre!

I wasn't expecting to hit $16K, but the overtime backers really stepped up at the end of the campaign! Deluxe edition pins will have added special effects, like glitter or glow in the dark pigments, and be available for +$3 during the post campaign surveys. I had originally planned for the 6th Deluxe pin to be the Arts and Crafts genre, but I've decided it'll be Backer's choice. You have until the end of the weekend to cast your votes!

What's next?

Today: Backerkit will be charging your cards soon, please keep an eye out to make sure the charge goes through! Sometimes payments fail, banks flag the charge, etc. and that can slow down the fulfillment process.

Next week: I'll send out another update about the Deluxe pins, with specific details about what/where special effect will be applied. I'm also hoping to open the Pre-Order store for this campaign by the end of next week. If you missed out on backing the campaign this will be your change to order Bookshelves for Bibliophiles specific items.

By the end of the month: The post-campaign surveys will be out! The survey is where you'll select the specific reward items you want, add-on additional items, and pay shipping fees. I'll send an additional update once the surveys are sent out.

Next month: I'll be working with my manufacturer to place the enamel pin order ASAP and start to order the addition stickers, prints, reading logs, etc. once I have counts for items. I'll keep y'all updated on manufacturing and share photos along the way as things are made.

Fulfillment: Rewards are currently scheduled to ship by September. It's very possible that things will run ahead of schedule, but this turned into a large project so it's also possible there will be delays. I'll keep y'all updated on the shipping timeline if anything changes.

Coming Soon: Floral Pride Pins

My next project will be a small collection of pins celebrating queer perseverance. This project will be a triad collaboration with Arledge Comics Brick by Brick and Geek Hive Labs Queer North: New Horizons campaigns. Both of these creators were also participants in Pintopia and we're looking forward to offering backers even more freebies with this collaboration! 

I need opinions on which colorway to unlock first - visit the campaign Launch Party to vote in the poll!


Ending Soon: Gender Affirming Healthcare Pre-Order Store

The pre-order store for my Gender Affirming Healthcare advocacy pins will be closing at the end of the month. If you're interested make sure to check it out here!




With love and creativity,
Max

P.S. I'll be offline from the 17th-19th for a celebratory camping trip and some much needed time away from my desk. If you send me any questions during that time I'll get to them once I'm back!

Final update: Don't miss out on the freebies... 👀
12 days ago – Mon, Feb 10, 2025 at 01:08:57 PM

Hey everyone, the support for this project has exceeded all my expectations - it's gained more traction than my three previous projects combined! The campaign, and Pintopia, are ending in a few days so I wanted to highlight the advantages of supporting Bookshelves for Bibliophiles now vs purchasing items from my website/Etsy.

Supporting the campaign means you get:
  • To help unlock a more stretch goals for everyone
  • Lower price than pre-order and retail customers
  • A bunch of freebie items!
  • ... a surprise announcement about a future project with a challenge to earn additional rewards. 👀

I will be giving freebie items to ALL backers of my campaign and you can receive even more freebies by backing my collaboration partner Violet Magician. I added everything up and that's easily over $60 worth of freebies just from backing two campaigns!

Overview of Campaign Freebies

ALL Bookshelves for Bibliophiles backers will receive:
  • A 1" Bibliophile Bookshelf Mini Pin with screen printed details
  • A 5"x6" vinyl sticker sheet featuring all 15 mini Bookshelf designs
  • Printable coloring sheets of all 14 Bookcase designs


Backers who support Violet Magician's campaign will also receive:
  • A 3" Cryptozoology Bookcase pin from me
  • A ~2" rainbow bookish Funeral Mountain Terrashot from Violet Magician



Finally, backers who support 10+ Pintopia 2025 projects will receive an exclusive Trophy pin from Backerkit!



Thank you again for the support, happy backing!

Max

Lots of little updates - Reading Tracker, Art Prints, and other projects!
15 days ago – Fri, Feb 07, 2025 at 11:44:45 AM

Hey y'all, there's just under a week left for this campaign! If you know anyone who might be interested in the campaign, now is a great time to share it with them. Today's update is mostly about add-on items.

Deluxe Edition Pins Updates

I expect funding to fluctuate between now and the end of the campaign, so I can't grantee which Deluxe pins will be unlocked until it ends. These are my current plans for special effects on the first five deluxe pins. I'm currently looking through my manufacturer's glitter/glow options to select the most fitting effects.

  1. Fantasy Deluxe Pin: glitter added to the dragon and some of the artifacts on the shelves.
  2. Banned Books Deluxe Pin: glitter and glow in the dark effects added to the caution tape
  3. Horror Deluxe Pin: glitter added to red sections and glow in the dark effects added to white sections.
  4. Science Fiction Deluxe Pin: Glitter added to light gray sections and glow in the dark added to the alien.
  5. LGBTQ+ Deluxe Pin: No effects, double the colors! Secondary colors added to replace gray on the books.


Reading Log Update - "To be Read" tracker!

I've been working on building the "Book Log for Bibliophiles" reading tracker add-on and it's 90% of the way done! Today I wanted to share the "To be Read Shelf" will be able to accommodate up to 50 books. The graphic on the list is a collection of 50 books from the ten original genres of the campaign. Each book is numbered to match the list on the right, that way you can color them as you add and/or read more books.
The Book Log for Bibliophiles is now available in the "add-ons" section of the campaign.



Art Prints

I really liked how the TBR shelf turned out, so I've colored it in and shaded it for art prints. These prints will be professionally made in 4"x6" and 8"x10" sizes on a lightly textured hemp cardstock. These items have been added to the "Add-Ons" section of the campaign, so you can now add them to your pledge.
"Library" and "Complete Collection" backers will be receiving an 8"x10" art print for FREE!

Updates on Other Projects

My next project will be Floral Pride | LGBTQ+ Enamel Pin Campaign will be launching next month! This will be a small collection of colorful pins centered around queer perseverance. This campaign will be a collaboration with Arledge Comics' Brick by Brick campaign and we're planning some freebies for backers of both projects. Arledge Comics is also participating in Pintopia with their Spirits in the Woods campaign - go check them out!


The pre-order store is now open for my recent Gender Affirming Healthcare Advocacy Pin project on Kickstarter. I'm offering these pins at a low price than usual and also have mini pins, stickers, and magnets available. The pre-order storefront for these items will be live on Backerkit until the end of February.


Thank you again for all the support for this campaign!

With love and creativity,

Max

Finished art, freebies unlocked, and a new add-on in the works!
26 days ago – Mon, Jan 27, 2025 at 05:12:41 PM

Hey y'all! I have a very busy weekend drawing up all seven new pin designs (3 genres + the freebie). Those are all finished now and the campaign page has been updated. We also hit $10,000 yesterday, so everyone will be receiving the freebie Bibliophile pin!

I realized the spicy romance bookcase might be a bit much for some folks, so if you order the "Bookcase Sticker Pack" I'll be offering a SFW option that excludes it. The mini bookshelf will be included on the freebie sticker sheet, but it's a little less explicit.

Banned Books and Spicy Romance Designs




Book Log for Bibliophiles - a reading tracker add-on!

I've begun work on a reading tracker to include in the add-ons for this campaign! My current plan is for this to be a saddle stitched 6"x9" with a full color cover and uncoated interior pages to write on. The book will include large bookshelf TBR pages, review sections for 100 books (in groups of 5), and a few blank pages for extra notes/customization. I'll be integrating graphics from the campaign and creating a some new ones!

This is a draft of the interior pages. The bookshelf graphic in the top left corner will change throughout the book, cycling through the original 10 themes from the campaign. I've numbered the review sections to correspond with books on the shelf so you can color them in along the way.