I suspect that their promise of a book coming out of the trip was enough for Kickstarter.  What I wonder though, is why given their record of travel and the obvious excellent writing skills, a publisher would not be interested in making a deal, with a good advance?  Oh, I know, promise is one thing, performance another.  However, they have performed in their blog, very well.  mcneely

---- Jim Akiba <syncrolist@BOSTIG.COM> wrote:
> Kickstarter seems to ignore their policies often, I guess if you were
> taking 30% like they do, you wouldn't ultimately mind who gets money
> for what, through you.
>
> Jim Akiba
>
> On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@gmail.com> wrote:
> > This is the first I've heard of this - I think. I'll check it out.
> >
> > The only thing that I wonder about is how they managed to use Kickstarter
> > for this. Kickstarter is very clear that Kickstarter projects cannot be
> > "support my vaccation or lifestyle" type projects.
> >
> > Again, I haven't checked it out so maybe they've obviously done something
> > to satisfy the Kickstarter requirements. I wish them nothing but success.
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jeff
> > '85 GL (Gertie)
> > '78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus

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David McNeely