by MichaelTumey » Mon Sep 16, 2013 8:40 pm
What Sbriggman suggests is what I did with my Kickstarter. I planned on writing 5 books, but made the first book only as the goal of the KS, with each subsequent book as it's own stretch goal. So goal was $3750 with the fourth stretch goal at $16,500.
Your project still looks very pricey to me. My $3750 goal covers the writing, illustration, editing, cover design for a 248 page full color interior soft cover book. Orders for print books (backer level: $45) covers the cost of printing with added shipping. So backers pay full price for the print book. I have no needs to take the proceeds of one book or set of books to pay for the next set. I ask for backers to pay for all my intended books in the same project, just each as a goal or stretch goal. All my books were successfully funded, receiving $6800 over my last stretch goal.
If I ran a KS desiring to publish 14 books as in your case, I set a goal for the first book, then have 13 stretch goals behind. Whatever, I didn't fund, I might run another KS to pay for the rest.
KS recommends that $3200 is the optimal goal to get successfully funded, so I'd shoot for that price level and go from there.