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tke73 · by **tke73** » Tue Mar 06, 2018 5:26 pm

On October 19, 2017, we lost my friend Stephen Groves to cancer. Steve was a brilliant artist and in the months since his passing, I have spoken to many people who wondered where they could get some of his art. Unfortunately, Steve had very, very few published works. Paralyzing self-doubt and addiction issues kept him from the success he and his talent deserved.

Over the past few months, I have, with the support and cooperation of his family, worked to put together a Kickstarter for a book of Steve's art. This Kickstarter went live on March 1.

I have been promoting it heavily this month, primarily through social media -- Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, etc. However, I am afraid that I might miss connecting with some people who would be interested in participating. I also seem to be having trouble converting page visitors into contributors.

Therefore, I am soliciting any suggestions this community might have. I have read many of the threads, but none seem to address exactly my situation.

Any and all help gratefully accepted!

-Keith-

hyperstarter · by **hyperstarter** » Wed Mar 07, 2018 11:58 am

Sorry for your and his family's loss.

Now onto the KS page, to be brutal the reward levels are set much too high. $50 for a physical book + pdf is huge + postage.

Alot of potential backers will wonder who Steve is, so they're more interested in the stories of his work and the unique artwork - I think you should approach the campaign from this angle, rather than asking them to support a guy they don't know.

The campaign page needs alot more of his images on there too.

Hope this helps.

tke73 · by **tke73** » Wed Mar 07, 2018 2:57 pm

Thanks. That does help a bit.

Honestly, though, the reward levels are fairly bare-bones. The book printing costs are high (and I got a number of quotes), and the shipping prices are also crazy here in Canada. I felt the reward levels were high, too, but if I set them any lower, I would have been losing money.

Point taken about the images, though. I'll start to add some more...

Thanks again!

Cristina · by **Cristina** » Mon Mar 12, 2018 9:58 am

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Skystar · by **Skystar** » Fri Mar 16, 2018 10:23 pm

Keith, sorry to hear about the loss of your friend.

Several years ago a fellow featured his efforts to promote his book. I think you'll find it interesting: http://bit.ly/2xqSjeq

Best of luck,

Earl

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