Commodore: The Final Years book

A project in Winnipeg, Canada by Brian Bagnall
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The final book in the Commodore trilogy. Detailed research and refined writing in a quality hardcover binding.
Backers: 1395
Average Pledge Per Backer: $68 CAD

Funded: $94,338 CAD of $25,000 CAD
Dates: Apr 18th -> May 16th (28 days)
Project By: Brian Bagnall
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Latest News

8 more pages of color photos!

May 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks to some last minute pledges, we’ve reached the stretch goal of 8 additional pages of glossy color photos! This is the final book upgrade, meaning the physical specs of the book will be identical to the previous book. Whole-hearted thanks to... (Read More)

Less Than 24 Hours Left

May 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Over the weekend we soared past the 80K stretch goal. Thanks for the incredible support from all the new backers and those who upgraded their pledges to include perks! To show my gratitude, I have sweetened this upgrade by combining it with another... (Read More)

Weekend Update

May 13th - via: kickstarter.com
I hope everyone is enjoying the weekend. Tomorrow is supposed to be blisteringly hot here and I am looking forward to getting out of this office and enjoying the great outdoors. As of this update there are three days left in the Kickstarter. The... (Read More)

Perks Overhauled and Stretch Goal #4

May 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Since the last update we surpassed the 70K stretch goal, which means all physical backers will now receive a bonus Commodore pen! If you are like me, an inveterate note taker and list maker, you’ll love being able to write notes with this... (Read More)

Defender of Commodore

May 4th - via: kickstarter.com
As promised, this update will unveil a new limited reward supplied by none other than Jim Sachs. Since the last update a few things have changed. The dedicated backer reward is all gone! There were only 128 of these available at the start. My sincere... (Read More)

Stretch Goal #3 Annihilated and Zzap!64 Returns

May 1st - via: kickstarter.com
As of this afternoon The Final Years project has soared past the 60K stretch goal, which means the book now comes with 8 bonus pages of glossy color photographs. My heartfelt thanks to all the backers who made this possible. The next stretch goal is... (Read More)

Stretch Goal #2 Unlocked

April 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Good news, today we surpassed the $50,000 stretch goal! Congratulations to everyone who backed the hardcopy of Commodore: The Final Years. Now that this goal has been unlocked, the entire run of books will be upgraded from glue binding to stitching,... (Read More)

First stretch goal unlocked

April 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
It’s time to celebrate the first stretch goal! Over the weekend the rocket lifted off the launch pad and passed the 40K mark to unlock the Foil Stamped Spine. To recap, the spine of the book will now have metallic foil stamping right on the cloth... (Read More)

500th Backer and S-t-r-e-t-c-h Goals

April 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Just a short time ago the campaign received its 500th backer! Congratulations to Stefan Rotermund for being at the right place at the right time. That's a full one third of the way to the final backer count of the previous campaign, all by the... (Read More)

Much Ado About Something

April 18th - via: kickstarter.com
We did it! Thank you so much to everyone who helped push this project past its goal. The last campaign for The Amiga Years reached its goal in just over 12 hours and this time it took less than 12 hours for all of you to surpass an even higher goal.... (Read More)

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