I've disabled updates on that fundraiser--at this point I'd rather be pleasantly surprised. I hope that the original authors get some of the extra riches but also that the publisher can use some of it for future good: it must feel strange for them to feel that they must give backers even more rewards, now that this one project is technically way overfunded. (Why can't Kickstarter projects be more middling? Neither feast nor famine is great, really, because of expectations.)
I believe what they are doing with the extra money is adding new stories to the lineup. It was pretty thin, but they want to pay everyone, as well as the printing expenses and the illustrators. As each new goal is met, they add new writers, and the TOC will increase.
Judging by the other three projects "Silence in the Library" has Kickstarted, this one isn't too extreme on the overfunding yet so I imagine they know how to deal with extra money as it comes along. It has a lot more backers than the other ones, though. I think they must be getting more exposure. Either that or this one appeals to a whole lot more people who prefer to back things at the $5 level. :)
They are. If I'm counting right, they've added seven of them so far. :) And if they reach $24,000 they'll produce a companion volume with another set of authors altogether. (I'm not sure how that works in terms of what backers get, though. They aren't entirely clear on that point in the description of the stretch goal, but I assume it means the backers get both volumes.)
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