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I know that some people who would like to support my Kickstarter to fund the development of better tools for statistics in law libraries haven’t figured out how to handle the administration of a payment. If this is your situation, I’d like to let you know that payments are not charged until the project is fully funded when it concludes on July 7, 2023. So you can make a pledge now and figure the accounting out later. If it turns out to be a problem, you can also cancel your pledge anytime before the deadline (though of course I hope you won’t). There is more information about how pledges are handled on the Kickstarter backer FAQ page.

Running a Kickstarter campaign is a new way to fund the development of legal texts, and I know it can be inconvenient to figure out how to administer things like this, but it’s worth it! This model of developing legal materials will allow the community to help ensure that the tools we need are available. Libraries regularly purchase books before they are published, and this is just another way to handle that.

Here is some background on why I am doing this project on Slaw.ca. There is also more information about the project on the Kickstarter campaign page, and if you’re still not sure about it, please check back. I will be posting a table of contents in the coming days.