The journey of a thousand miles starts with one step.
We’re very happy to report on our first sale of a title through our back-end reporting!
Effective September 4, 2026 we sold a first copy of Rainbow Dreams, which made it to the production process a week prior.
We are so proud to support LGBTQIA Pinoys and we are celebrating the opportunity to share this title as a win!
For additional transparency to date:
* All contributors to Galleon Dreaming are now paid out! (woo-hoo!)
* Human Authored Mark – still in process
* Cover art for Founders Edition and Collage edition – paid
* 1st Printing completed and shipped out
Here’s the numbers broken out as of September 28, 2026. We’ve also started pre-production on subsequent volumes.
To date we’ve sold (or had backing for) the following for Galleon Dreaming:
78 Kickstarter backers
+ 40 first edition pre-sales
+ 50 Contributor copies
+ 21 physical ARCs (reading groups and individual readers)
+ 37 first order for bookstores/libraries
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226 copies out in the world (either shipping or in readers’ hands)
A portion from the first printing will be on sale at the Philippine American Writers and Artists table at the Festival Marketplace. The remainder are making their way out into the world.
| Description | PAID OUT | STILL OWE |
| All author payments | $ 5,257.76 | |
| Human-authored mark refunds | $ (210.00) | |
| $ 90.00 | ||
| $ 203.00 | ||
| cover round 1 | $ 514.97 | |
| additional social graphics | $ 236.00 | |
| additional cover configurations | $ 300.00 | |
| Editing vol 1 | $ 550.00 | |
| Setup ids | $ 295.00 | |
| LLC formation – DE | $ 353.00 | |
| MI registration | $ 50.00 | |
| Registered Agent | $ 99.00 | |
| Translation (Baybayin) | $ 125.00 | |
| Print Copies (LU) | $ 761.51 | |
| Print Copies (IS) | $ 1,286.59 | |
| Ink Collage 1 | $ 154.00 | |
| Ink Collage 1 licensing | $ 154.00 | |
| Ink Collage 1 cover | $ 300.00 | |
| Layout | $ 100.00 | |
| Poster | $47 | |
| Contributor copies + shipping | $ (450.00) | |
| Printing 1st edition | $ 1,068.40 | |
| Proof edits + Freight | $ 747.28 | |
| marketing/table fee | $400 | |
| $13,092.51 | -$660.00 |
Here’s a breakdown of how the printing cost looks like per unit sold:
$22 is our Manufacturers Suggested Retail Price
$5.45 printing cost (280 pages)
$12.10 to the retailer (at 55% discount which is industry average)
$2.00 for shipping (per unit)
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$2.45 per unit sold
The absolute best ways to support us are:
1) get a copy of the Founders edition from Creatures of Kwento.
2) Download a Kindle version (which is an e-download)
3) Buy from your online bookstore, such as Bookshop.org:
4) Ask for the title at a brick-and-mortar store like Barnes & Noble.
