One more day to get a signed Because Internet bookplate sticker with your name on it! (Patreon)

We just wanted to let any procrastinators know that you have one more day to upgrade to the new "ling-phabet" tier and get a free signed BECAUSE INTERNET bookplate sent to you in the mail! 

(The deadline is August 15 in any timezone, which might mean that Patreon will let you sneak by for a few hours into August 16 where you are, but don't count on it!!!) 

This is an easier way of effectively getting a "signed copy" of BECAUSE INTERNET without needing to ship a whole bunch of heavy hardcover books to and from Montreal: you get your copy of BECAUSE INTERNET however is convenient for you, Gretchen signs a bookplate with your name in it and sends you a small, light sticker in the mail, and finally you stick the bookplate inside your copy of BECAUSE INTERNET (or you can stick it somewhere else if you've gotten the ebook or audiobook version). 

(If you do want a signed copy of BECAUSE INTERNET sent to you despite potentially-large international shipping fees, however, the tiny and charming independent bookstore Argo Bookshop in Montreal is helping with that as a separate thing from this Patreon -- just buy it from them online and indicate in the "special instructions" box what name you'd like it signed to.) 

See above for a photo of what the bookplates look like! (Plus a scarf you might recognize!) This could be your name! 

The signed bookplates are a time-limited Special Offer which is part of our new "ling-phabet" tier. Both now and after the Special Offer is over, this tier lets you sponsor an IPA symbol or other special character and be recognized on the Lingthusiasm website on our new "Supporter Wall of Fame" page. You can get your symbol through our ~*~super scientific~*~ Which IPA Character Are You Quiz (we'll message you a link to the quiz after you join), or just tell us what your favourite character or other Unicode symbol is. Plus, you get an image with your name and favourite symbol on it recognizing you as a supporter, which you can share on social media/print off and use as a bookmark/gaze at in warm satisfaction/etc. We've really been enjoying seeing your answers and your reactions to the symbols since we launched this new tier, and there are so many names and symbols on the Wall of Fame now!  

We're still incredibly appreciative of all levels of support for our completely independent linguistics podcast! 

The bonus episodes will continue to be available at the $5 and above level the way they always have, so definitely don't feel like you have to go for this new tier if you can't spare the cash, but if you can and you'd like to help cross-subsidize Lingthusiasm for the many people learning about linguistics for free from our main episodes, then we've got these new special perks to make it even sweeter! 

Thanks for being a patron, and stay lingthusiastic! 

Gretchen and Lauren