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Help sustain Rambling Readers with a regular monthly contribution. Backers will receive priority support.

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£3 GBP / month

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rhardware

£75 GBP since Jan 2023

Duncan Stevenson-Price

£70 GBP since Dec 2023

Tim

£44 GBP since Feb 2023

Stephen

£43 GBP since Jan 2023

Roy Adams

£39 GBP since Mar 2023

Stephanie Jane

£39 GBP since Apr 2023

Dave Thornley

£39 GBP since Apr 2023

Harald Walker

£36 GBP since Apr 2023

Andreas Marienborg

£36 GBP since May 2023

Mark Hughes

£30 GBP since Feb 2023

Ankur Sinha

£30 GBP since Jun 2023

Michael

£30 GBP since Jul 2023

LightMaking

£30 GBP since Jul 2023

Kevin

£21 GBP since Oct 2023

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£20 GBP since Jan 2023

rmhogervorst

£20 GBP since Feb 2023

abominabledrh

£20 GBP since May 2023

mhthaung

£20 GBP since Oct 2023

Anon

£18 GBP since Apr 2023

Daniel Keast

£18 GBP since Jul 2023

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Marcus Young

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Tim

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£44 GBP

Stephen

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£43 GBP

Roy Adams

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£39 GBP

Stephanie Jane

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£39 GBP

Dave Thornley

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£39 GBP

Harald Walker

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£36 GBP

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Mark Hughes

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£30 GBP

Ankur Sinha

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Budget

Transparent and open finances.

Today’s balance

£550.65 GBP

Total income

£799.29 GBP

Total disbursed

£248.64 GBP

Estimated annual budget

£806.70 GBP

Expenses

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£0.00

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Amount collected

£843.50

Tiers	# of Contributions	Amount (GBP)
recurring	23	£561.00
one-time	27	£282.50

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News from Rambling Readers

Updates on our activities and progress.

Thank you to all contributors

Thanks to everyone who has contributed this year so far, It is very much appreciated. Contributions received so far this year have been sufficient to cover four months of virtual server costs (Jan - Apr inclusive). That really makes a diffe...

Published on June 20, 2023 by Marcus Young

Estimated annual running costs

It currently costs around £1000 per annum to run the Rambling Readers BookWyrm instance. This includes:Server and file storage space (Mythic Beasts, Cambridge, UK): £62.16/monthOff-site backup file space (Digital Ocean, Frankfurt, Germany):...

Published on January 15, 2023 by Marcus Young

About

Rambling Readers is a friendly community of book lovers. You can track your reading, talk about books, write reviews, and discover what to read next.

We are a UK based instance of BookWyrm. Anyone is welcome to join and no particular genre is favoured. You can follow and interact with users on other BookWyrm instances and on Mastodon.

We are committed for the long term to the Bookwyrm project, to maintaining the Rambling Readers instance, and to ensuring a responsive and reliable user experience.

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Marcus Young

Admin