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Rambling Readers

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We provide and administer a UK-based BookWyrm instance

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Financial Contributions

Membership
Backer

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

Starts at
£3 GBP / month

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One-time contribution
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Support Rambling Readers with a one-off contribution

Starts at
£5 GBP

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Top financial contributors

1
rhardware

£105 GBP since Jan 2023

2
Duncan Stevenson-Price

£105 GBP since Dec 2023

3
Tim

£65 GBP since Feb 2023

4
Stephen

£64 GBP since Jan 2023

5
Roy Adams

£60 GBP since Mar 2023

6
Dave Thornley

£60 GBP since Apr 2023

7
Harald Walker

£57 GBP since Apr 2023

8
Andreas Marienborg

£57 GBP since May 2023

9
Ankur Sinha

£51 GBP since Jun 2023

10
Michael

£51 GBP since Jul 2023

11
LightMaking

£51 GBP since Jul 2023

12
Kevin

£42 GBP since Oct 2023

13
Stephanie Jane

£39 GBP since Apr 2023

14
Nils

£39 GBP since Aug 2023

15
Mark Hughes

£30 GBP since Feb 2023

16
Clare H

£30 GBP since Jan 2024

17
@losttourist

£21 GBP since May 2024

18
@[email protected]

£20 GBP since Jan 2023

19
rmhogervorst

£20 GBP since Feb 2023

20
abominabledrh

£20 GBP since May 2023

Rambling Readers is all of us

Our contributors 47

Thank you for supporting Rambling Readers.

rhardware

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£105 GBP

Duncan Steven...

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£105 GBP

Tim

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£65 GBP

Stephen

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£64 GBP

Roy Adams

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£60 GBP

Dave Thornley

Backer

£60 GBP

Harald Walker

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£57 GBP

Andreas Marie...

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£57 GBP

Ankur Sinha

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£51 GBP

Michael

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£51 GBP

LightMaking

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£51 GBP

Budget


Transparent and open finances.

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Today’s balance

£252.18 GBP

Total income

£1,156.20 GBP

Total disbursed

£904.02 GBP

Estimated annual budget

£841.88 GBP

Expenses

All time

Expenses paid

2

Amount disbursed

£904.02

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2£21.50

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Contributions

All time

Contributions received

58

Amount collected

£1,226.50

Tiers# of ContributionsAmount
recurring
27£917.00
one-time
31£309.50

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News from Rambling Readers

Updates on our activities and progress.

Thanks and News

Thanks to everyone who has contributed over the last year; it is very much appreciated. Contributions made were sufficient to cover ten months of virtual server costs (May 2023 - Feb 2024 inclusive). That really makes a dif...
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Published on July 3, 2024 by Marcus Young

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...
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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):...
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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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