Winning Pony - Print Edition

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It’s heeeere…

That’s right—after much work, time, and polish, The Life and Times of a Winning Pony is almost ready to go to print! We have a few details left to hash out, but we’re at the final stretch.

Haaaaalelujah! Haaaalelujah!

Ceeeelebration! Ceeeelebration! Heebreeeeeew words here!

What does this mean?

One more month.

Yeah, that’s it—one more month, then we can take orders.

Holy crap, a whole month?!

Yes, one more month. Here’s why: First off, Thanksgiving is going to slow everything down. Believe it or not, myself, Chengar, and everyone else do have lives beyond writing and editing pony fiction. Additionally, we're going to print a test-copy of each book to make sure it’s up to snuff before we place a larger order.

Wait, ‘each’ book?

Yup! The story’s long enough that it was split into two volumes.

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Awesome! How much is this going to cost?

That depends a little bit on how many people order a copy of Winning Pony. However, the current estimate for the full story is $70 USD. That may sound like a lot, but it boils down to $35 per volume.

Remember, we’re printing each copy from scratch—these books aren’t going to be mass-produced, which means they cost more per unit to make. The good news is that $70 is a high estimate, and the more people we get onboard with this, the more that cost drops for everyone.

That month also gives everyone time to get some money together for this. Again, I won’t have a more exact estimate for the price until I know exactly how many people want a hard copy, so $70 is a safe estimate.

Once the books are officially shipped out, I'll also update Life and Times itself to match the print version. No story-breaking changes have happened, but there's been plenty of general cleanup, some continuity work (as a couple folks noticed, a few bits of it conflict with Freeport Venture) and one or two problematic scenes got reworked. The end result should be a Winning Pony with even more win in it.

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Comments

[Zyrian]

Are you guys doing this through a company that does small print runs, or is it on an on-demand basis?

[Comma-Kazie]

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The former; we can't do regular prints, but we'd like to put more stories to print, so we'll use this as a barometer for future projects.