Printed copies of TOWGA = 1 · 4:11am Mar 22nd, 2019
Got back my ‘proof’ copy of The One Who Got Away/Drifting Down the Lazy River today, opened it up to great excitement… Then saw the first typo. And the second. And third. And the page numbers are *all* on the right side (instead of r/l/r/l) And I’m still not quite sure if the ‘gutter’ is in the center or the edge of the paper. And… Well, that’s about it, really. I’m sure JK Rowling thought much the same when she unpacked her first copy of Harry Potter (only with far less money involved here). I'll pop up a blog post when I'm ready to submit a printing to see how many I should order.
Anyway, here’s what it looks like at present:
Nifty, eh? I’m going to work with Iisaw to get the back cover looking perfect. Page numbers aligned. All my ducks in a row. Quackers approved.
That cover looks beautiful. Can't wait to see the back!
Quack.
That looks terrific! I can't wait to get a copy!
Not quacking, but smiling a lot!
Oh, my. This may actually seduce me to buy another dead tree ponfic. So far I got Fallout Equestria and Project Sunflower.
Very nice. On the outside, at least.
Oh man, I want me some pony words.
Ooh, I like it! It's looking pretty sharp!
I read The One Who Got Away 2 weeks ago and really enjoyed it, so I'll sign up for a physical copy when orders are up. Can't wait! :D
5032157 Thanks. I'll try to keep track of the interested parties. I plan on putting up a blog post when I'm set to do real orders, counting noses, emailing people who expressed interest, counting more noses, gritting my teeth, ordering the number of noses I counted plus a dozen or so, and spending far too much time stuffing books into mailing bags later. For about twenty, it shouldn't be too bad. I was in the first Past Sins order, and that was... staggering. I'd probably run screaming into the distance with that many. But I got my copy and I'm pretty happy about it.
5031370 5031332 5031388 Iisaw has done masterwork with the cover. I've bashed together some draft covers for The Traveling Tutor and the Sisters! collection, but he's going to do the finishing work on them, thank God.
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Oh my god, a printing of Travelling Tutor? That'd be fricking epic
Kinda annoying how all your universes blend into each other though; I'd need dead tree batponies as well
Could always use a new book on my shelf.