I have fresh coffee, and...Ocean Freight Shipping Forms...
That means one thing: Everything has been made and paid for.
^ That right there, is cause for some hella celebration. The books, the pins, the tea, everything is all done.
Now comes the tooth flailing part:
It's not very helpful when they are still across the world.
For those curious on boring logistics: You spend all this time on the back end going over page weight, color tweaking, print proofs, and then you throw a bucket of money and print off a literal ton of books (seriously, books are heavy).
When the manufacturer is done making everything - they get boxed up.
THEN you get to contact at Freight Forwarder. Currently, our guy might be Justin. Justin's job is sort of like a Han Solo - getting product onto big boats that sail through international waters and then landed, loaded on trucks, through customs, and then off to the two places we are shipping from:
The ST Forge Warehouse (Rick's Garage) and Studio 2 Distribution (and actual distributor).
From there they then go out to everywhere.
This is the part we are at...and...it's also the part where there is nothing for us to do but sit on our hands and wait, hope that Justin can grease the right palms, and everything shows up.
Once they get into the two locations -> they then go out to you.
I was hoping to ship in July, and it might be somewhere near August: but the ball is moving. When I have news: You'll have news!
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In September - we are launching an Audio Book/Cast for Magical Anarchy: Dawn of the 7th Age.
If you are interested in a novel & audio book written by me (Rick!) that explores what happens when Magic comes crashing back into today's world -
