The end is finally in sight. I will likely be getting the first batch of books this week. If I do, I'll start fulfillment proper this weekend. Thank you to everyone who has filled out the shipping surveys. I'll start running cards on Friday.
Please fill out the surveys if you haven't already!
Extra special thanks to everyone who has picked up an extra book/hit the tip jar. You're making this last stretch a good bit easier. As are the folks who have been buying the proofs I've been sent from the printer. Here's another example of the unique insider art all physical books will have:
You might see a survey in your email today, as I'm testing the back end and getting ready to send out shipping/add-on surveys. This WILL be a charge on your cards based on where you live. I've tried my damnedest to keep the costs low, but global shipping is still a dumpster fire unfortunately. The total order for books was $100 more expensive than when I did pricing during the summer for instance. I've eaten that cost instead of passing it on to y'all, so please consider adding a zine or two on to your order and/or putting some money in the virtual tip jar.
The proper shipping surveys will go out this week (most likely tomorrow 11/3 or Wed 11/4, but could be as late as Friday 11/6). You'll have plenty of time to set things straight before I need the info since I just put in the book orders. If you need to work with me on the payment for whatever reason, don't hesitate to reach out!
Once again, a HUGE thank you to everyone for your patience. You WILL have the books by the end of this year. I'm hoping to get them into your hands by the end of this month, and it looks like we're on track for that. When I get the books, I'll be customizing each one with a drawing in the front illustrating one of the d100 Doors or d100 Megalithic Wonders (like the pictures of the unusable proofs below) as a special thank you. I'll post pictures of the process as I do.
Quick update: the flat colors for the comic are done! Check them out below. The text of the book is going through one last round of proofing and layout edits to fix the errors from the last update. Once those are done, I'll order the last round of proofs and begin fulfillment in earnest.
In the next couple of weeks I'll start locking in addresses and charge for shipping.
Finally getting to the end of this campaign! These proofs aren't perfect (how could they have been?), but they're pretty close. The cover of the hardcover needs to be fixed along with some spacing stuff in the depth crawl portion, various typos, and some color correction. There's a little bit left to do with the lineart of the comic, and then some simple flats/rendering, and the books will be finished!
The next update should be to report that the final proofs have been reviewed and then we'll lock in addresses and collect shipping charges from all physical backer tiers. In that update, we'll also collect emails to send out PDFs to everybody.
Reminder that if you're in the US, you'll likely pay $7-10 for shipping, and if you're international you'll be paying closer to the $15-25 range.
The softcover proof has been sent off to the printer! I'll definitely need to do another round of proofs of both after this which will add more time to the overall project's fulfillment. Right now, I think I'll be getting everything for the project out the door and into your hands starting in October at the latest.
As an extra special thanks for everyone's patience on fulfillment, I'm going to do a unique drawing on the inside cover of each backer's physical copy of Doors. I did this for the Active Time Event!!! Kickstarter years ago, and that went over really well. It was also hella fun to boot.
This will be the last update you see from me for awhile. The next update will show off photos of the hardcover proof.
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