Dead Letter Society: Two weeks later
Hey everyone,
Another week, another update! Here's where things are at:
- About 75% of you have filled in your survey. Thank you!
The survey is very useful, and I value knowing where you'd like your books to be posted from. This week has involved looking at my printing and shipping options in more detail and observing how quickly things change! Right now it looks like all the books will be printed in the UK, then posted on to their respective fulfilment points*. In a couple more weeks, when I'm ready to order a proof, I'll need to reassess. My gut feeling is it's an area that changes rapidly, but we have enough buffer to make it work out without too many compromises.
I'll continue to be open about this, and do everything I can to keep your shipping costs down.
- Everything's edited, and 95% of the book's text is laid out.
- I'm working on a little more art and some borders to bring it all together.
You can take a peek at what the interior pages look like in the picture at the top of this post (this is a photoshop mockup!). I think it's coming together nicely.
Timeline check
We're still on track, and I expect I'll be preparing to send out digital copies ahead of April 7th.
Risks
I've spent a lot of time worrying about shipping this week. I think it's a problem a lot of people are facing at the moment, so please be kind to the other Zine Month/Tabletop Nonstop projects you're backing (who are likely also worrying about shipping). Look out for next week's update when I have a better idea.
Questions?
As always, if you need me (e.g. you can't find your survey or have a question about the project) you can find all my contact info here. :)
Cheers,
Rori
* This means print in the UK and split where the prints get shipped to. It's likely zines could ship from Peregrine Coast Press before they arrive at Ratti Incantati (as UK->UK post is significantly faster than UK->Canada). Printing in both the UK and US is out of budget for us given current printing costs in the US. I hope this doesn't upset too many people! If you'd like to change your fulfilment location, you can do so until the end of April.
