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So I've put a ton of time into this already, so I'm doing it for sure.
The details: Every interview and editorial appearing in LotFP from the first newsprint magazine issue through Scum will be in the book. I still have to contact the individual authors of various pieces that have appeared in LotFP during that time, but if I get permission, it will go in. I'm trying to get copies of my work for the ProgPower programs 2001-2005 as well so all of those interviews can go in.
Content will be edited for format consistency and proofread, but otherwise will be kept as originally printed.
No reviews will be included.
Here's what has to happen:
All material must be compiled into one master document. So far I've done this with 27 issues (and 786,000 words), which means I have to scan in 38 more issues.
Then I must go through every interview and every editorial I have ever done and make all the formatting consistent (when I use [x] or <x> or (x), italicize band names, that sort of thing).
Then some poor bastard will be proofreading it.
Then layout has to be done.
I'll be publishing this myself through Lulu.com, a print-on-demand operation. They have a very good reputation that I'm aware of through the gaming community (and I have several books printed by Lulu and they are indistinguishable from a book printed "normally.")
I'd originally wanted this to be a digest sized book but Lulu's maximum pagecount is 740 for softcover, or 800 for hardcover. There is no way I'd fit everything in that pagecount. So it will be an 8.5"x11" sized book, softcover, and I still expect it to sit right at about 740 pages and around 1.5 million words.
To turn a reasonable profit, I expect to have to charge $35-$40 per book, with those profits being used to fund future LotFP print issues.
Questions? Comments? Light Grenades?
So I've put a ton of time into this already, so I'm doing it for sure.
The details: Every interview and editorial appearing in LotFP from the first newsprint magazine issue through Scum will be in the book. I still have to contact the individual authors of various pieces that have appeared in LotFP during that time, but if I get permission, it will go in. I'm trying to get copies of my work for the ProgPower programs 2001-2005 as well so all of those interviews can go in.
Content will be edited for format consistency and proofread, but otherwise will be kept as originally printed.
No reviews will be included.
Here's what has to happen:
All material must be compiled into one master document. So far I've done this with 27 issues (and 786,000 words), which means I have to scan in 38 more issues.
Then I must go through every interview and every editorial I have ever done and make all the formatting consistent (when I use [x] or <x> or (x), italicize band names, that sort of thing).
Then some poor bastard will be proofreading it.
Then layout has to be done.
I'll be publishing this myself through Lulu.com, a print-on-demand operation. They have a very good reputation that I'm aware of through the gaming community (and I have several books printed by Lulu and they are indistinguishable from a book printed "normally.")
I'd originally wanted this to be a digest sized book but Lulu's maximum pagecount is 740 for softcover, or 800 for hardcover. There is no way I'd fit everything in that pagecount. So it will be an 8.5"x11" sized book, softcover, and I still expect it to sit right at about 740 pages and around 1.5 million words.
To turn a reasonable profit, I expect to have to charge $35-$40 per book, with those profits being used to fund future LotFP print issues.
Questions? Comments? Light Grenades?
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